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Æresdoktorpromosjon 2022
Eight new honorary doctors at UiB have been appointed (03.06.2022)
In a solemn ceremony in the University Hall, the eight new honorary doctors at UiB were honored. They received the award for their outstanding work for science.
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Research cruise to Molloy Deep (29.05.2022)
A short communication from our colleagues on board :)
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Kathy Willis elected to the UK House of Lords (19.05.2022)
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Three UiB communities apply for CoE status in education (10.05.2022)
The academic communities within the fields of pharmacy, computer science and interprofessional workplace learning in health want to become Centres for Excellence in Education (SFU). The initiative aims to strengthen the development of educational quality in many fields.
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"The universities must react to the new skill levels of modern students" (10.05.2022)
Researchers and students have worked together towards a new centre to reshape how informatics is taught.
Vast potential in deep waters (09.05.2022)
The conference Artic Frontiers challenged the director of the Bergen Offshore Wind Center (BOW) to introduce offshore wind in Norway in 90 seconds. Watch the video here.
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New Chair of the Board of AI Consortium (03.05.2022)
The University of Bergen's Inge Jonassen has been chosen as Chair of the Board of NORA - Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium.
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A very important topic in the debate on offshore wind energy (02.05.2022)
Coexistence was the topic of a high-profile conference in Oslo on 25 April. BOW's director Finn Gunnar Nielsen participated with a presentation and in a panel debate on the topic.
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Predicting Arctic sea ice (28.04.2022)
When a fishing vessel sets course for Bear Island, the captain knows only which areas are ice-covered now, not where the ice will be tomorrow. In a few years, sea ice predictions will make routing easier and safer.
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OPPLEV Nordhordland Biosphere Reserve at Marineholmen (25.04.2022)
On Saturday the 23rd of April we showcased Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve at the knowledge festival "OPPLEV på Marineholmen", arranged by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
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Mapping the environmental impact on Hywind Tampen (05.04.2022)
Bergen Offshore Wind Center (BOW) is involved in two research projects on environmental impact from offshore wind development and coexistence with the fishing industry
DLN research school courses spring 2022 (04.04.2022)
Have a look at our course portfolio for spring 2022!
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VISTA CSD Annual meeting 29-30 March 2022 (01.04.2022)
On the 29th and 30th of March 2022, VISTA CSD team members at UiB assembled in Solstrand to discuss research plans and progress of research activities under CSD. Volker Oye from NORSAR joined us as a collaborating partner. As a guest speaker, Assoc. Prof. Bjarte Hannisdal from the Department of Earth Science gave a talk on earth systems and challenges they face.
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A world of porous materials (01.04.2022)
Researchers demonstrate how we can make use of pores to solve some of the greatest challenges before us – such as the global climate crisis.
Researchers from the Department of Earth Science of the University of Bergen explain in a paper published in Nature Communications how exhumed mantle domes form at magma-poor continental margins and at ultra-slow mid-oceanic spreading systems controlled b
New article in Nature Communications (31.03.2022)
Researchers from the Department of Earth Science of the University of Bergen explain in a paper published in Nature Communications how exhumed mantle domes form at magma-poor continental margins and at ultra-slow mid-oceanic spreading systems controlled by frictional shear zones.
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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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Podcast episode on SCIPOD (28.03.2022)
A recent article from Tor Einar Møller on exploring how microbes can shed light on ancient climate conditions has been featured on a SCIPOD episode.
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Following the flight of water (24.03.2022)
In a large scale airplane campaign researchers will – for the first time – follow water molecules from they take off from the ocean until they have landed as rain or snow in Norway.

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