Collaborations and networks UiB is a part of
The University of Bergen is a member of several national and international networks, organisations and centres.
National networks
UN-nett Vest
UH-nett Vest is a strategic arena for the leadership and the students at the membership institutions, where matters of common political and strategic importance is discussed.
Contact person: Kristin Hansen
Næringsforum Vestland
Næringsforum Vestland is a partnership for coordinated efforts to promote innovation and business development in Vestland county.
Contact person at UiB: Katrine Segadal
Contact person at Næringsforum Vestland: Bård Sandal
NAV Vestland and the University of Bergen
NAV Vestland and the University of Bergen has a collaboration on research, competence development and work relevance.
Contact person: Katrine Segadal
Read more about the NAV Vestland and UiB collaboration (in Norwegian)
International networks and organisations
The Coimbra Group
The Coimbra Group aims to influence European education and research policy and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience.
At the 2022 Coimbra Group Annual Conference in Padova, UiB Rector Margareth Hagen was elected to the Rectors` Advisory Group.
Contact person: Hans Offerdal
The Utrecht Network
The Utrecht Network's mission is to share best practice and enhance the internationalisation process for both students and staff.
Contact person: Kristin Skogedal
The University of the Arctic
The University of the Arctic is concerned with education and research in and about the North. The network facilitates mobility and collaboration between it's member institutions.
Contact person: Annette Servan
The International Science Council – ISC
The International Science Council's activities focus on three principal areas of work: Science-for-policy, Policy-for-science and Scientific freedom. The Council’s activities include global sustainability, poverty, urban health and wellbeing and disaster risk reduction, to data, observing systems and science advice to governments.
Contact person: Sverre Drønen
Scholars at Risk – SAR
Scholars at Risk – SAR protects scholars suffering grave threats to their lives, liberty and well-being by arranging temporary research and teaching positions at institutions in our network as well as by providing advisory and referral services.
Contact person: Kristin Hansen
Scholar Rescue Fund – IIE
Scholar Rescue Fund – IIE is the only global program arranges, funds, and supports fellowships for threatened and displaced scholars at partnering higher education institutions worldwide.
Contact person: Kristin Hansen
Sustainable Development Solutions Network – SDSN
Sustainable Development Solutions Network – SDSN promotes integrated approaches to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, through education, research, policy analysis, and global cooperation.
Contact person: Kristin Svartveit
Read more about the Sustainable Development Solutions Network
International Association of Universities – IAU
International Association of Universities – IAU is a membership-based organisation serving the global higher education community through expertise & trends analysis, publications & portals, advisory services, peer-to-peer learning, events and global advocacy.
Contact person: Sverre Drønen
United Nations Academic Impact – UNAI
United Nations Academic Impact – UNAI is part of the UN’s outreach division with a particular aim of bringing research and education into dialogue with the UN’s global goals and strategies as well as to build global collaborations in the university sector.
Contact person: Sverre Drønen
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences – CLASCO
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences – CLASCO is an international non-governmental institution with associative status in UNESCO. Currently, it brings together 806 research and postgraduate centers in the field of social sciences and humanities in 51 countries in Latin America and other continents.
Contact person: Hans Offerdal
Read more about The Latin American Council of Social Sciences
The Inter–University Centre Dubrovnik
The Inter–University Centre Dubrovnik in Croatia is an independent, autonomous academic institution with a mission to promote international co-operation between academic institutions throughout the world.
Contact person: Hans Offerdal
The Southern African–Nordic Centre – SANORD
The Southern African–Nordic Centre – SANORD is designed to further academic cooperation between the Southern African and Nordic regions, and to strengthen the capacity of all member institutions to address local and global challenges of innovation and development.
Contact person: Kristin Svartveit
Nordic centres abroad
The Nordic Centre India – NCI
The Nordic Centre India – NCI has leading expertise on higher education and research in India. It is a resource for promoting Nordic research in India and to assits its members in collaboration with Indian higher education and research institutions.
Contact person: Margrethe Søvik
The Nordic Institute of Athens – NIA
The Nordic Institute of Athens – NIA connects the Norwegian and Greek academic communities and is dedicated to teaching, research and dissemination of scientific results related to humanities and social sciences. Its particular focus is on the cultural heritage, history and archaeology of Greece and the Mediterranean.
Contact: norwinst@uib.no
The Nordic Centre in China
The Nordic Centre in China helps to establish contact between students and researchers at Nordic and Chinese academic institutions to promote collaboration in higher education and research. The centre also facilitates researcher exchange, and can provide funding opportunities for visits and workshops/smaller events.
Contact person: Kristin Svartveit
Bilateral collaboration
UiB – Makerere Collaboration Programme
UiB – Makerere Collaboration Programme is a collaboration between Makerere University and the University of Bergen. The two universities partner in joint research and teaching, and exchange of staff.
Contact person: Kristin Svartveit
The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Berkeley
The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Berkeley primary mission is to strengthen ongoing research collaborations and foster the development of new research collaborations between faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and from the consortium of eight participating Norwegian academic institutions.
Contact person: Annette Servan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT and UiB collaborate through the MIT-UiB Seed Fund, supporting joint projects between faculty at MIT and the faculties of Humanity and Medicine at UiB.
Contact person: Annette Servan
The University of Washington – UW
The University of Washington collaborates with the University of Bergen and offers researcher and PhD student exchanges.
Contact person: Annette Servan