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Master student Ernestina Ohenwaah Denchie.
Land governance in Ghana’s emerging oil city (27.10.2015)
In my master project I study land governance and competition for space in Ghana’s emerging oil city, Sekondi-Takoradi.
Master student Rosina Badwi.
Integration of Ghanian immigrants in Bergen (27.10.2015)
In my master project, I study integration of Ghanaian immigrants in Bergen's labour market and their contribution to development at home.
Master student Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga.
Mechanization of smallholder Agriculture (27.10.2015)
In my master project I study Mechanization of smallholder Agriculture in the Northern Savanna of Ghana and its implications on Land use and Farm Productivity.
The organisers were researchers connected to the Spaces of Climate and Energy Lab (SpaceLAB, LINK) at the Department of Geography
Beyond Oil conference (26.10.2015)
Are we moving beyond oil? How are climate and energy transformations experienced in different parts of the world? What measures do we need to take to move our energy systems in a renewable direction?
David Collste and Therese Bennich accept the Barry Richmond Scholarship Award 2015
Barry Richmond Scholarship Award to master students (12.08.2015)
Three of our master students in system dynamics received a prestigious award at the 2015 International System Dynamics Conference in Boston, USA.
Andrea Bassi on the green economy (19.06.2015)
Dr. Andrea Bassi, Founder and CEO of KnowlEdge Srl, discusses ideas, indicators and practices surrounding the concept of "green economy", explaining how it would work in practice and barriers to change.
Madhab Prasad Bhusal
Obituary Madhab Prasad Bhusal (13.05.2015)
We are deeply sad to announce the loss of Madhab Prasad Bhusal, who took his M.Phil. degree at Department of Geography from 2005-2007.
Flåmvassdraget.
Changes and transitions in Western Norway (29.04.2015)
Academic staff from every strand of the geography discipline at the Geography department met in Flåm to take a closer look at the damages caused by the big flood last autumn, and to survey the reconstruction of the protected watercourse in the Flåm valley.
Bergen Group in Kuressaare 17.May 2014
NORD+ 2015 Nordic-Baltic Field Course (12.02.2015)
We have been invited to take part in NORD+15 field course in Estonia-Latvia 3rd-16th May. The field course is based in Pärnu, Estonia with excursion and field work in Western Estonia and Latvia.
Hands writing
Four scholarships for the development of new projects (11.02.2015)
UiB Global offers four prospective post-doctoral researchers to develop research applications. APPLY BY MARCH 20, 2015.
PhD Candidate Kuber Prasad Bhatta.
Temporal changes in the plant species composition along elevation gradient of Nepal Himalaya (19.01.2015)
Changes in spatial patterns of the plant species across globe are the ecological fingerprints of climate - and landuse - change on all but mostly the mountain plant communities including the Himalayas.
Ingrid Foss Ballo
Energy transition towards a low-carbon society: Perspectives and approaches to energy transition on different scales of Smart Grids (06.01.2015)
PhD Candidate Ingrid Foss Ballo.
Participants.
SERVICES AND THE GREEN ECONOMY (17.11.2014)
The Green Economies Network held an international workshop with invited researchers and PhD-students at Bjørnefjorden Guesthouse nearby Bergen on the 13th and 14th of November 2014.
Learning Economics with Dynamic Modelling (29.09.2014)
Professor David Wheat and his co-coordinator in Ukraine have received seven grants administered by the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) to support a project for “Learning Economics with Dynamic Modeling.” The grants are funded by SIU’s Eurasia Program and the ErasmusPlus Program.
PhD Candidate Austin Dziwornu Ablo.
Resources, praxis and local entrepreneurial activities in Ghana’s oil and gas sector (10.09.2014)
PhD Candidate Madan Krishna Suwal.
Current climatically potential area for distribution of plants and their fate in projected changed scenario of climate (04.09.2014)
The distribution of a species is an inherent part of its ecology. Species distribution is essential for a successful species’ management.
Creativity and Innovation
Geographical Contexts of Innovation (06.08.2014)
A special issue of the journal Growth and Change addressing the relationship between innovations and geographical contexts has been based on a session at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Seattle, Washington in 2011.
Can a future climate change threaten the current hydropower production in Norway? (02.04.2014)
In today’s economic and power consuming state, hydropower can be regarded as the most critical and beneficial renewable resource in Norway. The main goal of my project is to visualize past temporal snowlines on the west coast mountain regions in Norway during varying future climate scenarios and to study how this will affect the production of hydropower.

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