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UiB clears four tonnes of plastic (19.05.2021)
The University of Bergen and its partners collected four tonnes of plastic waste during this year’s plastic clearing drive. By comparison, 1.5 kg of plastic were found in the stomach of the Plastic Whale.
Plastdugnad 2020
Joint drive against plastic pollution (19.05.2021)
As part of the University of Bergen’s marine research initiative, an interdisciplinary network on plastic pollution has been set up for researchers, PhD candidates and students.
Forskere på flåte
Prehistoric megafloods smaller than assumed (14.05.2021)
Mighty floods have carved out deep canyons on Earth. New research suggests this may have required less power than previously thought. Collecting such data, however, may be demanding.
The UiB Magazine 2019
The UiB Magazine 2019/2020 (10.05.2021)
The UiB Magazine 2019/2020 is out now. Read about ocean- and climate research, the discovery of the world's oldest drawing, SDG Bergen, medical breakthroughs, innovative students and much more.
Scientific Director Lise Øvreås from Ocean Sustainability organised a special session on coastal communities at the SDG Conference Bergen in February 2021.
Successful SDG Action completed (07.05.2021)
SDG Bergen was registered as an SDG Action in January 2018 with a completion date set for 1 August 2021. The SDG Action has now been completed three months ahead of schedule.
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.
Portrait photo of Inga Berre
Inga Berre is ERC recipient number 10,000 (05.05.2021)
As grantee number 10,000 to receive funding from the European Research Council (ERC), Inga Berre will use applied mathematics in order to understand what happens underground when heat is extracted from the Earth's interior.
UiB delegasjon
In memory of former vice president and honorary doctor Mondale (23.04.2021)
Former US Vice President and UiB honorary doctorate Walter Mondale sadly died this week. Mondale is remembered for his warm and goodhearted nature.
Bærekraftskonferansen i Bergen, februar 2021 i Universitetsaulsen i Bergen.
UiB falls in THE Impact Rankings (21.04.2021)
In the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, the University of Bergen (UiB) is ranked 201-300. Last year UiB was 85th in this ranking.
Rektor Margareth Hagen og universitetsdirektør Robert Rastad
Pleased with the ARK survey (21.04.2021)
The management at the University of Bergen is pleased with the results of this year’s ARK survey, but also sees areas that need to be improved.
Interferometer
A new atom interferometer (20.04.2021)
This spring, German theoretical physicist Johannes Fiedler will join University of Bergen, thanks to grants from The Humboldt Foundation and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions.
Deep-water fish
100 days, 100% for the ocean (13.04.2021)
SDG Bergen kickstarted the UN Ocean Decade through a 100 day communications experiment. Giving it 100% for the ocean, showing various examples of ocean science and ocean science diplomacy.
UiB og samfunnet 2021
The University of Bergen - Societal impact (07.04.2021)
In this magazine we summarize some of the contributions to society from the University of Bergen in the past year.
Universitetshagene
UiB in global initiative to prevent species extinctions (29.03.2021)
“We must pull together as a global community to limit ongoing loss of biodiversity” says Michael Pirie, of UiB’s University Gardens.
Rector Margareth Hagen from the University of Bergen opens the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen.
UiB supports joint global SDG statement (29.03.2021)
Rector Margareth Hagen is one of 58 university leaders from around the world to sign a joint statement reaffirming the University of Bergen’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda and to work for global collaboration.
Bilde av Team Hagen
Margareth Hagen is the winner of the rectorial election at UiB (25.03.2021)
For the next four years, Team Hagen will lead the University of Bergen, the largest knowledge institution in western Norway
UiB researcher becomes global biodiversity ambassador (24.03.2021)
UNESCO has announced Postdoctoral fellow Alicia May Donnellan Barraclough as one of five global Young Spokespeople for its Man and Biosphere programme.
The S4D4C plenary on Strengthening Science Diplomacy Transboundary Institutions on Thursday 18 March2021 brilliantly summed up in this illustration.
Bringing science and knowledge to diplomacy (19.03.2021)
“Science is not negotiable, but it can be ignored,” said Professor Edvard Hviding in a debate on transboundary institutions at the S4D4C final networking meeting.

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