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On 9 December, the announced the winners听of the ERC Consolidator Grant听competition.听This year, eight听grants听go to Norwegian institutions,听four to researchers from the University of Bergen (UiB).

Inclusive policy

Professor 贰濒颈蝉补产别迟丑听滨惫补谤蝉蹿濒补迟别苍听at the Department of Comparative Politics receives the ERC Consolidator Grant for the project "INCLUDE".听The project adresses one of the most fundamental challenges听of our time; how to live peacefully together as diverse societies.

鈥淭his research is important for religious and cultural minorities in their struggle for inclusion.听It is also important for democratic societies that need knowledge to find the keys to peaceful coexistence in a context of significant religious and cultural differences鈥�, she says.听

Measuring climate data听of the past听

础蝉蝉辞肠颈补迟别听笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Nele Meckler at the Department of Earth Science and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research听receives ERC Consolidator Grant for the project "FluidMICS." Here, she and her colleagues measure climate data听of the past, by studying stalagmites in tropical caves, where tiny drops of water are preserved from the time when the water dripped from the cave ceiling.听

鈥淥ur method provides a special opportunity to retrieve very reliable temperature data from听the past. That means we can very accurately investigate how the climate in the tropics has听responded to changes in, for example, concentrations of CO₂听and the role of the tropics have听played through major听ice ages in the Northern hemisphere鈥�, says Nele Meckler.听 听

The formula for political endurance听听

With听her听ERC Consolidator Grant for the project "SUCCESS", Professor 搁补驳苍丑颈濒诲听惭耻谤颈补补蝉听at the Department of Comparative Politics will shed light on what makes women leave politics faster than men, and what makes them stay. With the project, she听will launch听a completely new way of understanding gender balance in politics.听

鈥淲hat if there are institutional and strategic reasons听why听women disappear from politics faster than men? Men听more often听remain, while听women seem to听walk听right into a revolving door鈥�,听says听Muriaas.听

Geothermal systems听

Professor Inga Berre at the Department of Mathematics receives the ERC Consolidator Grant for the project 芦MaPSI禄.听The interdisciplinary project moves in the borderlands听between applied mathematics, computational听physics,听and geoscience.听

鈥淭he听project will develop new听mathematical models听and听numerical听methods听and听use these in simulation of processes in geothermal systems that have听not been possible to quantify before.听This听way, we can better understand important aspects of, for example, high temperature and supercritical geothermal systems, which will be important听for the production of听a larger range of geothermal resources鈥�, Berre explains.听

芦Four outstanding researchers禄听

鈥淎wards from the ERC听rate highly on the international as well as national level.听Therefore, it is very gratifying that four of our researchers have听gone听through this narrow eye of the needle鈥�,听says Rector Dag Rune Olsen.听

He receives support from the Pro-Rector for Research, Margareth Hagen, who believes the award is a real boost, at the end of a year that has been challenging due to the corona pandemic.听

鈥淭hese are four outstanding researchers, who for several years have excelled in their professional environments. The fact that they have now听succeeded in this听tough international competition is a great recognition of the originality and quality of their projects鈥�,听she听states.听