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Wake effects within the Horns Rev wind Farm
WATCH: Layout and yaw optimisation of an offshore wind farm (27.02.2023)
Wind energy has a very high potential for improvement, especially with regard to wake effects of the turbines within large wind farms. This work focuses the emphasis on potential of aerodynamically optimized wind park layouts and wake steering through yaw angle control.
A listing of HyValue's overall objectives illustrated with an image of a person by the sea.
WATCH: Introduction of FME HyValue – Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research (20.02.2023)
Did you miss Jonas Solbakken and Velaug Myrseth Oltedal's presentation of HyValue? Watch it here!
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Four researchers receive Marie Curie grant (16.02.2023)
The University of Bergen has been awarded four EU-funded mobility grants through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). One grant goes to The Faculty of Humanities, and three will go to The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Interview by the Norwegian Grandparents Climate Campaign: The young and the elderly on climate and lifestyle (13.02.2023)
Guest lecture at NMBU: "Climate, language, stories and sustainability" (13.02.2023)
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André Storto's PhD defense (01.02.2023)
We are delighted to inform you that PhD André Storto will publicly defend his PhD thesis on February 14, 2023. You are warmly welcome to attend this exciting event either in person or online!
Portrait of Arnald Puy
Uniquely interdisciplinary UiB researcher to take on substantial global challenge (27.01.2023)
With funding from the EU, UiB researcher Arnald Puy will study the deep uncertainties that condition our understanding of irrigation water withdrawals for agriculture.
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Rationality and Positive Political Roles for Emotions: Solidarity and Benevolence (25.01.2023)
The special issue of Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 17:5 (2023) contains articles based on lectures that were delivered at the conference "Rationality and Positive Political Roles for Emotions: Solidarity and Benevolence".
WATCH: Opportunities and challenges of “Energy System Integration” based on ongoing R&I projects (24.01.2023)
Did you miss Peter Breuhaus' presentation on Energy System Integration? Watch the webinar here!
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Four researchers awarded ERC Consolidator Grants (20.01.2023)
Karl Magnus Laundal, Cristian Gebhardt, Kjetil Våge, and Arnald Puy have received funding to conduct groundbreaking research through the European Research Council (ERC).
Pencil drawings of foliage and mushrooms in black on white paper
The Arboretet Primstav: carving out seasonal markers (05.01.2023)
Bergen Arboretet’s gardeners and scientists sat together in a workshop in November 2022 to settle on a set of shared seasonal reference points.
Kjersti Fløttum, research group leader for LINGCLIM.
Interview: On climate shame among older and younger people (03.01.2023)
How is the use of language about "shame" in questions about climate change received by the older generations of Norwegians (65+), and what does talking about shame accomplish? Should we rather talk about responsibility or guilt?
WATCH: A Gusty Wind or A Cool Breeze? Interplay between OWFs, Fisheries, and Climate Change (02.01.2023)
Did you miss Dr. Abdullah Al Arif's presentation on how offshore wind farms (OWFs) and fisheries interact within a climate change context? Watch the recorded webinar here!
WATCH: Seabed Minerals (19.12.2022)
Did you miss Jon O. Hellevang's presentation on seabed minerals and their role in the green shift? Watch it here!
A new survey testifies to a common understanding across generations about climate and lifestyle. But there are also disagreements.
Elderly and young people agree on living climate-friendly, but not on who is better at it (24.11.2022)
"I already live climate-friendly and I am furious at the wasteful consumption of the youth. They have a consumption of everything that is completely beyond comprehension.” This is the response of an elderly person answering the question of whether it is possible to live more climate-friendly.
Marry-Anne Karlsen and Justas Zalieckas at the University of Bergen.
ERC Starting Grant to research on migration and diamond coating (22.11.2022)
Pioneering research ideas on migration and diamond coating have given Marry-Anne Karlsen and Justas Zalieckas at the University of Bergen a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
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Welcome to Its21 (21.11.2022)
The 7th conference on interdisciplinary teamwork skills for the 21st century, will be held in Bergen, Norway on 27th-28th April 2023.
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What role does expert knowledge play in asylum litigation? (18.11.2022)
Migration researcher Marry-Anne Karlsen at the Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKOK) at UiB has been granted prestigious funding by the EU to do research on expert knowledge in asylum litigation.

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