UiB - Brussels Office

11/03/2024

The University of Bergen’s Brussels Office is now on LinkedIn!

From now on we will be using LinkedIn as our main platform for sharing articles and giving updates on what we do on a daily basis. So if you have enjoyed following us here on Facebook, then come on over and join us on LinkedIn 🤩

https://linkedin.com/company/uib-brussels-office

07/12/2023

SAVE THE DATE! ✨
On 23 January 2024, the Universitetet i Bergen (UiB) and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre invite you to our event “New Challenges to Democracy – How can R&I contribute to a future robust society?”

At this event we will discuss new challenges to democracy, science for policy and dive deeper into three main themes:
🤖 AI
🍃 Climate change
🗣️ Democratic deliberation

Draft programme and further information can be found here:
https://www.uib.no/en/brussels-office/166260/new-challenges-democracy

23/10/2023

WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW STUDENT INTERNS FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER 2024🌼🌍🌞💡

Are you interested in exploring how you can put your academic knowledge into practical use while you gain invaluable, first-hand experience of how interest representation in the EU works, all while living in the heart of Europe?

📆Apply for our internship at the University of Bergen Brussels Office by 1. November

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Hvert semester tilbyr UiBs Brusselkontor praksisplass til to studenter fra UiB.

04/10/2023

In connection to our AU-EU event "Knocking on the Door of Higher Education Institutions – The AU-EU Innovation Agenda and the Involvement of Nordic Actors”, we have made a catalogue with 80 good practice examples of Africa-Nordic collaboration, and short summaries of 22 of them🌍🇪🇺

You can read and download the catalogue on our website:
https://knockknock2023.wordpress.com/catalogue-of-best-practice-examples/

15/09/2023

💡Join us on September 27th for our hybrid event “Knocking on the Door of Higher Education Institutions – The AU-EU Innovation Agenda and the Involvement of Nordic Actors”.

Co-hosted by Universitetet i Bergen, Gothenburg European Office,
NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Greater Copenhagen EU Office, Helsinki EU Office, Universities of South Sweden and Itä-Suomen yliopisto - University of Eastern Finland (UEF).

On this day, we will discuss the , showcase best practices through existing collaborative projects between Nordic and African universities, and explore pathways forward.

✍ You can register here: https://nettskjema.no/a/362847 #/page/1

Read more about the conference via our website: https://knockknock2023.wordpress.com/

14/09/2023

Hello everyone, Julia and Nora here👋
We are the new student interns here at Universitetet i Bergen's Brusselsoffice.

Julia is studying Politics and Governance at Institutt for politikk og forvaltning ved UiB, and Nora is studying Comparative Politics at Institutt for sammenliknende politikk, UiB🏛📚

Here at the office we will contribute to strengthen UiB’s visibility in Brussels and the EU. We are looking forward to an exciting semester, so stay tuned for more 🇪🇺

💡 Follow us on Instagram and X for more updates @ uibbrussels

14/02/2023

The war against Ukraine – The University of Bergen and the Embassy of Ukraine in Norway are hosting an international conference on the 24th of February. This day marks one year after the start of Russia's full-scale military attack on Ukraine.

The conference will be taking place at the University Aula in Bergen, and the conference will also be streamed. For those of you who will be watching online, the link for streaming will be posted on the conference website.

For more information, please visit the link below:

The University of Bergen and the Embassy of Ukraine in Norway are hosting a high-profile international conference on the war against Ukraine, one year after the start of Russia’s full-scale military attack.

10/02/2023

Safeguarding the right to international protection🌍 - Join us at the PROTECT projects final conference, here in Brussels on 6.-8. March.

During these three days, subjects such as international protection as a social value, policy imperative and as a legal right, will be addressed and discussed.

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information and to secure your spot, visit the link below:

Protect is an international research project that studies refugees' right to international protection. Protect is funded by Horizon2020 and consists of 11 partner universities.

20/01/2023

Hello!

We are Hedda Korsgård and Edvard Hagland, the new interns at the UiB Brussels Office. Hedda is 22 years old and in her second year of a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Politics at Institutt for sammenliknende politikk, UiB. Edvard is 23 years old and in his third and last year of a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Governance at Institutt for politikk og forvaltning ved UiB.

This spring we will be assisting the office in strengthening the presence and visibility of UiB in Brussels and the EU. We are looking forward to a very exciting semester here in Brussels!

We will be posting on Instagram and Twitter ! as well. Follow us there to get more updates on what we will be doing over the next months. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or if there’s something you want to know more about.

18/11/2022

At the Universitetet i Bergen, we welcome refugees to apply for a range of courses with the start date already in January 2023. This possibility comes as a consequence of The Ministry of Education and Research (Kunnskapsdepartementet (Norge)) temporarily changing admission requirements to opening for refugees without Higher Education Entrance Qualifications.

We are proud to offer free, world-class higher education to refugees

The University of Bergen welcomes refugees to apply for admission. On this website you will find study offers for refugees, and other relevant information for prospective students.

28/10/2022

Hurray!👏
We are proud to share that Professor Eystein Jansen from the Universitetet i Bergen has been elected as vice-president of the European Research Council. He is the first Norwegian to ever take on this prestigious position.

Jansen is professor of palaeoclimatology at the Department of Earth Science (Institutt for geovitenskap) and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Bjerknessenteret). He has been a member of the ERC Scientific Council since 2019, and will begin his new role 1 January 2023.

Read more here:

Climate scientist Eystein Jansen has been elected vice-president of the European Research Council (ERC). He is the first Norwegian researcher to join the leadership of the elite division for European research.

31/08/2022

🔬Science, lobbies and the environment 🌳– join us in Brussels for a seminar marking the 60th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" on Tuesday the 6th of October 14.30-17:30. Together with Corporate Europe Observatory and the BeeCaution Project, the University of Bergen is honored to co-host a half-day seminar about the frontiers of regulatory capture and environmental conflict.

We owe to Rachel Carson’s book "Silent Spring" the birth of the environment as a subject of public discourse and policies.