News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

New member of Political Economy: Ranveig Falch (20.12.2023)

On December 5, Ranveig Falch joined the department of economics as an associate professor (tenure track). Ranveig received her PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and did a post-doc at FAIR NHH. Her primary field of research is empirical behavioral economics, where she focuses on issues such as gender discrimination, human capital investment, and inequality acceptance. Her interests... Read more

The role of universities in transformative change (20.12.2023)

Welcome to the digital and free SDG Conference in Bergen 2024! The theme is Take a look at the programme and register today.

UAV Data Utilization Workshop in Ghana (08.12.2023)

A comprehensive UAV Data Utilization Workshop Successfully Empowers Trainers in Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring in Ghana, Africa.

Remote sensing-based land degradation sssessment to inform sustainable development goal 15.3: A case study in Ghana (08.12.2023)

In his master's project Gamuchirai J Mukura is doing a remote sensing-based Land Degradation Assessment to inform sustainable Development Goal 15.3.

Urban Enclaving Compares African and East-Asian Trajectories of Housing and Urbanization in Shanghai (06.12.2023)

In mid-September 2023, the innovative Urban Enclaving Futures project convened its third workshop entitled, 鈥淯rban Trajectories: Comparing Integration, Enclaving and Development in Africa and China鈥� in Shanghai. While the UEF project focuses on processes related to housing, enclaving, and urbanization in the African cities of Accra, Maputo and Johannesburg, the intention of this workshop was to... Read more

Stressful digital disconnection (04.12.2023)

Ph.d candidate Mehri Agai has spoken to El Pa矛s about how digital disconnection is more demanding for adolescents than adults.

芦Populist far-right parties hinder EU climate policies禄 (01.12.2023)

Populist far-right parties portray fossil fuel phase-out as a threat to traditional family values, regional identity, and national sovereignty, according to researchers at 幸运飞艇计划.

Cryonics and AI at Bergen Anthropology Day (01.12.2023)

At this years Bergen Anthropology Day (BAD) hosted by department of Social Anthropology and CMI to present some of the current research being done by Bergen-based anthropologists, Will Dawley and Fartein Hauan Nilsen took part and shared some of the insights form their research on Cryonics and AI.

BEL Lunch December 5 2023 The problems with large wind turbines

WATCH: The challenges with big wind turbines (01.12.2023)

Did you miss Thomas Herzfelder Hansens presentation investigating the impact on engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and farm-farm interaction due to the ongoing race for bigger turbines? Watch it here!

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More research needed on women, sustainability and the sea (29.11.2023)

ENMARINE hosted its kick-off conference in Bergen on October 26-27, 2023, entitled Women and the Sea: Setting the Research Agenda

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Behavioral problems in childhood linked to lower voter turnout (24.11.2023)

This may contribute to the political marginalization of individuals with a strong need to be heard, according to researchers.

BEL Lunch Subsea Substations 鈥� Leveraging Existing Technology to Reduce Costs of Offshore Wind 2023

WATCH: Subsea Substations 鈥� Leveraging Existing Technology to Reduce Costs off Offshore Wind (17.11.2023)

Did you miss Arill Hagland's talk on OneSubsea Processing's plans for developing subsea substations for offshore wind parks? Watch it here!

Workshop on Death and Kinship in the Age of Technoscience (16.11.2023)

This October the project gathered ten scholars in Bergen for a workshop on death and kinship in the age of technoscience. The three-day workshop was filled with good conversations and discussions, acadmic and non-adaemic over conference tables, dinner tables, and in the sauna surrounded by serene views at Solstand hotel.

Feelgood media in times of crisis (15.11.2023)

Do we need feelgood media right now? Professor Hallvard Moe visited NRK P2 Arena to discuss news and media use during times of war and societal crisis.

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10 years of measuring trust in politicians and political attitudes in Norway (14.11.2023)

Having authoritative data created by independent researchers, who have focused solely on quality, and have no commercial interests, will only become more important in the future, says professor and Academic Director of the Norwegian Citizen Panel at 幸运飞艇计划, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten.

Podcast: Where should we park the trucks? (14.11.2023)

(14.11.23) Ph.D. Candidate Subina Shrestha on the challenges Bergen faces when planing freight transport in the city centre.

Policy event on Democracy (13.11.2023)

At this event in Brussels on 23 January 2024, researchers from the University of Bergen and NORCE presented and discussed new and pressing democracy issues with policy makers and experts from the European Commission and stakeholder organizations.

Beyond Oil 2023 - a collective reckoning of the present (09.11.2023)

-聽 In the cracks in the system, in the fractures in the wall 鈥� that鈥檚 where the light shines through, said CET Director H氓vard Haarstad at the opening of Beyond Oil 2023, held 17th and 18th of October.

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