The UiB Magazine
Our English language magazine is published once a year.
The UiB Magazine is published in August every year, to coincide with the arrival of new international students at the University of Bergen (UiB).
The magazine has a circulation of 8,000. As well as being presented to all new international students, the magazine is distributed to our collaborating universities and partners, both internationally and in Norway.
A PDF of the the current magazine can be downloaded or you can browse through the magazine online.
Included below are links to articles from the 2014/2015 edition of the magazine.
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Research in front: Solving diabetes
What roles do diets and genetics play in the development of obesity and diabetes?
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Research in front: Basic research in space
How is earth connected to space? That is one of the questions the researchers at the Birkeland Centre for Space Science are trying to answer.
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The Rector Interview: Becoming leaders in Europe
Rector Dag Rune Olsen wants the University of Bergen (UiB) to be one of the leading universities in Europe.
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The Alumni Interview: Randi and Gunnar Håland
Professors Randi and Gunnar Håland have added colour and spice to life and research at UiB, and have built relations that have put Bergen on the world map.
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Training surgeons in Malawi
Traffic accidents are a huge burden on the health care system in Malawi. The University of Bergen (UiB) is a partner in a project to train more surgeons in Malawi.
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Happy heathlands
Remains of the once dominant heathlands of northern Europe are preserved at the Heathland Centre north of Bergen.
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Tailor-made medicine to fight salmon louse
The salmon louse has become ever more resistant to drugs. The Sea Lice Research Centre in Bergen works to find new solutions to fight the louse.
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Bergen points the way in innovative journalism
Media City Bergen is a proposed media cluster that is to open in 2017. UiB’s contribution to the cluster is a centre for innovative journalism – the Bergen Journalism Lab.
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Biology to the people
In April 2014 the bioCEED centre opened in Bergen. This is the first Centre of Excellence in Higher Education in Western Norway. But the centre’s collaborations are global in scope.
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On a quest to cure cancer
The premature death from cancer of a close friend and colleague, made Agnete Engelsen even more determined to find a way to cure this devastating disease.
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Creating universal vaccines
The Influenza Centre in Bergen is within touching distance of a flu vaccine that can outlast annual seasonal vaccines.
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China’s history shapes the future
Norwegian emigrants have long traditions of making it in China. But what is needed to succeed in modern China?
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On the verge of a food crisis
Climate change threatens world food supplies. UiB researcher Birgit Kopainsky uses simulators to see how these changes affect food systems. She hopes her research can help predict future food crises.
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The Norwegian Constitution: from autocracy to democracy
When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.
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To surf or to sleep? That is the question.
Taking your mobile phone, tablet or computer to bed is a bad idea if you want a good night’s sleep.
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Travelling at the speed of algorithms
Young researcher Michał Pilipczuk has solved a 20 year-old mathematical riddle. His work can help computers make better choices. It also brought him the 2013 Meltzer Award for young researchers.
