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Part-time professor – fulltime commitment (16.05.2012)
A highly dedicated part-time professor gives the PhD-students at the Faculty of Psychology a great opportunity to visit a highly recognized sleep lab at the University of California, Berkeley. - An important resource to our doctoral education, says the vice-dean of research at the faculty.
Liv E. Falkenberg (front), Karsten Specht (from left), René Westerhausen and...
Bergen fMRI-group in PNAS (14.03.2012)
What started as a spin-off study by researchers in the Bergen fMRI-group, has now been published in the highly recognized scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). The study demonstrates the effect of glutamate on cognitive control mechanisms.
Exchange of information on the International day at The faculty of Psychology.
An international experience (19.01.2012)
The Faculty of Psychology held its third International Day on Wednesday 18 January. More than 50 former and present exchange students shared their experiences with students interested in studying abroad.
PhD scholarship with the SIPA group (10.01.2011)
The faculty has announced six new PhD scholarships, and one of them is with the SIPA-group. Deadline for application is January 31.
New paper: The relative impact of workplace bullying as a social stressor at work (15.04.2010)
Members of the Bergen Bullying Research Group have investigated the impact of workplace bullying as a social stressor at work.
Sexual harassment: A prevalent problem in Norwegian working life (15.04.2010)
Up to this date, few studies have investigated the occurrence of sexual harassment in Norwegian working life. However, a new study from Bergen Bullying Research Group show that sexual harassment can be considered as a prevalent problem with serious consequences for those exposed.
PhD registration (25.01.2010)
On Friday December 4rd 2009, Debabrata Panja is defending his PhD thesis (03.12.2009)
Martin Andersson's dissertation (01.12.2009)
Did you participate in the survey on behavior during interviews? (19.11.2009)
Here are some preliminary results!
Nordisk rapport om forskning på utdanning i kriminalomsorgen er tilgjengelig på engelsk (05.11.2009)
Education in the Nordic prison has been surveyed by a questionnaire in all the Nordic countries. The study is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. This work represents a pioneering work, and the report is also translated and published in English.
Bok: Kulturelt mangfold på arbeidsplassen (07.10.2009)
NAQ validated in new paper (03.06.2009)
The Negative Acts Questionnaire has been validated in a new paper from Bergen Bullying Research Group members
Short sleep duration does not affect work disability (26.03.2009)
Sleep deficit is a well known risk factor for illness. However, a new study from BTR shows that short sleep duration in itself does not predict subsequent work disability, as long as one's daytime functioning is adequate.
- Pathological gamblers remain untreated (23.02.2009)
In today's edition of Bergens Tidende, Helge Molde presents some of the findings based on his doctoral work.
Sleep publication of the year to BTR (16.02.2009)
The prize for the best publication within sleep research in 2008 was awarded to Siri Omvik, Børge Sivertsen, Ståle Pallesen, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Odd E. Havik og Inger Hilde Nordhus for the paper: "Daytime functioning in older patients suffering from chronic insomnia: Treatment outcome in a randomized controlled trial comparing CBT with Zopiclone", pubished in Behaviour Research and Therapy 2008 vol.... Read more
Whistleblower
Whistleblowing and its consequences (12.02.2009)
In a recently published article, Brita Bjørkelo, Wenche Ryberg, Stig Berge Matthiesen and Ståle Einarsen present pioneering findings on the whistleblowing phenomenon.
Text analysis of the Beatles' lyrics (02.02.2009)
A new study led by James Pennebaker, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas, in collaboration with prof. Keith Petrie (University of Auckland) and Børge Sivertsen (University of Bergen), takes text analysis down a winding path from terrorist communications to the Beatles lyrics. In this recently published study, John Lennon’s songs were for example found to have more “negative... Read more

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