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Standing in the street and you can see parts of the yellow Sydneshaugen skole in the background" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> An innovative approach to understanding mathematical proofs </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> A groundbreaking philosophical approach to understanding proving in mathematics is on the horizon. Sorin Bangu does research that can change how we teach mathematics, making it more engaging. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/med/175422/hrvoje-miletic-hoping-solve-mystery-malignant-brain-tumors"> <div id="node-175422" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-216270" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/img_3286.jpg_red.jpg?itok=HIFKQ98g" width="531" height="375" alt="Hrvoje Miletic" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Hrvoje Miletic is hoping to solve the mystery of malignant brain tumors </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Professor Hrvoje Miletic and his team at UiB have made groundbreaking discoveries that could provide new answers to what makes malignant brain tumors grow. The goal is to improve both survival and treatment of brain cancer. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/news/175037/putting-norwegian-church-art-its-atlantic-context"> <div id="node-175037" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-216810" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/justin_kroesen_portrett_003_utsnitt.jpg?itok=acBWfFqa" width="531" height="375" alt="Justin Kroesen, portrett" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Putting Norwegian Church Art Into Its Atlantic Context </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Professor Justin Kroesen traces the shared Western European culture forged under the Medieval Church. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/173303/when-climate-change-takes-away-what%E2%80%99s-truly-irreplaceable"> <div id="node-173303" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-213520" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/daniel_puigresized.jpg?itok=8Qk0t3XQ" width="531" height="375" alt="Puig standing infront of tree" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> When climate change takes away what’s truly irreplaceable </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> What can society do when climate change takes away crafts, traditions, knowledge about nature, and other intangible aspects of cultural heritage? Daniel Puig, a researcher at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, is researching this question. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/svf/172637/professor-slavkovik-ai-key-better-future"> <div id="node-172637" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-212212" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/thumbnail_img_3925.jpg?itok=-dH5WiEs" width="531" height="375" alt="Woman with brown hair and a leather jacket" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Professor Slavkovik: AI is Key to a Better Future </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> One of UiB's leading AI researchers, Marija Slavkovik, thinks there is a cost to not leaning into artificial intelligence. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/nt/172111/better-prediction-climate-change"> <div id="node-172111" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-211413" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/irvali_01_nett.jpg?itok=YJjb7-H1" width="531" height="375" alt="Nil Irvali examining sediment cores taken from the sea floor in the North Atlantic Ocean" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Better prediction of climate change </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> By reconstructing past changes in ocean circulation and climate, paleoceanographer, Nil Irvali, aims to better understand the ongoing changes and improve predictions of our future climate. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/jur/171659/seeking-clarification-criminal-law%E2%80%99s-understanding-mental-illness"> <div id="node-171659" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-215433" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/img_9974_3.4.jpeg?itok=tWKIH1_W" width="531" height="375" alt="Portretfoto av Linda Gröning" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Seeking clarification of criminal law’s understanding of mental illness </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Professor Linda Gröning at UiB receives a prestigious grant from the European Research Council to explore the connection between mental illness and criminal responsibility. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/med/171651/uib-researcher-wants-find-out-how-fetuss-genes-control-pregnancy"> <div id="node-171651" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-210180" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/dsc_39321.jpg?itok=qICPbuxD" width="531" height="375" alt="Marc Vaudel" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> UiB-researcher wants to find out how fetus's genes control pregnancy </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Many women experience symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, and abdominal pain in the first part of pregnancy. Ground-breaking research from UiB can provide new answers to how genes can trigger such symptoms. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/nt/170817/predicting-%E2%80%9Cfreak-waves%E2%80%9D"> <div id="node-170817" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-209416" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/img_1647.jpg?itok=aIGzoa0n" width="531" height="375" alt="Yan Li by the shore in Bergen, known as "the capital of the fjords"." title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Predicting “freak waves” </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Yan Li, an associate professor at the Department of Mathematics and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, has been working on developing theoretical models to predict the occurrence probability of so-called “rogue waves” or “freak waves.” These waves can be approximately three times higher than the... </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/170402/bringing-crises-focus"> <div id="node-170402" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-208639" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/vanwolleghem10_1.jpg?itok=IWfgVONM" width="531" height="375" alt="Man in a dark space" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Bringing Crises into Focus </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> «Is there a response pattern that cuts across different crises? We don’t really know,» UiB researcher Pierre-Georges Van Wolleghem says. Now he wants to study just that. