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Geography is focused on the connections between environment, nature and society. We study contemporary topics such as green transformation, climate change, natural hazards, global inequalities, climate and energy transformation, food security and natural resource management. Education and research at the department is organised into three research areas:

Nyhet
Tzimafei og dekanen.

Publications Award 2025 to Tsimafei Kazlou

The Faculty Board has awarded Tsimafei Kazlou this year's Publication Award 2025.

Master's degree
Graduation Ceremony

Master's theses in Geography 2025

We have two deadlines this year: 2 June and 1 December. Congratulations to all who submitted the thesis in 2025!

Research projects
Small fish

New Small Fish Projects initiated in Kenya and Tanzania

The multi-disciplinary SmallFish4Food and SmallFishClim projects team initiated Lake Victoria research activities and collaboration to study the role of small fish trade for food security and nutrition.

New research project
Norwegian nature in Voss

Research on sustainable climate and nature governance funded

The collaborative project ECOBUDGETS will explore ways to integrate climate and nature budgets into administrative and political decisions at the municipal and county levels.

Research
Puig standing infront of tree

When climate change affects intangible cultural heritage

What can society do when climate change affects crafts, traditions, knowledge about nature, and other expressions of intangible cultural heritage? Daniel Puig, a researcher at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, is exploring this question.