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Hordaland County Municipality, Skyss and Bergen Municipality recently secured 12.5 million NOK to "MUST 鈥 mobility laboratory for the development of smart transport solutions". CET will play a central role in the realization and of this project.
In August, the European Association for Social Anthropologists (EASA) conference was held in Stockholm. The Department for Social Anthropology was well-represented with a total of nine employees, among them also researchers from the Energethics project.
In August, Energethics researchers participated in the EASA 2018 conference: Staying - Moving - Settling in Stockholm. We presented papers in the panels 鈥楨nergy in Motion鈥 and 鈥楪lobalized Workers and Trade Unionism鈥.
This summer, the opening workshop of the research project 鈥楾he Politics of Inequality鈥 was held at Harvard University. During the workshop the first findings of the project were presented, and scholars from 7 different institutions shared their knowledge and expertise.
The ERC Advanced Grant Egalitarianism: Forms, Processes, Comparisons is entering its final project year and several important publications have recently appeared.
The Department of Social Anthropology offers two exciting courses taught in English autumn semester 2022, and we welcome both international and Norwegian students to participate.
Energethics published their first article 鈥淩ethinking Access. Key Methodological Challenges in Studying Energy Companies鈥 in the journal "Energy Research and Social Science". The article is available online.
What happens when the basic values and social mechanism of society are challenged? And how does change influence how we view ourselves as human beings? This is at the heart of a new anthropological project at the University of Bergen.
January 17th 2018, the researchers connected to the project "The Politics of Inequality" in Bergen arranged a workshop to learn about each other's research and expertise.
UiB-researchers Siddharth Sareen and Jakob Grandin were among the speakers at events during the 2018 UN High-level Political Forum in New York.
Director for Energy Kristin Guldbrandsen Fr酶ysa is satisfied that the University of Bergen has been able to present its innovative energy research at the United Nations High-level Political Forum.
Researchers from CET are presenting at two events at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in New York.
At the annual High-level Political Forum at the United Nations, the University of Bergen will participate in workshops and side events. This to make sure that research and knowledge is heard as part of the 2030 Agenda.
Professor Johs Hjellbrekke at Department of Sociology has recently published a book on multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) at Routledge.
How can research and higher education help accelerate the transformation to sustainable and just societies?
鈥淭his award means a lot to us. It is wonderful to get recognition for all the work and effort we have put into our research,鈥 says award winner Annelin Eriksen.
On 19 June 2018, the Research Council of Norway's evaluation of the social sciences in Norway 鈥 SAMEVAL 鈥 was presented. One department and three research groups at the University of Bergen are awarded top grades in the evaluation.
CET researcher Siddharth Sareen live at Pecha Kucha Bergen #10 on the future of solar power.

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