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UiB-researcher wants to find out how fetus's genes control pregnancy (27.06.2024)

Many women experience symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, and abdominal pain in the first part of pregnancy. Ground-breaking research from UiB can provide new answers to how genes can trigger such symptoms.

PhD candidates from the N-POC programme at the University of the South Pacific wrapping up the 2024 Bergen Summer Research School with a traditional dance performance.

The making of a unique PhD programme (26.06.2024)

The Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate (N-POC) Scholarship Programme is unique both in its content and scope. Both for its clear science-policy objectives and the way it’s been shaped as a truly joint doctoral programme.

PhD candidate Frank Namugera from Makerere University and Associate Professor Stein Andreas Bethuelsen from the University of Bergen photographed in spring 2024.

Educating African mathematicians for sustainability (25.06.2024)

For PhD candidate Frank Namugera having in person tuition with Associate Professor Stein Andreas Bethuelsen at the University of Bergen is probably the most valuable component of work on his PhD thesis.

Professor Edvard Hviding from the University of Bergen in conversation with PhD candidates from the N-POC programme during the Bergen Summer Research School in June 2024.

Pacific encounters in Bergen (21.06.2024)

The Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate (N-POC) Scholarship Programme was an active ingredient at the 2024 Bergen Summer Research School, bridging ideas of scientific knowledge and traditional knowledge on the ocean-climate nexus during two hectic weeks in Bergen.

Photo of the main researcher on top of a photo of a city that is highly polluted.

UiB Researchers Illuminate the Hazards of Air Pollution (14.06.2024)

Researchers at UiB are doing comprehensive research on the unequal distributions of air pollution. Young children, people who are already sick, and elderly people are the most affected.

Nordic Developmental Biology Societies & Michael Sars Symposium Joint Meeting

Bringing together the Nordic Developmental Biology communities in Bergen (14.06.2024)

Offering a unique perspective on the latest advances in Developmental Biology, the Nordic Developmental Biology Societies & Michael Sars Symposium Joint Meeting attracted a diverse audience and strengthened connections between Nordic and international institutions.

bubbles going upwards on a body of water

New geopolitics demand new thinking on ocean equity (07.06.2024)

The rise in ocean temperature in the past year is one of the most urgent threats to global equity and thus to global stability in a new geopolitical landscape. How can science contribute to solutions to this challenge?

Hope, science and summer research school (04.06.2024)

“There is hope in science and research”, said Rector Margareth Hagen in her welcome address to the one hundred PhD candidates from more than thirty countries taking part in the seventeenth Bergen Summer Research School.

This Argument Makes Young People Supportive of Gender Quotas (03.06.2024)

Some Norwegian politicians that are skeptical about gender quotas in politics are positive about gender quotas in the leadership of religious organizations, according to new research.