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Image of that the world's oldest ochre mine, Ngwenya in eSwatini
Ochre's Role in Early Human Societies (13.01.2025)
SapienCE scientist Elizabeth Velliky and her team have uncovered that the world's oldest ochre mine, Ngwenya in eSwatini, wasn't the only source of ochre pigment as we once thought. Instead, people used a variety of local ochres, showcasing unique cultural traditions and social interactions in Stone Age communities in Eswatini.
Hrvoje Miletic
Hrvoje Miletic is hoping to solve the mystery of malignant brain tumors (13.01.2025)
Professor Hrvoje Miletic and his team at UiB have made groundbreaking discoveries that could provide new answers to what makes malignant brain tumors grow. The goal is to improve both survival and treatment of brain cancer.
Justin Kroesen, portrett
Putting Norwegian Church Art Into Its Atlantic Context (07.01.2025)
Professor Justin Kroesen traces the shared Western European culture forged under the Medieval Church.
North Sea University Partnership
North Sea University Partnership (05.12.2024)
UiB joins forces with seven partner universities in the North of England and Norway. This new initiative strengthens ties and cultivates a conducive environment for education and research partnerships.
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Prestigious Award to Two UiB Researchers (05.12.2024)
Tom Langbehn and Leonardo Muniz Pichel, both from the Faculty of Science and Technology, are this year's recipients of the TMF Starting Grant. They will receive the award as part of the Trond Mohn Foundation's anniversary celebration in the University Aula on December 6th.
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Don Kalb's Book «Insidious Capital» Gets Top Prize (04.12.2024)
«The recognition goes to us all,» professor Kalb says.
Margit Simon leading climate researcher at Sapience
Margit Simon Receives Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant (03.12.2024)
Dr. Margit H. Simon is awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant of 2,17 million Euros to lead the PIONEER project which will transform our understanding of how environmental factors shaped the evolution of behavioural complexity in early Homo sapiens.
Bilde av John Magnus Dahl
Study Highlights Social Media Differences Between Minority Boys and White, Straight Boys (02.12.2024)
«I was interested in finding out if queer boys and boys with a minority background used social media differently than the majority, and found that they stand out a bit,» UiB researcher John Magnus Dahl says.
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Top European grants to the University of Bergen (02.12.2024)
Associate Professor Marc Vaudel and Professor Linda Gröning at the University of Bergen have each been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant.
Students in a learning situation
UiB Master’s Programme Secures NOK 3 Million Grant for Global Classroom Initiative (29.11.2024)
«We will teach the courses at five universities in different ways. We will create shared teaching materials, and students at all five institutions will participate through teacher and student mobility», professor Lise Rakner says.
Painted lady butterfly larvae hatching.
Pollinators: The little creatures that run the world (07.11.2024)
With funding from the EU, University of Bergen researchers and their large transdisciplinary team set out to help society deal with threats related to pollinator decline.
Plastrydding på Lisle Lyngøy
Cleaning the Plastic Island (01.11.2024)
Students and staff from the University of Bergen, together with long-standing partners, cleaned “Plastic Island” Lisle Lyngøy during this year’s plastic cleanup campaign.
Gruppebilde med de fire forskerne
Nordic research team receives €13 million to explore medieval book culture  (01.11.2024)
Åslaug Ommundsen from the University of Bergen, along with three Nordic research partners, has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant to investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.   
Anu Bradford.
Anu Bradford wins the 2024 Stein Rokkan Prize (25.10.2024)
Professor Anu Bradford, at Columbia Law School wins he prestigious 2024 Stein Rokkan Prize for the book Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology.
Ungdom rydder strand for plast
New Method Maps Youth Engagement (16.10.2024)
A large international project on young people's political and civic engagement is examining their relationship with local politics and participation.
Jellyfish unveiled exhibit
Photography exhibition ‘Jellyfish unveiled’ opens at the University Museum of Bergen (09.10.2024)
The new exhibit aims to challenge the public’s perspective on the often-misunderstood animals by highlighting their beauty and ecological relevance. It will run until January 26, 2025.
Puig standing infront of tree
When climate change affects intangible cultural heritage (08.10.2024)
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.
SDG cubes
Organize an event at Day Zero 2025! (25.09.2024)
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 5 February 2025. This is the free, all-digital day of events on the day before the SDG Conference plenary programme starts.

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