[Our translation] The Education committee’s [Utdanningsutvalget] annual study quality seminar takes place on Friday 6 December at 9.00 – 12.30 atStorsalen Nygårdsgaten 5 Target group: Academic and administrative education leaders – including vice-deans/deans for education, program board leaders and lecturers,…
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…
Travel support for PhD and masterstudent’s working within the fields of climate- and energy transition
UiB Climate and Energy Transition has published a call for travel stipends for master’s and PhD students working within the field. Stipends of up to 12000 NOK can be granted to each applicant. Application deadline: Friday 15. November 12pm. Read…
UiB OCEAN: Invitation to premiere viewing of the Netflix-documentary “Our Oceans”
[Our translation] A warm welcome to the premiere screening of the Netflix documentary “Our Oceans”, and the episode about the Arctic Ocean. When: Tuesday 19. November 19.00 – 21.00. Where: Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5 NB – sign up here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17850999
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!).
New seminar series from CeSAM to be launched November 7th. From Nature Crisis to Solutions: Norway’s road to the Nature Deal
In CeSAM’s interdisciplinary seminar series 2024-2025, we tackle big and small questions at the intersection between nature and politics. We take the Norwegian perspective as our starting point and put an interdisciplinary spotlight on Norway’s implementation of the nature agreement.…
Fifth Webinar of RICH Europe on Transnational and Virtual Access Opportunities (TA/VA) 26th November 2024
During the webinar will be highlighted some opportunities available through the Research Infrastructures (RIs) and provided the guidance to access them. The webinar is designed to help stakeholders find and leverage the opportunities offered by the RIs. See the attached…
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
Head of department Ståle joins the BIO325 cruise in Masfjorden
On Monday 7 October I was able to take part in a trip with G.O.Sars, together with Katja, Frank and Heikki who had students from BIO325 (Marine Science) on board. It was a great honor for me to get an…
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…
ERC StG Development Programme 2025 – Request for feeback by 11 Nov
Dear all, To support/encourage a greater number of applications to the ERC program, UIB will continue its ERC Starting Grant Development Program in 2025.
UiB foundations for research and teaching – deadline December 1st
New dealdline this year for applications to foundations that support research and teaching at UIB. The application deadline for 2025 will be 1 December 2024 and the application system will open for new applications 21 October 2024. This portal provides…
Call for applications – CHARM-EU
[Our translation] In connection with the CHARM-EU university alliance, funding is now being announced in two categories: Seed funds for the environment that will work with the partners in the alliance Funds for a professional environment that will create online…
Half-day seminar for PhD supervisors at the Faculty of Science and Technology December 4th
Time: 4 December 2024 at 8:50-12:45 Place: Aktivt rom 4, Realfagbygget 1. etasje Påmelding til veilederseminar / Registration for the supervisor seminar Påmeldingsfrist 27. November / Deadline for registration 27. november
Registration for HSE-meeting and Christmas party November 25th – reminder!
Dear colleagues! Below is a skjemaker to fill out for the HSE-meeting and Christmas party that will be held on the 25th of November. The HSE-meeting will be at VilVite from 12:00 to 16:00. The Christmas party will be at Lanternen from 17:00…
European Marine Board (EMB) launches Navigating the Future VI
Navigating the Future VI is a flagship EMB Position Paper that explores the role of the Ocean in the wider Earth system and promotes collaboration between disciplines to tackle global issues.