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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.

A new weapon in the fight against skeletal muscle wasting (26.06.2017)

A hormone builiding muscle mass can be vital in helping the aged, cancer patients and the obese, new research from the University of Bergen shows.

Professor Peter M. Haugan from the University of Bergen at the UN Ocean Conference in New York in June 2017.

Between research and diplomacy (20.06.2017)

Professor Peter M. Haugan has long participated in high level work in the United Nations, building partnerships between science and diplomacy.

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.

Dead fish on a beach, used to illustrate article about voluntary commitment on a marine research and education project on sustainability.

Strengthening marine cooperation in Africa (06.06.2017)

At the United Nations Ocean Conference in New York, the University of Bergen has committed to support a research and education project with South African partners.

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.