[Our translation] Through the dissemination award of NOK. NOK 20,000, the faculty wishes to highlight the faculty’s dissemination. The award will go to one or more people who have made an extraordinary effort to communicate the results of high-quality research…
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Hearing – proposal to amend the climate act: The government’s proposal for Norway’s new climate target for 2035
[Our translation] We refer to the attached invitation to give input to the Government’s proposal to amend the Climate Act and new climate target for 2035 by 1 January 2025. Hoering_forslag_om_endring_av_klimaloven.Regjeringens_klimamaal_2025 [Norwegian language] We ask that the relevant scientific…
Greetings from the Department 31.10.2024
A topic that has concerned me for a long time is the challenging conditions for basic research in Norway. In our “faggruppe”, Microbiology, most of the work is focused on basic research, which is also the case for many other…
Our call to the countries of the world – the nature summit in Cali
[Our translation9 Towards the UN’s nature summit COP16, which is currently underway in Colombia, UiB professors Vigdis Vandvik and Inger Elisabeth Måren have made eight calls to the government. They emphasize the importance of following up on the nature agreement…
How can Stortinget raise the level of ambition for Norwegian nature?
This question is asked by the authors Ingunn Elise Myklebust, Professor in law science, UiB, Marit Ruge Bjærke, Researcher at the Department of archeology, history, culture and religion, UiB and Vigdis Vandvik, Professor in biology, UiB in this column in Rett…
SFNO – Spanish researchers in Norway. Membership info and annual meeting
Hi everyone 👋! I would like to share with you some information about an organisation of Spanish researchers in Norway called SFNO 🇳🇴🇪🇸 If you are Spanish working in Norway you might be interested to join (free of charge!).
Greetings from the Department – 25.10.2024
For BIO, teaching is one of our core activities. Facilitating students’ completion of their planned studies in the best possible way is a significant part of our social mission. It’s about more than numbers and finances—it’s about creating a learning…
Dean Gunn Mangerud’s blog 23.10.2024
UNIS er en viktig brikke i den polare forskningen og utdanningen
Appointment of safety delegates and substitutes for 2025-2026
Department of Biological Sciences is divided into 5 safety areas. A safety delegate and substitute safety delegate has recently been appointed for each safety are for the period of 2025-2026:
New NT-faculty chief safety delegate (hovedverneombud) and deputy appointed for 2025-2026
A new chief protection officer and deputy chief protection officer have been appointed at the NT faculty for the period 2025 – 2026. The new chief safety delegate will be Tone Stokka, Advisor at BIO. Linda Veka Hjørnevik continues as…