News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

Annika Rødeseike har skrevet masteroppgave om oppfatninger av klimaproblemer og hvordan disse preger hva vi gjør.

How does the framing of climate issues affect your motivation to act? (31.01.2018)

Will people act more in line with climate-friendly solutions if we change the way we frame climate issues? In her master thesis, this is what Annika Rødeseike tried to discover.

Senior Data Scientist in Webstep AS (30.01.2018)

David Lara Arango will complete his PhD degree in System Dynamics in 2018. He works as a senior data scientist in Webstep AS.

Siddharth Sareen, Jakob Grandin and Tarje Wanvik

SDGs change the role of universities (30.01.2018)

If universities are to contribute to societal attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, it requires them to take on a different role, posit SpaceLab/CET researchers.

Bergen in front as part of Norway's international leadership role in ocean management (26.01.2018)

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has established an international high-level panel for a sustainable ocean economy. The University of Bergen looks forward to being part of this marine effort and contribute with scientific advice.

Professor Gunnar Håland 80 years - a personal greeting from Khartoum (25.01.2018)

The first doctorate of UiB’s Faculty of Social Sciences was awarded to Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed at the Department of Social Anthropology. His relationship with Professor Gunnar Håland started when he accommodated this "European" who was looking for a place to stay during a Sudan visit in the 1960s. Read Professor Ahmed's celebration of Gunnar here.

CET is looking for a research assistant (24.01.2018)

At the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) there is currently a 50 % position available as research assistant for a period of two years.

ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations (23.01.2018)

ECOPOTENTIAL is a large European-funded H2020 project that focuses its activities on a targeted set of internationally recognised Protected Areas, blending Earth Observations from remote sensing and field measurements, data analysis and modelling of current and future ecosystem conditions and services.

Breaking Bad at Sampol (23.01.2018)

A new research project headed by Prof. Lise Rakner, will research whether dictators are abusing formal institutions in a Backlash Against Democracy (BAD) in Africa, or whether formal institutions increasingly restrain the discretionary power of more-or-less democratic politicians.

Endre Tvinnereim og Siddharth Sareen er nominert til IPCCs klimapanel og arbeidet med den sjette IPCC-rapporten.

CET with two nominees for IPCC (18.01.2018)

Two CET researchers are nominated as candidates for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - and might be selected for the prestigious work on the IPCC's sixth assessment report.

Remote Sensing and GIS monthly workshop (09.01.2018)

GIS and Remote Sensing are currently some of the most sort after skills for graduates within Geoscience and Geography, both within academia and industry. The Department of Geography will be running a monthly practical workshop throughout the spring semester covering a variety of GIS and Remote Sensing skills.

Turning the spotlight on students (05.01.2018)

Johan and Ragnhild are the first-ever conference coordinators at the UiB Collaboratory. This spring, they are up to something big …

New Post-Doc will research political responsiveness (04.01.2018)

- Although elections are essential for the relationship between citizens and the political elite, the post-election phase and the subsequent correspondence between citizens’ expectations and policy outcomes is also fundamental, says new post-doc Andrea Fumarola.

With democracy in danger, can activists fight back? Scholar studies civil society, regional resistance in Africa (04.01.2018)

SAMPOL’s newest graduate researcher is intrigued by “the many-headed creature that is civil society.”

UiB's Vice-Rector for Global Relations Annelin Eriksen and Professor Edvard Hviding in front of the symbols for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in the United Nations building in New York.

Building global partnerships in New York (03.01.2018)

UiB's new Vice-Rector for Global Relations, Annelin Eriksen, chose New York as the destination for her first international trip after being appointed. In New York she met with diplomats and United Nations officials.

From Job-seekers to Self-searchers (03.01.2018)

Kristoffer Vogt recently published an article in Sage Journals about changing contexts and understandings of School-to-work transitions.

A struggle on two fronts! (03.01.2018)

Vegard Jarness and Magne Flemmen have recently published an article in The British journal of Sociology regarding boundary drawing in the lower region of the social space and the symbolic market for ‘down-to-earthness’.