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NMBU welcome a delegation of various parties involved with the peace process in Mali.

Working towards peace and food security in Mali

Peace process delegation from Mali visit NMBU to get acquainted with the university's innovative work towards combatting insecurity - particularly food shortage - in the country

Professor Douglas Sheil, MINA

NMBU professor on list of highly cited researchers

NMBU’s professor Douglas Sheil features on a new list of Highly Cited Researchers. Sheil is an ecologist with more than twenty years of research experience on tropical forest ecology.

Hvilke typer byrom gir oss en følelse av velvære? Er det steder omgitt av tradisjonell arkitektur og utforming, eller er det på steder preget av moderne arkitektur?

Traditional architecture gives better sense of well-being than contemporary glass and steel buildings

Det viser en fersk studie hvor forskerne har tatt i bruk siste skrik innen virtuell virkelighets-teknologi (VR).

Til tross for omfattende tiltak er forskere ved NMBU bekymret for hvordan afrikanske land skal møte den globale viruskrisen

Scientists are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus in Africa

Mangel på rent vann og såpe, svake helsesystemer og stor fattigdom gjør at mange afrikanske land er dårlig stilt i møte med koronaviruset, som er i rask spredning på kontinentet.

Land use

Major investment in innovation in agriculture in Malawi

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Church Aid, the Development Fund, NMBU and a number of Malawian partners have entered into an agreement to strengthen the agricultural sector in Malawi.

Vi forbinder bugnende hveteåkre med god og mettende mat. Men det er tarmbakteriene som gjør at vi kan utnytte næringsinnholdet i kornet på en effektiv måte.

Nobel Peace PrizePeacebuilding starts with a seed

“It’s important that the Nobel Committee does not contribute to making food a security issue”, says NMBU researcher Ola Westengen about the World Food Program’s Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

In some countries, masks were mandatory outside during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Outdoor spaces and nature combat depression during COVID-19

New research verifies that governments should allow people to spend time outdoors to protect mental health in the event of new lockdown measures.

Det at studentene trives godt, er engasjerte, kritiske og analytiske er noen av styrkene som evalueringskomiteen la vekt på da full akkreditering ble tildelt NMBUs master i Global Development Studies. I bakgrunnen skimtes Tivoli-bygget hvor Institutt for

Global development studies at NMBU awarded top mark by international committee

‘This recognition shows that our programme in Global Development Studies is at a high international level,’ says professor Morten Jerven.

Mopti region in central Mali.

New project to determine the causes of violent conflict and migration in the Sahel

NMBU professor Tor A. Benjaminsen awarded ERC Advanced Grant for research in the conflict-stricken region.

Urban densification in Ensjø, Oslo.

Questioning social sustainability in Oslo

Prioritizing environmental sustainability when implementing urban densification can result in social exclusion, concludes NMBU’s Rebecca Cavicchia in new doctoral research.