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/hf/168446/wolfgang-hottner-receives-young-researcher%E2%80%99s-prize-2023"> <div id="node-168446" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-205073" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/wolfgang-hottner-300dpi_002.jpg?itok=Nw4pJ1D4" width="531" height="375" alt="Image of associate professor Wolfgang Hottner" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Wolfgang Hottner receives Young Researcher’s Prize 2023 </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Wolfgang Hottner’s work on the role of inorganic materiality around 1800 poses new challenges for the research on the literature and aesthetics of the period. Now Hottner is awarded the Young Researchers Prize 2023 for his exceptional work and achievements. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/research/164498/exploring-biosphere-under-ocean"> <div id="node-164498" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-197995" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/steffen_leth_jorgensen_2023_ii_cropped.jpg?itok=jMLdyZ-4" width="531" height="375" alt="Steffen Leth Jørgensen" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Exploring the biosphere under the ocean </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Underneath the ocean floor, thrives a vast biosphere which activity profoundly impacting our global environment; from the air that we breathe, to the balance of the global carbon budget. The functioning of this biosphere is what the new director at the Centre for Deep Sea Research at UiB, Steffen... </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/news/130786/manuscripts-link-europe-together"> <div id="node-130786" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-197565" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/ommundsen20_1_0.jpg?itok=GZsekrFL" width="531" height="375" alt="Åslaug Ommundsen has researched Medieval manuscript culture in Norway." title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Manuscripts that link Europe together </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> “I never tire of studying medieval manuscripts. Even though my source material is Norwegian, it is also fundamentally international. This gives the research a broader perspective and forces international cooperation”, Professor Åslaug Ommundsen says. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/162979/she-studies-how-valuable-information-facebook-has-you"> <div id="node-162979" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-194997" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/image_8.jpeg?itok=4uX_efCs" width="531" height="375" alt="Eeva Mauring" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> She Studies How Valuable the Information Facebook has on You Is </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Should you 'like' everything you feel like liking on Facebook, or hold back? It depends, says associate professor in economics, Eeva Mauring. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/hf/162621/sustainability-needs-look-different"> <div id="node-162621" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-194486" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/ingrid_halland_uib.jpeg?itok=1Bw-9vhe" width="531" height="375" alt="Ingrid Halland’s keynote lecture ‘Towards Deep Surfaces’ at the symposium Living Prototypes at Aedes Architekturforum, Berlin (2022). Photo: Aedes Architekturforum" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> "Sustainability needs to look different" </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Ingrid Halland is convinced that the materials of a more sustainable future cannot mimic the aesthetics belonging to the paradigms we must leave behind. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/162563/erik-knudsen-wants-media-researchers-focus-more-thresholds"> <div id="node-162563" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-194392" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/20010101_000000000_ios.jpg?itok=9Ad4OfT8" width="531" height="375" alt="Mann med brunt hår og firkantete briller smiler inn i kamera" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Erik Knudsen Wants Media Researchers to Focus More on Thresholds </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> “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. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/news/162302/individualising-treatments-help-people-poor-impulse-control"> <div id="node-162302" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-194006" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/macdonald_picture2.jpeg?itok=eCcJvswp" width="531" height="375" alt="Hayley MacDonald" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Individualising treatments to help people with poor impulse control </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Hayley MacDonalds multidisciplinary research focuses on the neurophysiological, genetic and behavioural mechanisms of an important executive function - impulse control. Her research can help people with conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, ADHD and Tourette syndrome. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/162362/arctic-%C2%ABliving-laboratory%C2%BB-according-aaron-spitzer"> <div id="node-162362" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-194045" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/spitzer.jpeg?itok=uY6DJhA1" width="531" height="375" alt="Smilende mann med brun blazer og rutete skjorte foran SV-fakultetet." title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> The Arctic Is a «Living Laboratory» According to Aaron Spitzer </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Assistant professor at UiB, Aaron Spitzer says his «life’s work» has involved seeking to understand, and trying somehow to be useful to, Arctic peoples and places. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/news/157631/filling-knowledge-gaps-about-near-earth-space"> <div id="node-157631" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-185711" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/nordlysfraiss_fotonasa_laundal.jpg?itok=i3Uee5RT" width="531" height="375" alt="Nordlys sett fra Den internasjonale romstasjonen. Innfelt i bildet er romforsker Karl Laundal." title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Filling knowledge gaps about near-Earth space </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Space scientist Karl Magnus Laundal plays a key role in several international projects on how the Earth is connected to space. Among other things, the research can lead to a better understanding of the northern lights and phenomena that affect satellites and technology on the Earth’s surface. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/climateenergy/149574/predicting-weather-events-months-they-happen"> <div id="node-149574" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-172520" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/spensberger12.jpg?itok=nDXLU174" width="531" height="375" alt="Clemens Spensberger" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Predicting weather events months before they happen </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Clemens Spensberger's research aims to drastically improve prediction of weather incidents, by describing and establishing climate links between different geographical regions. