Kristine Bonnevie lectures on evolutionary biology

We welcome you to two open lectures! Meave Leakey on "Milestones in the story of us – why and when did we come to be?", and Alan Alda on "Getting beyond a blind date with science". This event is part of the University’s annual celebration.

Open for all! Speakers: Corina E. Tarnita from Princeton University and Jan M. Nordbotten from Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen. This event is part of the University’s annual celebration.

Georgina Mace: "How should we value nature in a human-dominated world?". James Wilsdon: "The science and art of scientific advice"

The author, philosopher and biologist Massimo Pigliucci will give a lecture on: "The relationship between science and philosophy". Hopi Hoekstra from Harvard University will tell us about: "Digging for genes that affect behavior"

This year at the annual Kristine Bonnevie lectures, the geneticist and popular science author Steve Jones from University College London will tell you "What sex really means". Eugenie C. Scott from The National Center for Science Education will draw on her long experience in defending science education in the U.S., and explain why communicating science is so important in her lecture "Defending evolution - and some other sciences".

Speakers: Cori Bargmann and Carl Zimmer

Speakers: Elizabeth Hadly, Richard Dawkins and Jim Al-Khalili

Speakers: Frans de Waal and Christel Fricke

Speakers: Barbara Rosemary Grant and Camilla Schreiner

Speakers: Rita R. Colwell and Tora Aasland

Speakers: Jane Lubchenco, Camilla Serck-Hanssen and Bente Edvardsen