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High-level summit at the University of Bergen: Global counter-terrorism after 22 July (20.08.2021)
What can society and global organizations do better to stop right-wing extremist radicalization and terrorist content online?
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New Software from the "Coincidence Analysis" Group (20.08.2021)
New CNA software published on The Comprehensive R Archive Network.
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New publication of the CNA group (16.08.2021)
Martyna Swiatczak's paper on "Different algorithms, different models" was published in Quality & Quantity (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-021-01193-9
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CLIMLIFE researchers contributed to online conference «Climate Change Temporalities» (15.08.2021)
Kjersti Fløttum and Solveig Lygren gave talks at UiB's conference «Climate Change Temporalities», 11th -13th August 2021.
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In the Sultan’s Salon (08.07.2021)
The book "In the Sultan’s Salon: Learning, Religion, and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 1501–1516)" presents the first study of an Islamic court of Egypt as a centre of scholarship, religion, and politics.
Rapport – CLIMLIFE-skoleundersøkelse
Research Report – CLIMLIFE school survey: Young people's perspective on climate and lifestyle (04.07.2021)
After a successful implementation of its school survey on climate and lifestyle in spring 2021, the CLIMLIFE-research group has now published a first research report.
Beth Velliky researching orcher for her ROSA project
How iron-rich rocks shaped us into modern humans (25.06.2021)
One of the earliest forms of symbolic behaviour is the use of ochre. A new SapienCE project will explore how iron-rich rocks shaped the lives of early modern humans along the coast of South Africa.
Presentasjon og paneldebatt på Litteraturhuset i Bergen
How do young people from Bergen relate to climate change, lifestyle, shame, and the Corona pandemic? (18.06.2021)
Against the background of the annual Climate Festival in Bergen (Klimafestivalen § 112 - Bergen), the CLIMLIFE research group arranged an event at Litteraturhuset i Bergen on Monday, 7th June, to present and discuss selected results from a recently conducted school survey on climate and lifestyle.
Smilande mann med briler og svart skjorte sit framfor ein laptop og ein ekstern skjerm
SVT application in the final to become Norwegian Centre of Excellence (11.06.2021)
Out of 161 applications, SVT’s Centre of Actionable Knowledges (AcKnowledges) was one of 36 initiatives nationwide that made it to round two of the call.
Front page of a book in turquoise and yellow, with the headline Postcolonial and postsocialist dialogues - Intersections, opacities, challenges in feminist theorizing and practice. as well as information about the editors
Sparking dialogues between postcolonial and postsocialist feminisms (03.06.2021)
UiB researcher Redi Koobak is one of the editors behind the new volume Postcolonial and Postsocialist Dialogues: Intersections, Opacities, Challenges in Feminist Theorizing and Practice.
From the unversity gardens, trees
Telling times in the Arboretet (26.05.2021)
A corollary of my seasonal study is an interest in the diverse markers of time embedded in the gardens.
En traktor med vedkutter, tre og blå himmel i bakgrunnen, snø på bakken
Making the gardens 'green' (26.05.2021)
I'm interested in seasonality at Arboretet and investigating whether there are any changes to how the gardeners and scientists are relating to seasons.
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Spring is wild garlic, but is anyone eating it? (25.05.2021)
People commonly associate foods with seasons, particularly when it comes to foraging for wild plants like mushrooms or berries.
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Art, Academics, and Beyond at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Festival: Platform (Post?) Pandemic (21.05.2021)
ELO 2021 launches next week with a variety of virtual talks, workshops, and arts performances from May 24th - May 28th, as well as several permanent online exhibitions.
Finding of earliest African burial 78000 year
SapienCE-researchers identify the earliest human burial in Africa (05.05.2021)
The earliest human burial in Africa has been discovered at an archaeological site near Mombasa. Excavations revealed the body of a three-year-old child, deliberately buried around 78,000 years old.
Tekst på arabisk og bilete av Randi Gressgård
Microaggression in Arabic (30.04.2021)
The first journal for Arabic speakers in Norway, DER, includes in its latest issue a translated version of UiB researcher Randi Gressgård’s article about microaggression: Banging one’s head against the wall.
The Ungspråk team on YouTube
The Ungspråk project on the Arqus YouTube channel (15.04.2021)
Our research team gave an online lecture which became the fourth of a series of guest lectures “Seven months, seven universities” by Arqus.
A composite image of Jason Nelson's games.
Jason Nelson Appointed Associate Professor at UiB Digital Culture (10.04.2021)
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Nelson as Associate Professor with UiB Digital Culture.

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