Looking for a Masters Project?

The Theoretical Ecology Group welcomes new Masters students in all our research themes. Here are some potential topics:

• Modelling of foraging strategies in mackerel (Øyvind Fiksen)
• Modelling: What determines spawning phenology in Bluefin tuna? (Øyvind Fiksen)
• Modelling: The fitness of hatching times in fish (Øyvind Fiksen, Anders F. Opdal)
• Laboratory Analysis: Trophic position of myctophids in the Northeast Atlantic (Eva Garcia Seoanes (IMR), Tom J. Langbehn, and Christian Jørgensen)

Some of our colleagues in Bergen and nearby offer projects on related topics. Check their pages for updates:

• Terje Lislevand at the University Museum of Bergen offers field projects on birds.

You can also check our Research web page and contact potential supervisors directly to inquire whether they will have an opening for new MSc students in the near future. The best way to make first contact is to present your background and research interests briefly in an email.

Information on application dates, housing and many other practicalities for being a Master of Science (MSc) student at Department of Biology, University of Bergen, can be found here. Most or all MSc education at the Department of Biology (and the Faculty of Science) is in English, and most MSc theses are written in English.

What Do Our Students Do After They Have Finished?

We have interviewed some of our students to give an idea of what life after studies can be like.

Past Masters Students

	Julianne Netteland MSc 2018 Thesis title: Predation risk at dawn: How changing light and birds' traits affect the temporal risk landscape during sunrise. Supervisors: Sigrunn Eliassen and Christian Jørgensen. [ open access pdf ]
	Marie Danielsen MSc 2017 Thesis title: Effects of perceived predation risk on extra-pair mating in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Supervisors: Adéle Mennerat, Sigrunn Eliassen, and Christian Jørgensen. [ open access pdf ]
	Lars Kristian Landsrød MSc 2017 Thesis title: Decision-making in a proximate model framework: How behaviour flexibility is generated by arousal and attention. Supervisors: Sergey Budaev and Sigrunn Eliassen. [ open access pdf ]
	Randi Elisabeth Åsly MSc 2016 Thesis title: Sammenhengen mellom sidefarskap og samarbeid i fuglenabolag av ulik størrelse [In Norwegian]. Supervisors: Sigrunn Eliassen and Christian Jørgensen.
	Thomas Njerve Olsen MSc 2016 Thesis title: En Killing the Winner studie av visuelle og taktile organismer i Svartehavet [In Norwegian]. Supervisors: Anders F. Opdal and Dag L. Aksnes. [ open access pdf ]
	Daniel Einarsen Sellæg MSc 2015 Thesis title: Inferring female extra-pair mating behaviour from observed patterns of extra-pair paternity with a process-based model. Supervisors: Sigrunn Eliassen and Christian Jørgensen. [ open access pdf ]
	Simon Miljeteig MSc 2015 Thesis title: Neighborhood effects of extra-pair mating on female fitness: testing model predictions on data from blue tits (Parus caeruleus). Supervisor: Adéle Mennerat, Sigrunn Eliassen, and Christian Jørgensen.
	Bjørn Snorre Andersen MSc 2014 Thesis title: Effects of genetic complexity and time resolution in an individual-based model of mesopelagic fish with hunger and fear. Supervisor: Jarl Giske. [ open access pdf ]
	Eirik Norheim MSc 2014 Thesis title: Distribution of mesopelagic scattering layer (MSL) in relation to the physical environment in the Norwegian Sea. Supervisor: Dag L. Aksnes. [ open access pdf ]
	Stian Indrevåg MSc 2010 Thesis title: : Klimavariasjon eller fiske: Hvorfor silda kollapset [In Norwegian]. Supervisor: Øyvind Fiksen.
	Dorothy J. Dankel (Dorothy J. Housholder) MSc 2004 Thesis title: Evaluation of harvest control rules: simple one-parameter versus complex multi-parameter strategies. Supervisors: Mikko Heino and Øyvind Fiksen. [ open access pdf ]