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Book fragments from the Middle Ages reveal their secrets (22.08.2023)

In the Nordic countries, tens of thousands of pages from liturgical books from the Middle Ages have been preserved. An international network of researchers has formed around the materials.

UiB hosts European expedition (21.08.2023)

Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) is a continent-wide expedition addressing environmental challenges along the coasts of Europe. On their northernmost stop, the team was based at the Espegrend Marine Biological Station, hosted by the University of Bergen.

Portrait of Professor Leiv Marsteintredet from the University of Bergen, Norway

Q&A: Leiv Marsteintredet (18.08.2023)

Political scientist Leiv Marsteintredet points at how democracy in Latin America and Europe are linked, bemoans Norwegians who romanticise revolutions and urges everyone to visit Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, both for its colonial history but not the least to grab a cold beer in front of Museo de Casas Reales.

Professor at the Pandemic Center leads two international committees (17.08.2023)

Professor Preben Aavitsland at the Pandemic Center is head of two international committees appointed by WHO's Director-General to advise WHO on how the covid-19 pandemic and mpox-outbreak should be handled in the coming years.

young woman lying on the coach holding her stomach in pain

New genetic relations between irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric diseases discovered (15.08.2023)

The discovery of the researchers at the University of Bergen and University of Oslo shed new light on the connection between the brain and our gut.

Image showing Francesco d'Errico with student Jasmin Culey looking at ochre

Ranked as number 1 (11.08.2023)

SapienCE scientist Francesco d’Errico is ranked as number 1 in Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway by Research.com.

Photo of health researcher Ana Lorena Ruano in Madrid.

Q&A: Ana Lorena Ruano (11.08.2023)

Global health researcher Ana Lorena Ruano raves about the active volcanoes in her native Guatemala, loves the short stories of Augusto Monterosso and serves arepas to her guests whilst sipping Guatemalan coffee and Zapaca rum, the best in the world according to her.

Portrait of Associate Professor Ernesto Semán, University of Bergen

Q&A: Ernesto Semán (03.08.2023)

Historian Ernesto Semán recommends a visit to Buenos Aires for its energy, raves about Chilean TV series Los ’80, waxes lyrical about the mountains of Latin America, and bakes medialunas, an Argentine version of croissants, for his guests.

Center for Digital Narrative Releases Podcast Off Center (01.08.2023)

The bi-weekly podcast series ‘Off Center’, hosted by Scott Rettberg, Director of the Center for Digital Narrative, has launched. Read more about it and find out where you can listen to the podcast.

University of Bergen and Indonesian Delegation Foster Collaboration (25.07.2023)

UiB and delegation from Indonesia explored opportunities for collaboration in marine research and education

Training future leaders in artificial intelligence (27.06.2023)

Over the next 5 years, a large interdisciplinary project at UiB will advance the frontier of knowledge in artificial intelligence (AI), with a particular focus on reliable and ethical development in the field. The program is supported by the EU and aims to train 19 researchers from various disciplines to become the future leaders in AI research and technology.

Portrettbilde av Tore Tungodden, universitetsdirektør ved UiB

Tore Tungodden appointed as new University Director (26.06.2023)

The University Board at UiB has appointed Tore Tungodden as the new University Director.

The Rector and the Minister of Health opened the international leprosy conference (21.06.2023)

Rector at UiB Margareth Hagen and Minister of Health Ingvild Kjerkol were among several introducers when The 2023 Hansen Anniversary opened. Over 30 nations are represented at the commemoration.

The five PhDs Leonce Leandry, Innocent Sosoma, Elimercy Ntagalinda, Abdul-rahman Mumbu, and Zabibu Afazali visited the University of Bergen for the annual meeting of the Math4SDG project.

Using mathematics to fight disease (19.06.2023)

In June 2023 the project Math4SDG held its annual meeting in Bergen. We met up with five PhDs in the project to discuss how they will use applied mathematics to combat infectious disease and how the project aims to increase mathematical literacy in Tanzania and Uganda.

A new consortium in Norway gathers to establish a groundbreaking offshore wind centre (16.06.2023)

Offshore Wind 2040 (OW2040) is on track to become a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) by the end of 2024. If the Research Council of Norway approves the FME application, OW2040 could become a world-leading hub for offshore wind development.

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Diving into deep-sea mining would be reckless (07.06.2023)

“We ask for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining until more research has been conducted on the consequences of such interventions for life in the ocean. Norway must take an international initiative for more research into this,” says biology professor Lise Øvreås from the University of Bergen on World Ocean Day.

A face-to-face summer research school, at last! (05.06.2023)

This week, more than 70 PhD students from all over the world assemble in Bergen for the annual Bergen Summer Research Schools—for the first time since the pandemic.

A face-to-face summer research school, at last! (05.06.2023)

This week, more than 70 PhD students from all over the world assemble in Bergen for the annual Bergen Summer Research Schools—for the first time since the pandemic.

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