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“The University of Bergen has very strong credentials in our part of the world,” said Australian international relations expert, Ian Kemish.

The public debate is commonly criticised for lacking deliberation. Therefore, the group member of the Research group for rhetoric, democracy and public culture, Ida Vikøren Andersen, argues that we need a better understanding of the rhetorical modes occurring instead of deliberation

“What is missing in the selective exposure theory is the fact that most likely people are reading a lot of information that they don’t agree with. Which is why I am shifting the attention to that,” Erik Knudsen says.

Read the latest updates on the OceanStates front in our research blog.

The students at the Faculty of Social Sciences shall be seen and followed up. — This works, says the dean, Jan Erik Askildsen.

Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions for 2023-2024. Deadline 7 June, 2023.

A doctoral fellowship in social anthropology is available at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway.

Do you want to learn more about how anthropologists approach the ocean? Or about how our senses – sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch – can be experienced differently in different cultures? What about understanding how anthropologists theorize capitalism and how people resist against systems of inequality? Then you should take one or more of this fall’s elective courses at the Department of... Read more