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Portrait of Georg Picot from the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in June 2017.
Research for the worst off in the labour market (30.06.2017)
Georg Picot has long done research on temporary employment. For his next project he wants to study low-wage employment and how the state influences wages.
Forelesning
Elective courses autumn 2017 (23.06.2017)
Wondering which courses to choose this autumn? Here is an overview over elective courses at the 200-level at the Department of Comparative Politics. The courses are open for all students at the University of Bergen and taught in English.
Book cover Dialogues on development
Conversations on Dependency Theory (21.06.2017)
PhD Candidate Maria Dyveke Styve has co-edited a newly released e-book that explores the relevance of dependency theory today. Read more and access the e-book here.
Organic farming in Himalaya.
Climate Change and the Future of Himalayan Farming (20.06.2017)
This new book, edited by professor Tor Halfdan Aase and published at Oxford University Press, asks to what extent Himalayan farmers and their institutions are prepared to face a future when external production conditions change.
Thor Erik Sortland
Disputation at the Department of Social Anthropology (14.06.2017)
On 16 June Thor Erik Sortland from the Department of Social Anthropology defended his thesis.
Depicted is the Zapatista movement in Mexico.
Meet the researcher: Alessandro Zagato (13.06.2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow Alessandro Zagato's research revolves around state evolution and egalitarian movements in Mexico. Read more about his project here.
Michaël Tatham
Political scientist scores publication award (12.06.2017)
Professor Michaël Tatham honoured by the Faculty of Social Sciences for his volume on European regions, which was published by Oxford University Press.
PACIFIC PARTNERS: UiB's Jarl Giske (left) and USP's Rajesh Chandra launching a unique joint marine chair at the UN Ocean Conference in New York, thus strengthening the ties between the two universities.
Bergen and Fiji expand partnership (08.06.2017)
The University of Bergen and the University of the South Pacific announced the establishment of a joint marine chair at a reception during the UN Ocean Conference.
Solomon Island
The Global Anthropology of Climate Change (06.06.2017)
Climate change is said to be the greatest global challenge of our time, but it is also a contested topic. How do we talk about these issues - from everyday life to the meetings of policy makers - and what are the consequences? Join the course SANT285 if you want to engage in discussions about climate change in a post-factual world.
Portrait of Marina Gold
Meet the researcher: Marina Gold (06.06.2017)
Doctor Marina Gold's project revolves around the relationship between human rights discourse and the role of NGOs in the articulation of the refugee crisis in Europe. Read more about her research project here.
Bangladesh garment workers
Meet the researcher: Tareq Hasan (06.06.2017)
PhD Candidate Tareq Hasan's research revolves around changes in work and labour patterns in the garment industry in Bangladesh. Read more about his project here.
Gambling is Knut Rio's research
Meet the researcher: Knut Mikjel Rio (06.06.2017)
Professor Knut Rio's contribution to the Egalitarianism project concerns the question of wealth. Read more about his research project here.
Newroz Celebration in Slemani
Meet the researcher: Axel Rudi (06.06.2017)
PhD Candidate Axel has conducted transnational, multi-sited fieldwork among Kurdish people for a total of 21 months. Read more about his research project here.
Intentional communities in the US
Meet the researcher: Mari Hanssen Korsbrekke (06.06.2017)
PhD Candidate Mari's research revolves around intentional communities in the US. Read more about her project here.
African mining conference
Meet the researcher: Maria Dyveke Styve (06.06.2017)
PhD Candidate Maria Dyveke Styve's research revolves around the finance sector in London and the mining sector in South Africa. Read more about her project here.
From the performance Moana: the Rising of the Sea at Oseana Art Centre in Os, south of Bergen, in 2015.
UiB expands collaboration in the Pacific (01.06.2017)
At the United Nations Ocean Conference in the first week of June 2017, anthropologist Edvard Hviding established new partnerships between Norway and the Pacific island nations in marine and climate research.
Keyboard showing the shift key marked in blue with the imprint “government”. Used to illustrate news article about e-government.
Does digitalisation enhance collaboration? (01.06.2017)
The international research project TROPICO has received support from the EU's programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020. The project is coordinated by the University of Bergen.