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A jigsaw puzzle of climate change in the Arctic (29.06.2021)
What will be the consequences of ice on Greenland and in the Arctic melting at an alarming pace? This was one of the questions Professor Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu and colleagues wanted to find answers to in the largest ever ERC project in the Nordic countries; the Synergy Grant Ice2Ice project.
Scientific Director Edvard Hviding of SDG Bergen Science Advice at Bergen Summer Research School in June 2021.
PhDs stepping up to policy brief call (22.06.2021)
During this year’s Bergen Summer Research School, 17 SDG-oriented policy briefs were produced by more than 100 enthusiastic participants as part of a joint call by PhD for Innovation and SDG Bergen Science Advice.
Esmeralda Colombo. Climate litigation.
– International law is a door opener for national climate change cases (18.06.2021)
“International law is arguably helping domestic courts deal with the exceptionality of climate change in access to justice matters,” says Esmeralda Colombo at The faculty of Law, University of Bergen. She recently delivered her PhD thesis on the subject. Read interview with Colombo here.
Migrants boarding a ship in the Mediterranean.
A world in refuge (17.06.2021)
Global displacement has reached an all time high in 2021. The world has never needed the UN Refugee Convention more than in its 70th anniversary year.
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Kikki Kleiven is the new Bjerknes Centre director (17.06.2021)
Kikki Kleiven follows Tore Furevik as the direcor of Bjernes Centre, and will lead 200 climate researchers the coming four years.
Katja Enberg and Gabriella Ljungström, BSRS 2021
Gathered PhD candidates from 49 countries around the SDGs (09.06.2021)
For the second time, the annual Bergen Summer Research School was an online event — this time with special sessions on systems-thinking and innovative digital social activities.
Rector Margareth Hagen is handed a UN certificate from Lise Øvreås of SDG Bergen Ocean for the University of Bergen becoming UNAI SDG14 Hub 2021-2024 with Marine Director Amund Maage (left) and Edvard Hvidingi of SDG Bergen Science Advice (right).
UiB is UNAI SDG14 Hub for 2021-2024 (08.06.2021)
In 2018, the University of Bergen was appointed the SDG14 Hub for United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) for a three-year period. This month it has been announced that the university will enjoy three more years as SDG14 Hub.
Midnattsol på forskningstokt i Norskehavet, august 2016. Foto: Emil Jeansson
UiB among top ocean universities (08.06.2021)
Once again, the University of Bergen is ranked among the top ten oceanography universities in the world.
Edvard Hviding and Benjamin Pfeil from the University of Bergen present the first SDG Bergen Policy Brief on World Ocean Day, 8 June 2021.
New SDG oriented policy brief series launched (07.06.2021)
The SDG Bergen Policy Brief series is a novel and innovative way to communicate with policy-makers to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goal is to have more research-based information reach policy-makers for societal impact.
The key to volcanic margins (03.06.2021)
The effect of increased mantle temperature at wide volcanic margins is likely overestimated. Large volumes of magmatism at volcanic rifted margin can be explained by depth-dependent extension and very moderate excess mantle potential temperature.
Photo of an abstract rendition of a world map.
International inspiration for local action (02.06.2021)
SDG Bergen Science Advice has provided input to the national SDG plan for Norway. Our input is inspired by the University of Bergen’s longstanding scientific advice towards the UN system and targeted approach to the 2030 Agenda.
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New member of EERA Executive Committee (01.06.2021)
University of Bergen will help catalysing European energy research for a climate-neutral society by 2050.
University of Bergen will host AE-Bergen Knowledge Hub four more years (01.06.2021)
"This collaboration and partnership will help the University of Bergen to maintain a strong link to European policy development in the coming years", rector Margareth Hagen said during the signing ceremony for the new 4 year-contract between Academia Europaea and UiB.
University of Bergen student showing up specimen found during field work on Norway's western coast.
UiB hosts first SDG14 course for IOC (31.05.2021)
The University of Bergen is happy to announce that we are hosting an OceanTeacher Global Academy course in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
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The Trond Mohn Foundation and UiB take deep sea research to the Arctic Ocean (25.05.2021)
The Trond Mohn Foundation has awarded NOK 16 million to the Centre for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen (UiB) distributed over a five year period. UiB allocates approximately NOK 88 million to the interdisciplinary research centre regarding salary and operations. “The support we receive from the Trond Mohn Foundation makes it possible to carry out voyages and use the best available... Les mer
Obtaining fossil pollen records from around the globe. Global studies such as this one require the careful gathering of many records collected by many individual research teams, compiled into global community databases curated by scientific experts.
Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change is unprecedented over the last 18,000 years (20.05.2021)
The acceleration of biodiversity change began millennia ago and was often larger than the shift from the last ice age to modern temperatures, a UiB study published in Science shows.
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The Plastic Whale – four years on (19.05.2021)
“With this commemoration, the Plastic Whale Heritage alliance and the University of Bergen want to help ensure that the Plastic Whale’s message is not forgotten – the health of our oceans is at stake, and we must act now.”
UiB clears four tonnes of plastic (19.05.2021)
The University of Bergen and its partners collected four tonnes of plastic waste during this year’s plastic clearing drive. By comparison, 1.5 kg of plastic were found in the stomach of the Plastic Whale.

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