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A HISTORY OF WATER (25.11.2010)
The pioneering History of Water series brings a much needed historical perspective to the relationship between water and society. The volumes in the series aim to show how history and development 鈥� from the birth of civilization to the present day 鈥� may be enriched, and new understandings and reinterpretations realised, by a proper awareness of the significance of water.
The Age of Uncertainty: Climate change, water systems and social development (25.11.2010)
University of Bergen, 16-18 February 2011 This conference will discuss the relationship between water, social development, and environment, with a special focus on how climate changes impact water systems and thus societies鈥� development.
International journals edited from the department (06.10.2010)
Eurosphere Conference: The Publics of Europe & the European Public Sphere (27.09.2010)
The Publics of Europe & the European Public Sphere Tracing the Architects and Trespassers of Borders and Boundaries in Europe
Midler til forprosjekt fra NFR programmet (07.09.2010)
Sosiologisk institutt er bevilget midler fra NFRs program Utdanning 2020 til forprosjektet "Transforming vocational education and training - a collaborative research proposal". Prosjektleder er Ole Johnny Olsen. Prosjektet er et samarbeid med Svein Michelsen, Institutt for administrasjon og organisasjonskunnskap, UiB, og forskere ved NIFUSTEP og FAFO. Forskere ved H酶gskolen i Akershus vil bli... Read more
From left to right: Prof. Carmine Bianchi (Palermo), Rector Sigmund Gr酶nmo ...
Opening of Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in System Dynamics (30.08.2010)
Thursday August 26 the new Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in System Dynamics was officially opened by Rector Sebastian C.J.J. Kortmann from Radboud University and Rector Sigmund Gr酶nmo for the University of Bergen.
Christensen and W忙rness in Norwegian-Japanese collaboration project (18.06.2010)
Professor emerita Kari W忙rness and Associate Professor Karen Christensen at the Department of Sociology have contributed to a new book on care for the elderly in Norway and Japan.
Postponed trial lecture and defence (15.04.2010)
Due to the volcanic cloud blocking flights in Northern Europe, both the trial lecture and public defence for Bj酶rn Enge Bertelsens has, unfortunately, been postponed.
Visiting Scholar at SCANCOR 2011 - Deadline 1.April (04.03.2010)
Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) at Stanford has since 1987 been an important resource for Norwegian and Scandinavian organization researchers. The Center was established as a result of a collaboration between Jim March and Johan P. Olsen. Today it is led by Professor Walter Powell, one of the world's leading organization researchers.
New book. Asun St. Clair og Des Gasper: Development Ethics (25.02.2010)
Associate professor at the Department of Sociology, Asuncion Lera St. Clair, has together with Professor Des Gasper edited the book 鈥淒evelopment Ethics鈥�. This book is a part of the series "The International Library of Essays in Public and Professional Ethics".
New book. Sandberg and Pedersen: Street capital. Black cannabis dealers in a white welfare state (08.12.2009)
Sveinung Sandberg, Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, UiB has co-written a book on young black men dealing cannabis in Oslo. Sandberg and Willy Pedersen, professor in sociology at the University of Oslo, based the book on extensive fieldwork and repeated in-depth interviews with dealers aged between 15 and 30.
NRC funds Infomedia-project Journalistic Reorientations (06.12.2009)
The project investigates how the Internet impacts the roles and functions of journalism's normative foundations, its political economy, its professional practices, its democratic functions and its audiences.
Industrial Design, Competition and Globalization (02.12.2009)
New book from professor Grete Rusten, University of Bergen and professor John R. Bryson, University of Birmingham.
New book. Terje Knutsen: The Democratisation of Eastern Europe 1989-2004 (17.11.2009)
Associate professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, Terje Knutsen, has published a new book on the he Democratisation of Eastern Europe after the fall of communism.
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New book: Ann Nilsen et al: Work, families and organisations in transition (13.11.2009)
Professor Ann Nilsen from the Department of Sociology has co-edited a volume on work and family life balance
Stein Kuhnle publishes in Chinese (13.11.2009)
The Norwegian 鈥� Spanish salted fish project (28.10.2009)
The Norwegian 鈥� Spanish salted fish project is a co-project between research institutions and commercial business in Norway and Spain.
Geography - History and Concepts (28.10.2009)
Professor Emeritus Arild Holt-Jensen. This standard student reference has been totally revised and updated. It remains the definitive introduction to the history, philosophy, and methodology of human geography. Now in a fourth edition

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