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Jill Walker Rettberg
How Generative AI Endangers Cultural Narratives (12.01.2024)
Jill Walker Rettberg writes on how American and anglospheric AI origins can overshadow cultural heritage from other countries in the world.
SDG Conference Bergen 2023
The role of universities in transformative change (20.12.2023)
Welcome to the digital and free SDG Conference in Bergen 2024! The theme is Take a look at the programme and register today.
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.
Petter Helgesen og Benedicte Løseth i Forskingsrådet overleverer SFF-plakett til senterleiarane Scott Rettberg og Jill Walker Rettberg.
"Be a light house, and show the way forward" (14.12.2023)
CDN opening on December 11th, with Rector, Research Council and Drummer Boys.
The CDN Inaugural Lecture: A Half-Century of Hypertext (14.12.2023)
Professor Robert Arellano leads us through the history of hypertext – five decades of storytelling up to today.
Gabriele de Seta mottek TMS-stipend i Universitetsaulaen i Bergen.
Investigating the modern myths of algorithms (04.12.2023)
Gabriele de Seta receives Trond Mohn Foundation grant to research folkloric responses to the code we don't quite understand.
Jill Walker Rettberg smiling in front of the BBC offices.
Jill Walker Rettberg talking about her new book on the BBC (24.11.2023)
Machine Vision on radio: About the history of humans expanding our vision with technology, on Start the Week.
WATCH: Subsea Substations – Leveraging Existing Technology to Reduce Costs off Offshore Wind (17.11.2023)
Did you miss Arill Hagland's talk on OneSubsea Processing's plans for developing subsea substations for offshore wind parks? Watch it here!
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Policy event on Democracy (13.11.2023)
At this event in Brussels on 23 January 2024, researchers from the University of Bergen and NORCE presented and discussed new and pressing democracy issues with policy makers and experts from the European Commission and stakeholder organizations.
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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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!
Jenny Macalli, scientist at SapienCE Collecting data loggers inside Bloukrantz cave, February 2023
Decoding Past Climates through Dripstones (26.10.2023)
A recent study demonstrates how dripstones can be crucial for reconstructing past climates. The new approach can provide a detailed picture of the climate around early human occupations in South Africa.
WATCH: Webinar on European energy policy @ Bergen Energy Lab” by Rosita Zilli, EERA Senior Policy Officer (20.10.2023)
WATCH: European Electricity Market Design for the Future (17.10.2023)
Did you miss our half-day seminar on European Electricity Market Design for the Future, co-organized by Bergen Energy Lab / NHH Norwegian School of Economics? Watch the presentations here!
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Precarious temporalities in rural Japan (11.10.2023)
On the surface, population decline in Japan is having a devasting effect on rural communities and their centuries-old traditions, which they take great care to preserve.
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Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature (05.10.2023)
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 has been awarded to author Jon Fosse. Fosse is an honorary doctor and alumnus at the University of Bergen.
Image of SapienCE researcher Karen van Nierkerk excavating in Blombos Cave
New study shows signs of early creation of modern human identities (29.09.2023)
Our early ancestors were collecting eye-catching shells that may have been used as personal ornaments 100 000 years ago. The discoveries possibly also show the creation of identity that gradually, but radically changed the way we look at ourselves and others.
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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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