Category: MatNat news
Here you will find information and news from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MatNat).
Consultation: Change to the Faculty’s name
The dean’s office at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has initiated a process to consider a possible change to the faculty’s name. The case has now been sent for consultation to all the faculty’s departments, the Michael Sars…
Sign up for the MatNat Learning Day for technical staff 2024
We are happy to announce that the web page for our Learning Day for technical staff 2024 is online, in Norwegian: Læringsdag for teknisk ansatte 22. februar 2024 | Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet | UiB Here you can check out the…
Reminder: Norwegian Centres of Excellence scheme, reporting of initiatives
In order to plan the institutional application support and the formal process around applications for Centers of Excellence in the next round of applications, UiB wants an overview of all planned initiatives. The departments at MatNat have until 10 January…
New article from uib.no/matnat: Teaching others to save the world
Professor Katja Enberg is group leader for Fisheries and marine biology at the University of Bergen. She has worked for a long time with the sustainable use of the sea’s fishing resources. In the summer of 2022, she taught 86…
Mon 4. Dec. Symposium on “The future of deep-sea mining: minerals, industry, society, and seabed governance”
When: 10.00-15.00 Where: VilVite, Thormøhlens gt 51 Does the future require deep-sea mining? This event brings together two interdisciplinary panels of researchers to share their perspectives on deep-sea mining. Read more and register here
Nomination of candidates for the Communication Award (“Formidlingsprisen”) 2023
[Our translation] Through the Communication Award of NOK 50,000, the faculty wishes to highlight the communication at the faculty. The award will go to one or more people who have made an extraordinary effort to communicate the results of high-quality…
Thu 23 Nov. Grand opening of RealJulegaten 2023
From sailing expedition to research paper
“Teaching sustainability at the high sea: the “One Ocean Expedition”” has now been published in the renowned journal Sustainability Science. The article shares experiences from the UiB summer course “SDG 200 Ocean-Climate-Society” on the voyage’s first leg across the Pacific…
Invitation to nominate candidates for the MatNat faculty’s HSE-prize 2023
MatNat invites their Departments to propose candidates for the HSE-prize for 2023 [Norwegian language)] https://ekstern.filer.uib.no/bio/Informasjon/2023/MatNat_Forslag_kand_HMS-pris_2023.PDF Do you know a local project, person or group who would make a good candidate? If so, please send your proposal to Nina.Holland@uib.no no later…