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Political scientist Yvette Peters from the University of Bergen photographed in Bergen’s City Hall in March 2017.
Fighting for democracy (21.04.2017)
Thomas Piketty's bestseller about capitalism made it clear to Yvette Peters what her next research project would focus on: political inequality.
Close-up of Dean Knut Helland from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen.
An invite to EU innovation (21.04.2017)
Research-based knowledge about society should be the focal point when addressing the major societal challenges in a turbulent era. The EU’s next research programme needs to take on these challenges.
Professor Kristine Jørgensen, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in her office in April 2017, when she was made professor of media studies.
Gaming her way to professorship (20.04.2017)
Kristine Jørgensen has been appointed professor at the University of Bergen. She is Norway’s first woman to become a professor focusing on computer game studies.
Anna Szolucha, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in March 2017.
Dealing with the future of energy (20.04.2017)
In her new project, social anthropologist Anna Szolucha wants to look at citizen engagement in climate and energy transformation. In particular, she asks: how do you involve people from the bottom and up?
Professor Ole J. Mjøs from the University of Bergen outside the new media cluster, Media City Bergen, in March 2017.
Media education in front in Bergen (06.04.2017)
In August, six new and innovative media study programmes are launched in Media City Bergen. Academic Director Ole J. Mjøs looks forward to welcoming new media students to Bergen.
Siddharth Sareen
New PostDoc at SpaceLab (06.04.2017)
Siddharth Sareen started his position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow this week. He will work on energy sector governance, with a focus on solar energy transitions in Southern Europe.
Georg Picot
Labour market reform in Italy and Spain (03.04.2017)
UiB political scientist finds diversity in state austerity responses
Arthur Stinchcombe Professor Emeritus
American sociologist is awarded honorary doctorate at UiB (31.03.2017)
The distuingished American sociologist Arthur L. Stinchcombe has been appointed a honorary doctor at the University of Bergen.
DNO Iraqi Kurdistan Energethics
CSR in Iraqi Kurdistan – Economic Crisis and Feelings of Exploitation (29.03.2017)
Read the latest field report from the Energethics-project. Synnøve Bendixsen has been to Iraqi Kurdistan exploring how DNO operates and the local communities’ expectations of oil investments.
Word cloud
Getting the big picture of Norwegian political science (27.03.2017)
Comparative politics scholars analyze 15 years of major publications.
Illustration: army parade
When reintegrating ex-fighters, does ‘how’ matter more than ‘what’? (27.03.2017)
Comparative politics scholar Johanna Söderström makes a surprising discovery as part of a research project on peacebuilding.
Perfomance of the Pacific legend Moana at the 2015 Bergen Festival, at an outdoor event.
Anthropologists in Bergen consolidate position (08.03.2017)
For the second consecutive year, the anthropology environment at the University of Bergen is in the QS by Subject top 100.
Hands handling media (tablet, newspaper, notebook); illustration as part of news article about media diversity
New report on media diversity submitted (07.03.2017)
Hallvard Moe was the only media researcher in Norway’s media diversity committee, which submitted its report to the Minister of Culture on 07 March 2017.
Jessica Jewell
RCN funding for project analyzing energy industry contractions (02.03.2017)
Jessica Jewell's project "Analyzing past and future energy industry contractions: Towards a better understanding of the flip-side of energy transitions" recently received funding through the Research Council of Norway's Programme of Climate Research (KLIMAFORSK). The project will run from 2017-2020.
Energy anthropology network
Launch of Energy Anthropology Network (01.03.2017)
Bringing together scientists and practitioners with common interest on energy, and to support new approaches to energy questions is at the core of the new Energy Anthropology Network that was launched at University of Bergen in March.
Michaël Tatham and Yvette Peters
Assessing democracy in the ‘Bergen tradition’ (18.02.2017)
New work by Michaël Tatham and Yvette Peters at the Department of Comparative Politics grapples with European changes.
UiB to participate in world-leading media innovation project (16.02.2017)
With support from the Research Council of Norway, the graphics company Vizrt and the University of Bergen are developing a world-leading tool for online video editing.
Workshop with mobile journalist Yusuf Omar at the University of Bergen in Norway in January 2017.
How mobile took over the media – and education (14.02.2017)
The mobile phone has become the journalist's primary tool. New technologies are being integrated in the journalism and new media studies at the University of Bergen.

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