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Bringing Crises into Focus (30.04.2024)
«Is there a response pattern that cuts across different crises? We don’t really know,» UiB researcher Pierre-Georges Van Wolleghem says. Now he wants to study just that.
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Quitting smoking during pregnancy may have a positive effect on placental weight (30.04.2024)
A new study from the University of Bergen and the University of Exeter shows that pregnant women who quit smoking may prevent an abnormal mismatch between the weight of the placenta and the growth of the fetus.
Video recording of satellite event at Ocean Decade Conference (25.04.2024)
On 9 April 2024 the University of Bergen organised an official satellite event on marine genetic resources, global benefit sharing and ocean science diplomacy at the Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona. Watch a recording of the satellite event.
Lionel Christiaen presents at the conference
The Centre celebrates the oceans during One Ocean Week (25.04.2024)
Amidst the festivities of One Ocean Week, researchers from the Michael Sars Centre embraced the opportunity to engage with the public on Family Day and participate in the Ocean Outlook conference.
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Is Rising Inequality Fueling a Global Rise of the Far-Right? (17.04.2024)
Right-wing populism and authoritarian tendencies are on the rise around the world. Renowned sociologist Walden Bello will explore this topic in this year’s GRIP lecture.
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The Humanities do so much for us (14.04.2024)
"The Humanities are a necessity for our development as people and on a societal scale," says Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, the newly appointed Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Humanities.
Jill Walker Rettberg
ERC wants to see what shapes the stories AI tells us (08.04.2024)
Professor Jill Walker Rettberg receives an ERC Advanced Grant to see how narrative archetypes influence the future of artificial intelligence.
Æresdoktor Jeanne C. Watson
Jeanne C. Watson is honorary doctor at the University of Bergen (05.04.2024)
Professor Jeanne C. Watson, University of Toronto, is an internationally leading researcher on emotion-focused therapy and change processes in psychotherapy.