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Pr. Eriksen and Pr. Knudsen
The Fredrik Barth Memorial Lecture 2016 (20.12.2016)
Students, anthropologists and other invited guests had found their way to the University of Bergen for this year’s Fredrik Barth Memorial Lecture held by Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
snobbery
Snobbery and egalitarianism in the Norwegian and British upper-middle class (16.12.2016)
Vegard Jarness from the Department of Sociology and Sam Freidman from London School of Economics have recently published an article in Poetics.
Portrettbilde av Espen Helgesen
Disputation at the Department of Social Anthropology (09.12.2016)
On 9 December Espen Helgesen from the Department of Social Anthropology defended his thesis.
Strømledninger i Tyrkia
Exploring ‘the Nordic model’ (08.12.2016)
This December, the Energethics group met in Bergen to present the ongoing case studies and to discuss the way forward for the project.
Group photo
Utilising small fish for global food security (06.12.2016)
Consumption of fish and its contribution to the diets, especially of low income populations and vulnerable groups, offers important means for improving nutrition. Despite this, fish is strikingly missing from strategies for reduction of nutrient deficiency, for example among pregnant and lactating women, children and poor people.
Yvette Peters
Yvette Peters honoured (05.12.2016)
UiB event celebrates recipients of 2016 Bergen Research Foundation prize
Fullt hus ved åpningen av Medborgerlaben
Full house at the opening of the Citizen Lab (01.12.2016)
New UiB digital-research laboratory makes its debut