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For decades Accra麓s traffic has been a huge problem for the city麓s development. Long traffic jams in rush hours, road accidents and poor travel conditions for everyone that moves within Accra is a well-known issue in Ghana and a conversation topic for Accra麓s inhabitants - like rain and the weather are a common conversation topic in Bergen, Norway.
Read the latest updates on the OceanStates front in our research blog.
On 25-26 November, the annual conference of the Norwegian Anthropological Society was held in Bergen. See pictures from the conference here!
New PhD course dedicated to an investigation of the imaginary projects of technoscience. Candidates of social anthropology and related disciplines are welcome to apply!
Georgian and Norwegian Anthropology students tested their skills as real anthropologists during twelve intensive days of Summer School in Anthropological Research Methods.
We are happy to announce our brand new Crash Course in Social Anthropology! All interested are welcome to take the course.
Open call for Three PhD research fellowships within the project 鈥淥n Equal Grounds? Migrant Women鈥檚 Participation in Labour and Labour Related Activities鈥� (EQUALPART). APPLY BY 15 SEPTEMBER 2021.
During this year鈥檚 Bergen Summer Research School, 17 SDG-oriented policy briefs were produced by more than 100 enthusiastic participants as part of a joint call by PhD for Innovation and SDG Bergen Science Advice.
Global displacement has reached an all time high in 2021. The world has never needed the UN Refugee Convention more than in its 70th anniversary year.
Housing has remained one of the fundamentals of every society. However, in Ghana, most of the population lacks decent and affordable housing; the current housing deficit in Ghana is over 2 million.
SDG Bergen Science Advice has provided input to the national SDG plan for Norway. Our input is inspired by the University of Bergen鈥檚 longstanding scientific advice towards the UN system and targeted approach to the 2030 Agenda.
Read the latest updates on the OceanStates research front in our blog.
Detachment and separation continue to be central to urban development across the globe, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Will enclaving鈥攖he construction of these detached societies鈥攆urther fuel socio-economic differences? 聽
鈥淪cience is not negotiable, but it can be ignored,鈥� said Professor Edvard Hviding in a debate on transboundary institutions at the S4D4C final networking meeting.
Over the past decade, China has emerged as a large actor on the African continent 鈥� primarily through trade, investment and as provider of development finance. But China is increasingly also playing a more direct political role.
How can we better understand the gendered dimensions of marine economies and environmental sustainability? I invited Associate Professor and project leader Iselin 脜sedotter Str酶nen for a coffee and a conversation to elucidate the core focus of her new teaching- and research development project, ENMARINE.
Every year, several countries present their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) to show their progress in implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. But how can science play an integral part in these proceedings?
Digital summer research school.
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