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multidisciplinary faculty that currently teaches more than 3700 students and offers a substantial number of programmes leading to a wide range of academic and professional qualifications. 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In addition to being a popular and engaging lecturer in Japanese studies, he has hosted more than 60 podcast episodes on Japan-related books in the series New Books in Japanese Studies. </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="field-item even"><div id="node-176220" class="node node-uib-article node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-kicker field-type-text field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">News</div></div></div> <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-217817" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <a href="https://www.uib.no/en/hf/176220/stefan-riedener-wins-young-researcher%E2%80%99s-prize-2024"><img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/stefan_r_0.jpg?itok=edxmrYkd" width="531" height="375" alt="Image of Stefan Riedener Assosiate professor at DEpartment of Philosophy UiB and winner of Young Researcher's Prize 2024" title="" /></a> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <h2> <a href="/en/hf/176220/stefan-riedener-wins-young-researcher%E2%80%99s-prize-2024">Stefan Riedener wins Young Researcher’s Prize 2024</a> </h2> <p class="field field-name-field-uib-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> “I experience this prize as an enormous encouragement to believe in the things I am doing, and a profound motivation to try and continue my work,” says the award winner who hopes to one day write something that can have a real impact on how we live our lives. </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="field-item odd"><div id="node-175792" class="node node-uib-article node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-uib-kicker field-type-text field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">Pioneering Research</div></div></div> <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-217113" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"> <a href="https://www.uib.no/en/hf/175792/innovative-approach-understanding-mathematical-proofs"><img src="https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/styles/wide_thumbnail/public/media/sorin_bangu_016.jpg?itok=hOgcZ88d" width="531" height="375" alt="Scientist Sorin Bangu at the UiB Campus. Standing in the street and you can see parts of the yellow Sydneshaugen skole in the background" title="" /></a> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <h2> <a href="/en/hf/175792/innovative-approach-understanding-mathematical-proofs">An innovative approach to understanding mathematical proofs</a> </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. 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