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/news/150011/starting-grants-awarded-outstanding-researchers"> <div id="node-150011" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-172986" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/tms2021.jpg?itok=bk2waFAt" width="531" height="375" alt="TMS Starting Grant" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Starting Grants awarded to outstanding researchers </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Carina Strell, Mali Husby Rosnes and Suzette Flantua have been awarded the Trond Mohn Foundation’s Starting Grant for 2021. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/hf/148182/vadim-kimmelman-selected-young-cas-fellow-programme"> <div id="node-148182" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-170237" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/vadim_kimmelman.jpg?itok=goi9zaa0" width="531" height="375" alt="Vadim Kimmelman" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Vadim Kimmelman selected for the Young CAS Fellow programme </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Linguist Vadim Kimmelman is one of two young, outstanding researchers in Norway who will participate in the Young CAS Fellow programme. He will do research on sign linguistics and whole‐entity classifiers. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/med/145897/neurodegenerative-diseases-remain-unsolved-mystery"> <div id="node-145897" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-166875" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/tzoulis17.jpg?itok=_8MS_31t" width="531" height="375" alt="Charalamopos Tzoulis i labben. Han står med armene i kors mellom to store sprossekledde vinduer og ser rett inn i kamera. Bak ham kan man se divere utstyr til labben. Utenfor er det grønt og frodig, man kan se hus oppover skråningene. " title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> "Neurodegenerative diseases remain an unsolved mystery" </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Professor Charalampos Tzoulis stresses that neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and ALS, represent a global health emergency that can only be tackled through extensive research. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/sapience/142415/tracking-our-earliest-human-ancestors-microscopic-remains"> <div id="node-142415" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-160746" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/haaland_image_3.jpg?itok=sbIIvu6u" width="531" height="375" alt="Magnus Haalnd på feltarbeid i Blombos Cave" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Tracking our earliest human ancestors from microscopic remains </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> New type of analysis show for the first time how people who lived between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago organised their campsites and settlements. The results can explain why these people developed the ability to make jewellery and objects of art. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/hf/136874/complex-system-facial-expressions-sign-language"> <div id="node-136874" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-154039" class="file file-image file-image-png"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/example_openpose.png?itok=JUFryJUN" width="531" height="375" alt="Openpose" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> The complex system of facial expressions in sign language </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> In the near future deaf people and hearing people may be able to communicate in real time, using automatic translation systems based on computer vision technologies. Now researchers are carefully studying facial expressions used in sign language to express both grammatical information and emotions. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/138998/politics-profession"> <div id="node-138998" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-157065" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/img_5279.jpg?itok=XMXHUEkK" width="531" height="375" alt="Ragnhild Muriaas Politics as profession" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Politics as profession </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Professor Ragnhild Muriaas at the University of Bergen started her working career as a DJ. Now she investigates what strings must be played in politics to make a footprint. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/nt/138373/making-research-matter"> <div id="node-138373" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-156174" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/inga_berre_2.jpg?itok=1VrrMo0K" width="531" height="375" alt="Inga Berre" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Making research matter </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Applied mathematician Inga Berre is drawn to solving problems, and enjoys being in for the long haul in cracking them. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/sdgbergen/136393/providing-data-save-our-ocean"> <div id="node-136393" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-153235" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/goal_of_month_unai_june_2020_article_1_photo.jpg?itok=Mj2GuviP" width="531" height="375" alt="Portrait of Benjamin Pfeil, leader of the Bjerknes Climate Data Centre at the University of Bergen" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Providing data to save our ocean </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Reporting on ocean acidification data directly targeting the Sustainable Development Goals is all in a day’s work for Benjamin Pfeil and his data group at the University of Bergen. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/svf/131183/doing-time-climate"> <div id="node-131183" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-145008" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/spacelab_haarstad04.jpg?itok=STXb_9wC" width="531" height="375" alt="Portrettt Håvard Haarstad " title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Doing time for the climate </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> According to Håvard Haarstad, scientists have to commit to doing everything they can to get society moving in the right direction. His own commitment to saving the world earned him a night in prison in New York. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/hf/136875/new-method-developed-analyse-social-media"> <div id="node-136875" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-153866" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/jill-w.-rettberg.jpg?itok=uGA0kntl" width="531" height="375" alt="Jill Walker Rettberg" title="" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> New method developed to analyse social media </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Do you know where the personal data you leave behind in apps and on social media is used? A new method for analyzing data developed by Professor Jill Walker Rettberg helps identify precisely that. