As evidenced by the Annual Report of the Academia Europaea Bergen Hub, 2024 was a highly active year for the Hub, with several lecture series, and a strong engagement in the research and innovation landscape of our region.
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The hub continued it’s cooperation in lecture series at University of Bergen, such as the Horizon lecture series and the NTVA/Tekna/AE-Bergen lecture series.
In 2024, as in the previous year, our Hub’s had several activities focused on science and science diplomacy in the Arctic. We hosted a well-attended side event at Arctic Frontiers 2024 conference, titled “A New Arctic Energy Mix”, featuring leading experts on energy and the green transition. Through our ongoing Rethinking Arctic Collaboration project we have organised events at key European Arctic conferences, including the Arctic Circle in Berlin in May and at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik in October, the latter featuring both a closed roundtable with key stakeholders and an open event. We also attended a workshop at Dartmouth College’s Institute of Arctic Studies, kicked off with a public event.
We encourage our members to bring forward suggestions and initiatives for Hub activities, which this year led to our partnership with Professor Jens Braarvig (MAE) in co-organising the Second Biennial Conference of the World Philology Union at Uppsala University from December 4th to 6th, 2024.