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UiB researchers Scott Bremer and Diana Wildschut have together with Werner Krauss co-edited a special issue about narratives in the journal Climate Risk Management.
Researchers at UiB launch a new book in connection with the completion of the MAGIC project. The publication consists of the project members’ thought-provoking and radical ideas about sustainability.
As part of our local communication and engagement work, we developed a creative exercise centered on the traditional Norwegian calendar stick, the primstav.
In March 2020 most of the world went into lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenging times lay ahead for everyone, including the research community.
Professor emeritus at the University of Bergen, Gunnar Skirbekk, is worried about a new proposal for financing higher education institutions in Norway.
Associate professor at the University of Bergen, Henrik Berg, criticizes evidence-based practice in psychology in a new book.
Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, UiB researchers present five principles for model quality.
"Covid-19 has shown that we need a new debate about decision-making in crises when the scientific answers are not yet available."
Bruna De Marchi, researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) at UiB, has written the editorial in the first special issue of the journal Culture e Studi del Sociale.
In a recent article co-authored with Mario Giampietro, UiB professor Silvio Funtowicz criticizes the circular economy concept and proposes a different approach to sustainable growth.
New research suggests that current models critically underestimate the uncertainties when predicting future irrigated areas.
Below you can read Dr Paul Schneider's reflections on the first six months of the project in Coromandel, New Zealand.
New dissemination video from the MAGIC project on what happens when there is uncertainty and the science is not complete.
Thor Olav Iversen's doctoral project seeks to develop a critical framework for assessing food security quantification. We had a quick talk with the PhD candidate.
The CALENDARS team had a stand at the National Science Week expo (Forskningstorget) in Bergen in September.
Erik Kolstad and Scott Bremer organise training in transdisciplinary climate adaptation research for early career researchers.
During their agricultural season, the farmers of Mali highly rely on timely rainfall. A new collaboration project adapts the weather service yr.no for the rainy season in Mali.
The CALENDARS project started on New Years day 2019, and it is off to an energetic start!
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