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/hf/117222/how-live-rapid-seasonal-change"> <div id="node-117222" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-124348" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/scott-bremer.jpg?itok=eARbnd36" width="531" height="375" alt="Portrett av Scott Bremer " title="portrett av Scott Bremer" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> How to live with rapid seasonal change </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> How can we live by the rhythms of the seasons, when these rhythms seem to be changing quickly? Scott Bremer is looking at how rapid seasonal changes are affecting institutions in society and how we can re-learn and adapt to seasonal change in new ways. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/jur/117615/question-accountability"> <div id="node-117615" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-124899" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/linda_groening007.jpg?itok=QI7lRX1l" width="531" height="375" alt="Linda Gröning" title="Linda Gröning" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> A question of accountability </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> On Friday 22 July 2011, Norway was hit by a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 77 people. The terrorist attack was not only a national trauma. The case also made apparent that the legal system needs a better understanding of how criminal insanity and mental disorder are related. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/hf/116979/lessons-past"> <div id="node-116979" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-123923" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/seland07.jpg?itok=N4gJzYmz" width="531" height="375" alt="Eivind Heldaas Seland" title="Eivind Heldaas Seland" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Lessons from the past </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> For many years, the University of Bergen has focused on historical and archaeological research in the Middle East and in Syria in particular. How is the research going forward despite the difficult situation in the region? </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/107151/dealing-future-energy"> <div id="node-107151" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-110003" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/annaszolucha2017_photo02.jpg?itok=-W33fb8j" width="531" height="375" alt="Anna Szolucha, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in March 2017." title="Anna Szolucha News" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Dealing with the future of energy </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> 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? </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/svf/107369/love-machines"> <div id="node-107369" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-110207" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/img_0648.jpg?itok=z2zys5E3" width="531" height="375" alt="Portrait of Postdoctoral fellow Marija Slavkovik, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (UiB)." title="Marija Slavkovik News" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> In love with the machines </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Marija Slavkovik has always been attracted to machines. In fact, she has turned artificial intelligence into the core theme of her research. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/en/svf/107247/fighting-democracy"> <div id="node-107247" class="node node-uib-article no-kicker clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-main-media field-type-file field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div id="file-110108" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/peters03.jpg?itok=k15WQRJT" width="531" height="375" alt="Political scientist Yvette Peters from the University of Bergen photographed in Bergen’s City Hall in March 2017." title="Yvette Peters News" /> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="relation_content"> <h2> Fighting for democracy </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> Thomas Piketty's bestseller about capitalism made it clear to Yvette Peters what her next research project would focus on: political inequality. </p> </div> </div> </a> </div></div></div><div class="article-info"><span class="uib-date-info">20.02.2025</span></div> </div> </div> </main> <footer> <div class="footer-wrapper mobile_area"> <div class="footer"> <div id="block-uib-area-colophon-2" class="block block-uib-area"> <div class="content"> <div class="contact"><span>Contact us</span> <a href="mailto:post@uib.no">post@uib.no</a><span>+47 55 58 00 00</span> </div><div class="visit"><span>Visit us</span> <a href="/en/about/79263/campus-map">View campus map</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-social-media field-type-text field-label-above field-wrapper"> <span class="field-label">Follow us</span> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="https://twitter.com/uib" class="icons-social-twitter" title="Follow us on Twitter" onClick="ga('send', {'hitType':'twitter', 'eventCategory':'SocialMediaButtons', 'eventAction':'Follow', 'eventLabel':'node/100963'})">twitter</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://facebook.com/unibergen" class="icons-social-facebook" title="Follow us on Facebook" onClick="ga('send', {'hitType':'facebook', 'eventCategory':'SocialMediaButtons', 'eventAction':'Follow', 'eventLabel':'node/100963'})">facebook</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/unibergen" class="icons-social-youtube" title="Follow us on YouTube" onClick="ga('send', {'hitType':'youtube', 'eventCategory':'SocialMediaButtons', 'eventAction':'Follow', 'eventLabel':'node/100963'})">youtube</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://vimeo.com/uib" class="icons-social-vimeo" title="Follow us on Vimeo" onClick="ga('send', {'hitType':'vimeo', 'eventCategory':'SocialMediaButtons', 'eventAction':'Follow', 'eventLabel':'node/100963'})">vimeo</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/uib" class="icons-social-flickr" title="Follow us on Flickr" onClick="ga('send', {'hitType':'flickr', 'eventCategory':'SocialMediaButtons', 'eventAction':'Follow', 'eventLabel':'node/100963'})">flickr</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-bottom-wrapper"> <div class="footer-bottom"> <div id="block-uib-area-bottom-links" class="block block-uib-area"> <div class="content"> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/en/about/74388/contact-information" class="link-contact-info">Contact UiB</a></li> <li><a href="/en/about/84777/vacant-positions-uib" class="link-vacant-positions">Available positions</a></li> <li><a href="/en/ka/107460/press-services" class="link-press">Press</a></li> <li><a href="/en/ka/50970/cookie-policy" class="link-info-cookies">About cookies</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="https://www.uib.no/tilgjengelighetserklearing" class="link-accessibility-statement">Accessibility statement (in Norwegian)</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.uib.no/sites/all/modules/picture/picturefill/picturefill.min.js?v=3.0.1"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.uib.no/sites/all/modules/picture/picture.min.js?v=7.103"></script> </body> </html>