News archive for Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Associate professor at the University of Bergen, Henrik Berg, criticizes evidence-based practice in psychology in a new book.

"Covid-19 has shown that we need a new debate about decision-making in crises when the scientific answers are not yet available."

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.

Six European researchers have received EU funding for research residencies at the University of Bergen through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme. Four of the six grants go to research projects in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities.

PhD candidate Thor Olav Iversen talked to the acknowledged Professor Theodore Porter about the history of numbers in science and society, governing by privatized algorithm and many other things.

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.

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.