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How can we study science and technology <i>as</i> social activities? (01.04.2022)
This question is central to the research of the 2022 Holberg Prize winner, Sheila Jasanoff, who has a long-standing collaboration with University of Bergen researchers.
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Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funding 2022 (29.03.2022)
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions for 2022-2023. Deadline 15 June, 2022.
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Exploring how artificial intelligence affects our lives (21.03.2022)
Social scientist Gabriele de Seta is looking at how we interact with digital media in everyday life. Now he is awarded the Prize for Young Researchers for his outstanding work.
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New book on Pre-Web Digital Publishing and the Lore of Electronic Literature (21.03.2022)
CDN Principal Investigator, Dr. Astrid Ensslin, ventures a deep-dive into the early history of digital creative writing and publishing
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Prestigious grant for sign language researcher (16.03.2022)
Linguistics professor Vadim Kimmelman receives high-level funding from the EU. Now he will be able to build a research team and explore different properties in five different sign languages.
Screenshot from Giselle Beiguelman’s Coronário / Coronary, one of the works featured in the COVID E-Lit documentary
Digital Art During the Pandemic Debuts Online (15.03.2022)
The new documentary provides a unique lens on the collective experience of the pandemic and is now available for open access screening online.
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"We need knowledge-based leadership" (03.03.2022)
Helge Drange was interviewed by the Norwegian Grandparents Climate Campaign (Besteforeldrenes klimaaksjon).
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Reading Group Meeting - May 3rd (22.02.2022)
The research group's reading group will have its second meeting of the semester on May 3rd in HF 371, 10:00-11:30
Voices on lifestyle in a climate change perspective
"Voices on Lifestyle in a Climate Perspective" (15.02.2022)
During this year's SDG Conference in Bergen, the LINGCLIM research group contributed with a session on "Voices on Lifestyle in a Climate Perspective" on "Day Zero" (9th February 2022).
Gender and ageing
Digital Seminar: Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe II (12.02.2022)
Welcome to the new "Gender and Ageing" seminar organized by Laura Cayrol-Bernardo.
Ancient DNA Analysis from blocks of sediment covered in raisin
Cutting-edge technology unlocks the gateway to ancient human DNA (10.02.2022)
Cutting-edge technology makes it possible for scientists to retrieve DNA recovered decades ago. An international team of researchers, including scientists from SapienCE, were able to isolate ancient DNA from blocks of sediment embedded in plastic resin commonly used for micromorphological analyses.
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Seasonal bush walks with young Coromandel kiwis (08.02.2022)
Kiwis (self-reference used by New Zealanders) refer to their native subtropical forest with its tree giants and unique flora and fauna somewhat depreciatively as bush.
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In tune with seasonality (08.02.2022)
It's noisy in the gardens, and the melody of birds, chainsaws, ice and robots keeps harmony with the seasonal rhythms of the gardens.
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Veins of blue infrastructure (08.02.2022)
On my first day in the university gardens, the head gardener broke down the work by colour: "Green" work with plants, "grey" work with landscaping and "blue" work on water and drainage.
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New member of the CNA group (24.01.2022)
The CNA group has the pleasure to welcome Luna de Souter to the team.
Europe China Forum
Europe-China Relations (24.01.2022)
This spring six outstanding and internationally renowned historians will share their knowledge and insights in the lecture series "Europe-China Relations: National Perspectives on Relations with China in Challenging Times."
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CLIMLIFE seminar at Solstrand Hotel (20.01.2022)
The LINGCLIM research group currently holds a two-days seminar at Solstrand Hotel, 20.-21. januar 2022, to discuss progress and further plans for the ongoing CLIMLIFE research project.
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New research on multimodal texts in teaching and learning of English (04.01.2022)
The newly published anthology 'Multimodality in English Language Learning' provides research-based knowledge on the use, production, and assessment of multimodal texts in the teaching and — This book will be useful for researchers, teachers, students, and educators interested in language, text, and multimodality says associate professor and co-editor of the book, Sigrid Ørevik.

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