Horizon Europe is EU’s research and innovation programme. Join our seminar on collaborative research and innovation projects for academic staff. Photo: European Commission
Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5, 3 October, 2023
As mentioned in Julie’s leader 18. August, Mathilde Høgalmen who is the Department’s contact person/admin officer in HR-matters, will be on leave from October. Therese Myhre Odfjell will be our new contact person for HR during Matilde’s leave.
We ask that all requests regarding HR matters are now directed to Therese Myhre Odfjell.
On the personal page that all UiB employees have, the visiting address and postal address are shown. There should automatically be a street address, but it can sometimes be wrong. In addition, it is possible to enter a room number so that it is easier to find you, and you can also enter a MazeMap link that leads visitors straight to your office door!
If you do not need administrator access to any UiB PC, you may ignore this e-mail.
This autumn we are working on IT security measures for the entire university, to protect UiB PCs and data. See news article in På Høyden (in Norwegian only): https://pahoyden.no/it-avdelingen-it-sikkerhet/reduserer-risikoen-for-hackerangrep/130033 .
Costs and benefits of group living in mammals and birds
10.15-11.00
Zoom webinar: https://tinyurl.com/3j5d3rdw
We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming webinar on ocean deoxygenation organized by the Global Ocean Oxygen Network (IOC Expert Working Group GO2NE). The 22nd webinar will take place on 13 September 2023, at 17:00 CEST.
Norwegian language
Arbeidsliv i endring – hva med arbeidsmiljøet ?
Digitalt frokostseminar onsdag 27.september på Zoom kl.0830-1000
The 2023 Holberg Debate panel will consist of Prof. Anil Seth, Prof. Taya Luhrmann, and Dr. RUpert Sheldrake. Moderator: David Malone.
Dear UiB colleagues,
The Holberg Prize has the pleasure of inviting everyone to attend the 2023 Holberg Debate in the University Aula, on Saturday 2 December, 15:00 – 17:45.
Foto: Eivind Senneset, UiB
Hei dere,
In exactly one year, BIO is scheduled to have a new head of department. Then my two term periods are over. I look forward to this last year and hope that we will achieve many good results in the financial area, in research and external funding and in all our educations, so that the new head of department takes over a department that still has financial challenges (we will probably have that for a few years to come) ), but which otherwise works very well. Of course, I and the management team will pay close attention to the financial situation this year, which is influenced by a great deal of different factors, both in the short and long term. I believe we now, after some intense years of cost reduction, have good control on the expenditure side. However, the income side is more challenging because it is highly dependent on what happens outside of our control. We can still influence it, especially through student recruitment and implementation, at all levels (including PhD) and by increasing the volume of external funding and getting even better at getting our costs compensated by the externally funded projects.
We had a good review of the financial situation with the faculty management earlier in the week. In the meeting, we reviewed the status of all the different work that has been done to reduce costs in the various working groups, including course budgeting. Before the summer, we focused on reviewing the costs in the autumn semester, and we will now focus on the courses taught in the spring semester. The preliminary figures suggest that we will break even this year or that we may manage to recoup some of the deficit. It would be fantastically good work by all of us and indicates that we are on the right track. It would also form an excellent basis for us to get many good and competent applicants for the position of head of department at UiB’s finest department.
Then I wish you all a really good weekend in the nice weather. Go swimming, go mushrooming, climb a mountain or lie down in the heather. Enjoy nature. It gives strength and joy.
Hilsen Ørjan
The sequencing facility will unfortunately be closed for another 2-3 weeks, until around September 20th.
Gyri Teien Haugland may offer advice on fast and reasonably priced alternatives.
Foto: CONFECT/Ruth-Anne Sandaa
The meeting brought together researchers who use both quantitative and experimental methods in virus ecology and evolution from around the world (New Zealand and New Caledonia included), and it was a very successful meeting with room for good discussions.
The Research Council of Norway organises “ERC Proposal Reading Days” for researchers who are planning an application to the European Research Council (ERC).
There will be two sessions in Bergen September 12th:
Foto: Colourbox
Norwegian language
UH-nett Vest har utviklet en støtteordning som skal bidra til å styrke samhandlingen og bygge sterke relasjoner mellom akademia og eksterne aktører på Vestlandet. Støtten skal gis som såkornsmidler til nettverksbygging, prosjektutvikling og formidlingsaktivitet.
Søknadsdatabasen vil åpne 1. september 2023.
Søknadsfrist: 15.10.2023.
Dyrevernalliansens forskningsfond har blant annet støttet forskning på dyrevelferden til utegris. Foto: Ihne Pedersen
Norwegian language
Forskere og studenter hos dere er hjertelig velkomne til å søke om midler. I 2023 vil det bli utdelt inntil 1.500.000 kroner.
Søknadsfristen er 20. september 2023.
Les mer: https://dyrevern.no/dyrevernalliansens-forskningsfond/
Photo: Pina Messina via Unsplash
On 4 and 5 September 2023, the University of Bergen, in collaboration with a group of distinguished global partners, will organise an international conference under the title Winds of Change and Streams of Solidarity: Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe in the 21st Century. The conference will be in the beautiful University Aula in Bergen.
