News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

This week, more than 70 PhD students from all over the world assemble in Bergen for the annual Bergen Summer Research Schools—for the first time since the pandemic.

Norsk Medietidskrift (NMT) has conferred the Research Paper of the Year award to ph.d fellow Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus.

In this podcast, keen mediators and experienced professionals share their best tips on how you can work with mediation. Use their advice and expertise as a tool in your own communication work!

The Media Teacher Seminar was May 10th, and took place in Grieghallen in Bergen. The seminar's themes revolved around "New technology in the classroom" and "Courage and freedom of speech".

Catherine Woollard, Director of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles, visited the students of EUR105.

“The University of Bergen has very strong credentials in our part of the world,” said Australian international relations expert, Ian Kemish.

The public debate is commonly criticised for lacking deliberation. Therefore, the group member of the Research group for rhetoric, democracy and public culture, Ida Vikøren Andersen, argues that we need a better understanding of the rhetorical modes occurring instead of deliberation

“What is missing in the selective exposure theory is the fact that most likely people are reading a lot of information that they don’t agree with. Which is why I am shifting the attention to that,” Erik Knudsen says.