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UiB researcher Brigit Kopainsky has visited African farmers to get their opinions on agriculture and climate change.
Three of our master students in system dynamics received a prestigious award at the 2015 International System Dynamics Conference in Boston, USA.
Dr. Andrea Bassi, Founder and CEO of KnowlEdge Srl, discusses ideas, indicators and practices surrounding the concept of "green economy", explaining how it would work in practice and barriers to change.
We are deeply sad to announce the loss of Madhab Prasad Bhusal, who took his M.Phil. degree at Department of Geography from 2005-2007.
Academic staff from every strand of the geography discipline at the Geography department met in Flåm to take a closer look at the damages caused by the big flood last autumn, and to survey the reconstruction of the protected watercourse in the Flåm valley.
Very often, policy makers see potential challenges to the state through incorrect mental models, which makes for poor policy development and implementation. System dynamics modeling is a valuable tool to gain insight into complex systems. Using the results in policy debate helps policy makers understand how changes to the current welfare system will affect society.
Sandra Leutner studies Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. Autumn 2014 she was an exchange student in Bergen.
Freya Rixen-Cunow studies B. Sc. Geography International at University of Hamburg in Germany. This year she is an exchange student in Bergen.
Rhiannon Lee studies Human Geography at the University of Reading in England. In the autumn semester 2014 she moved her geography studies to Bergen.
We have been invited to take part in NORD+15 field course in Estonia-Latvia 3rd-16th May. The field course is based in Pärnu, Estonia with excursion and field work in Western Estonia and Latvia.