In mid-April, the fourth One Ocean Week will take place – a week of exciting and entertaining events about sustainable oceans in Bergen. Here you will find an overview of UiB's events during the ocean week.
One Ocean Week 2026 – UiB's programme
Webinar: How to handle and share sensitive data?
How can you handle and share sensitive research data, in line with legal and ethical obligations?
Invitation: CCBIO's 14th Annual Symposium and 1st European Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium
CCBIO invites you to both the 14th CCBIO Annual Symposium (May 12–13) and the new OC-INSIGHTS symposium (May 10–11) at Solstrand. Register soon – places fill up quickly, and registration closes without notice.
New application period for welfare cabins – autumn 2026
You can now submit an application for the desired period at the welfare cabins for the fall of 2026, in the period August 16 to October 18:
The invisible work that keeps world trade going
Through extensive fieldwork aboard several tankers, social anthropologist Marianna Betti has gained unique insight into the lives of those who live and work at sea.
Establishing the Center for Quantum Technology in Bergen
The University of Bergen is establishing UiB Kvante – Center for Quantum Technology in Bergen. The center is funded by UiB and the Trond Mohn Research Foundation, with a total budget of NOK 80 million over five years. The goal is to build an interdisciplinary center based on strong academic environments, which can develop quantum technology with direct impact on society.
Øystein Eikrem is leading groundbreaking research on the kidneys. The answer may lie in AI technology.
A deep dive into biology may make it possible to predict which patients with chronic kidney disease will have a serious course and which will not. Associate Professor Øystein Solberg Eikrem at UiB is leading the research that could be a game-changer for patients with the disease "IgA nephropathy."
BCEPS co-founder Ole F. Norheim heads new national council for prioritization and sustainability in health and care services
The new council, led by Ole F. Norheim, was established by the government under the Ministry of Health and Care Services and is intended to be a national arena for strategic and principled discussion of priority issues and long-term sustainability in the health and care sector.
The time is approaching for registration for the main holiday!
Registration of main holiday must be registered in the self-service portal by May 1. Remember that all holiday must be clarified with the nearest supervisor before applying for holiday in the self-service portal and entered in the comments field: "Holiday has been clarified with the nearest supervisor."