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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.

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.

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 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.

The covid-19 pandemic: A watershed in the development of digital politics (08.04.2021)

Associate professor at UiB, Kjetil Rommetveit, has received funding from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to study contact tracing under covid-19 as digital politics.

Our podcast on MoMM2021 (08.04.2021)

The conference MoMM2021: Exploring multilingualism in education was a great success and as a team, we share our experience in organizing this digital event in a podcast.

The SapienCE Annual Report 2020 is out! (06.04.2021)

The 2020 SapienCE Annual report is now published. The report presents stories, field reports and articles based on a selection of scientific publications issued throughout the year.

Four people next to each other, with blue skies and a pink flag in the background

Young and outspoken about science and policy (25.03.2021)

UiB researcher Arjan Wardekker was recently admitted to The Young Academy of Europe (YAE).

"Bio" diversity in the Arboretum (21.03.2021)

Today was my fifth Friday working at the Arboretum, assisting the gardeners and learning about the seasonal rhythms of their work.

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