News archive for SDG Conference in Bergen

Professor Peter M. Haugan at the SDG Conference Bergen in February 2018, chairing a special event on SDG14.

Leading SDG role for ocean scientist (15.11.2018)

Earlier this autumn Peter M. Haugan was appointed member of the expert group for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. He is now preparing to attend the first meeting - in his hometown Bergen.

The University of Bergen's Rector Dag Rune Olsen at the opening of the inaugural SDG Conference Bergen in February 2018.

UiB given SDG14 leadership role by IAU (14.11.2018)

The University of Bergen has been announced as part of the International Association of Universities SDG Cluster, with special responsibility and leadership for SDG14, Life Below Water.

Rector Dag Rune Olsen from the University of Bergen debating education and the SDGs in the closing session of the official Norway delegation visit in Cape Town, South Africa on 2 November 2018.

Building partnerships for global sustainability (07.11.2018)

At the end of the Norwegian delegation visit to South Africa, Rector Dag Rune Olsen chaired a panel discussing the future of education for global sustainable development.

Rector Dag Rune Olsen from the University of Bergen and Vice-Chancellor and Principal Adam Habib from the University of the Witwatersrand in Pretoria, South Africa on 31 October 2018.

Equal education opportunities key to sustainability (01.11.2018)

South African university leader Adam Habib believes that research and innovation must be linked to equality if the goal of a sustainable world is to be reached. In February 2019 he is the opening keynote at Norway's National SDG Conference Bergen.