News

Here, we publish articles about the Centre and its activities, and interviews with our scholars about their time at CAS and the progress and results of their research.

The Sociology of Translation and the Politics of Sustainability

22 February 2024

New publication: "The Sociology of Translation and the Politics of Sustainability: Explorations Across Cultures and Natures"

We celebrate the publication of "The Sociology of Translation and the Politics of Sustainability: Explorations Across Cultures and Natures," a collaborative work emerging from the CAS project "The Body in Translation" led by professors John Ødemark and Eivind Engebretsen back in 2019/2020.

Alumnus of the Month: Eivind Engebretsen

‘The question “What are the facts?” must be supplemented with another one: “How do these facts make sense to people, and why?”’, said former CAS project leader and professor at the University of Oslo Eivind Engebretsen.

05 November 2020

OsloMet gives extensive support to CAS affiliated scholars in an effort to become Centres of Excellence

Future CAS project leader Svenn-Erik Mamelund and former CAS Fellow Marit Haldar will both lead research centres granted the status of “research environments of excellence” by their institution, OsloMet.

20 December 2019

Sustainable Healthcare Education: CAS fellows pen successful application to Centre for Excellence in Education

Eivind Engebretsen and Kristin Heggen, respectively project leader and fellow of one of this year’s CAS projects, manage one of the new Centres for Excellence in Education

06 December 2019

From Fundamental Research to Policy

The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked one of the CAS projects to write a report on the cultural contexts of health and knowledge translation.

30 October 2019

Humanities + medicine = ❤︎

Translating knowledge from a research lab is not merely a scientific practice. CAS project leaders call for a greater inclusion of culture.