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Kjersti Fløttum and ambassador Florence Robine.
Prof. emerita Kjersti Fløttum awarded the French National Order of Merit (18.12.2023)
Professor emerita Kjersti Fløttum was awarded the French Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mérite) on 28 November 2023 for her many years of work in promoting the bilateral relationship between France and Norway, her work as professor of French and researcher at the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen and her role as vice consul for France in Bergen.
Kjersti Fløttum and Øyvind Gjerstad
Announcing the CLIMLIFE report and a new leader for LINGCLIM (10.11.2023)
At the LINGCLIM meeting on Friday 10 November 2023, both the CLIMLIFE report and the new leader for the LINGCLIM research group were celebrated.
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Call for Papers MoMM Conference 2024 (03.11.2023)
Call for papers! The research group Multilingualism on My Mind (MoMM) is organizing a two-day virtual and free conference on multilingualism on 21–22 March 2024. Contributions from all across the globe and from a variety of perspectives are welcome!
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Understanding language teacher psychology: The key to classroom life (30.10.2023)
The research group Multilingualism on My Mind has the pleasure and honour of hosting Professor Sarah Mercer, from the University of Graz, as our guest lecturer this semester!
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The Ungspråk project with new insights about the link between multilingualism and intercultural competence (29.09.2023)
We are delighted to inform you that Irina Tiurikova publicly defended her Ph.D. thesis on September 22, 2023.
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How is the temperature increase for global warming calculated? (22.09.2023)
Climate scientist and LINGCLIM member Professor Helge Drange explains in an article for Energi og klima how we can calculate the increase in temperature due to global warming.
Participants: Emil Perron, Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Jørgen Pedersen and Eirik Fevang.
Panel discussion: DEGROWTH (22.09.2023)
On Wednesday 30 August 2023, Salongen - journal for philosophy and the history of ideas invited to a panel discussion with professors Mariel Aguilar-Støen (UiO) and Jørgen Pedersen (HVL) about "degrowth" at Litteraturhuset in Bergen. Research assistant for CLIMLIFE, Emil Perron, led the conversation together with Eirik Fevang on behalf of Salongen.
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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.
PhD candidate Runa Falck.
Masterclass and theory of science and ethics presentation (22.06.2023)
On Monday 19 June 2023, PhD candidate Runa Falck (IF) conducted her masterclass, and PhD candidate Johanna Gunn (IF) presented her chapter on theory of science and ethics for her PhD project.
Participants at the BSRS.
Bergen Summer Research School 2023 (22.06.2023)
Once again, the Bergen Summer Research School was organised at the University of Bergen, 16 years since it first was established.
Participants at the workshop.
Workshop: Narratives in the humanities and social sciences (22.06.2023)
12-13 June, associate professor Øyvind Gjerstad led a workshop at the Faculty of Humanities: "Narratives in the humanities and social sciences".
New reviews of 'Multimodality in English Language Learning' (19.06.2023)
The anthology 'Multimodality in English Language Learning' was published in 2022. The editors Sigrid Ørevik og Sophia Diamantopoulou both belong to the research group Text-based English Language Learning (TELL). The book also contains a contribution from TELL researcher Aud Solbjørg Skulstad. Two international journals have now published reviews of the book: 'Multimodality in Society' and '... Read more
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Acquiring intercultural competencies at UiB: New course at the Department of Foreign Languages (31.05.2023)
Against increasingly diversified migration in our globalized societies, intercultural competencies have become a progressively relevant set of skills in the national and international job market.
Photo of participants in the CLIMLIFE project group.
Living with climate change conference 8-9 May 2023 (16.05.2023)
The Living with climate change conference took place on 8-9. May 2023 with over 100 participants from 19 countries, and over 50 paper presentations. THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE AS A VIDEO RECORDING HERE.
View of the University aula and the video projection of Andrew Revkin's keynote video.
Living with climate change conference: Journalist and scholar Andrew Revkin on climate change (16.05.2023)
8-9 May 2023 the CLIMLIFE research project at the University of Bergen organised the international conference Living with climate change. Journalist and scholar Andrew Revkin gave a wholehearted keynote on climate communication, journalism and on connecting people.
Professor Kjersti Fløttum.
Podcast: Prof. Kjersti Fløttum in Science4Impact (16.05.2023)
Professor Kjersti Fløttum interviewed by the podcast Science4Impact about how willing we are to live climate-friendly lives.
Emil Perron at the Areopagus, in front of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Interview: Everyone could benefit from looking up (16.05.2023)
Research assistant at the CLIMLIFE research project, Emil Perron, has been interviewed by På Høyden about the preparing the conference Living with climate change conference at the University of Bergen 8-9 May.
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Guest Lecture (01.05.2023)
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Elizabet Arocena Egaña from University of the Basque Country will give a lecture titled "Students’ language achievements, teachers’ beliefs and the use of multilingual resources in Basque schools" on May 12, 2023. You are welcome to attend this event.

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