Academia Europaea Bergen is hosted by UiB
Academia Europaea Bergen, hosted by UiB since 2016, is a result of an agreement between Academia Europaea (AE) and UiB. Academia Europaea Bergen is AE's Nordic-Baltic branch, to a high degree, but not exclusively, involved in matters related to Arctic Science and Science Diplomacy.
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Academia Europaea (AE), or The Academy of Europe, is a Pan-European association of individual scientists and scholars established in 1988. The members are experts and leaders in their own subject areas as recognized by their peers. The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) is independent but affiliated to Academia Europaea.
Academia Europaea operates through sections and disciplinary classes, but also through a network of regional knowledge hubs, so far in Barcelona, Cardiff, Wroclaw, Bergen, Tbilisi, Munich, and Budapest. The Budapest Hub is hosted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, established in December 2020 to support academics, scholars, and independent research in Hungary, facing a challenging political environment.
Academia Europaea Bergen, hosted by UiB since 2016, is a result of an agreement between Academia Europaea (AE) and UiB. Academia Europaea Bergen is AE's Nordic-Baltic branch, to a high degree, but not exclusively, involved in matters related to Arctic Science and Science Diplomacy.

Rethinking Arctic Collaboration - project funded by the UArctic (2023-2025)
Background
The tight connection between science and diplomacy in the Arctic has traditionally helped reduce geopolitical tensions and facilitated international resource management. However, after Russia’s full scale invasion in Ukraine, the Russo-western relationship has entered an ice-cold face. Due to the war and international sanctions, science, science-informed decisions, and science diplomacy suffers severely. Reduced international Arctic science collaboration may have severe consequences for climate research and other important scientific topics like social science and ocean ecosystems. The objective of the project is, as described in the grant proposal to UArctic:
- To understand what the effects of war are on scientific collaborations and the volume and value of arctic science in the north.
- In the light of various discussions in the scientific community, to elevate a discussion on what principles should be the foundation for political decisions on science collaboration across borders in turbulent times.
- To discuss what may become the characteristics of the future Arctic science collaboration architecture.
The project has recieved 400 000 NOK from UArctic and UiB contributes with 100 000 NOK in in-kind/services.
Related (past or future) events initiated by the UArctic project or Academia Europaea Bergen
- At Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik 2024 - open event on October 19th, 2024
- At Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik 2024 - roundtable session (by invitation) on October 19th, 2024
- At Arctic Circle Berlin Forum 2024 on May 8th, 2024
- At Arctic Frontiers 2023 on February 3rd, 2023
The project consortium (UiB is lead institution)
- Eystein Jansen, UiB/Academia Europaea (leader), Norway
- Ole Øvretveit, 10% project-researcher position (project manager), UiB, Norway
- Volker Rachhold, German Arctic Office, Alfred Wegner Institute, Germany
- Frode Nilssen, Nord University, Norway
- Melody Brown Burkins, Dartmouth College, USA
- Heather Exner-Pirot, The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
- Mathias Kaiser, UiB/Academia Europaea, Norway
Afilliated
- Anders Oskal, International Center of Reindeer Husbandry, International NGO
- Lise Øvreås, UiB, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Academia Europaea Bergen Report (2023) - The Future of Science Diplomacy in the Arctic
Currently, Arctic climate research does not have access to climate data from 45% of the Arctic area. This is because climate data from the Russian Arctic areas is largely no longer available to the global research community, as a by-product of the Russia sanctions.
This is one of the findings in the report The Future of Arctic Science and Science Diplomacy, by Academia Europaea Bergen, the Nordic-Baltic hub for the European science academy Academia Europaea.
The topics of the report were central to a successful event with key stakeholders at the 2023 Arctic Frontiers conference. The issue has also been the topic of a SAPEA’ podcast, with project manager Ole Øvretveit and hub director Eystein Jansen as guest.
Academia Europaea Bergen - Priorities and Annual reports
The Bergen Knowledge Hub aims to:
- Be a catalyst for collaboration, for knowledge exchange, and for exchange of ideas.
- Engage research and scholarship with policymaking in Europe and in the Nordic and Baltic Regions, on behalf of Academia Europaea and in close collaboration with national academies of the region.
- Promote excellent research from and about the Nordic and Baltic Region, its surrounding seas and the Arctic with emphasis on marine and maritime research, sustainability and the Nordic social model, through scholarly workshops and public events.
- Demonstrate the importance of scientific scholarship and maximise engagement with our members, policymakers, private and public entities and the wider public.
- Stimulate scientists to accomplish stringent and unequivocal communication with decision makers, media, and the public.
Year | Reports |
2023 | Annual Report 2023 |
2022 | Annual Report 2022 |
2021 | Annual Report 2021 |
2020 | Annual Report 2020 |
2019 | Annual Report 2019 |
2018 | Annual Report 2018 |
Academia Europaea Bergen - History and Organisation
The Academia Europaea Bergen Hub was established in 2014 and has been hosted by The University of Bergen (UiB) from 2016. AE-Bergen is headed by an Academic Director appointed by UiB, currently AE member professor Eystein Jansen (from 2018). The cooperation agreement between AE and UiB states that the Academic Director, an Advisory Board, and a Steering Group shall ensure strategic direction and activities in line with AE´s purpose and the intentions of the agreement. For practical reasons Academia Europaea Bergen is located at Faculty of Science and Technology.