News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

Subaltern intervention (30.04.2018)

What does research exclude when it does not dare to challenge the unknown? Kristin Kjærås and Tarje Wanvik opens this question up for debate in a special section titled "Geography and Subaltern practice".

Energethics-Researchers Share Perspectives on DNO in Morgenbladet (30.04.2018)

In their news cover of the norwegian oil company, DNO's business abroad, Morgenbladet interviewed researchers from the Energethics-project to highlight problematic company ethics in a company which has specialised its operations in risk areas of the Middle East.

New post-doc tackles political inequality in post-communist countries (23.04.2018)

The Department of Comparative Politics' new post-doc, Trajche Panov, has been taking on several ambitious projects over the last years. For his post-doc term in Bergen, he wants to research political inequality in post-communist countries, both of which he sees as understudied.

CET er engasjert i universitetenes rolle, og har nå kommet med innspill på måloppnåelsen av FNs syvende bærekraftsmål. Bildet er fra UiBs konferanse om bærekraftsmålene i mars 2018.

CET contributes to United Nations SDG7 Policy Briefs (20.04.2018)

In July 2018, the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) at the UN headquarters in New York will review global progress on Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7). Over the past few months, CET has been among 50 organisations internationally that have provided inputs to this process, creating a set of policy briefs related to SDG7 and its interlinkages with other SDGs.

"On the Reception of Bourdieu's Sociology in the World's Most Equal Societies" (18.04.2018)

Johannes Hjelbrekke and Annick Prieur have written a Chapter in "Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu", edited by Tom Medvetz and Jeffrey Sallaz.

Prosjektet startet med en interessentarverksted i Bergen i mars 2018

Stakeholder workshop at CET on phasing out carbon-intensive industries (16.04.2018)

Statkraft head office seen from Lysaker train station.

Branding 'Pure Energy' as CSR (12.04.2018)

Ingrid Müftüoglu has been to Statkraft's headquarters in Oslo where she examined how CSR is articulated and performed.

What is the role for social scientists in accelerating sustainable energy transformations? (09.04.2018)