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15 September 2021

Alumni Spotlight: Camilla Serck-Hanssen

This month’s alumna is none other than our own Camilla Serck-Hanssen, professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo (UiO), former project leader at the Centre, and now director of CAS.

Alumni Spotlight: Espen Ytreberg

Espen Ytreberg, professor of media studies at the University of Oslo (UiO), studies how we can live in sync with one another in complex, contemporary societies and the role of media in synchronisation. Ytreberg is now out with a new article on this idea based on his research at CAS.

Good policies: morality, democracy and experts

What is good policy, and what is the role of morality, democracy and experts in policymaking? Scholars at the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) have pursued these and other important questions as part of a multidisciplinary research project.

Books known only by title: A widespread and misunderstood phenomenon

Scholars at the Centre for Advanced Study have studied the use and functions of imagined books and argue that we need to rethink the first-millennium library in light of their findings.

Understanding mathematical motives

Researchers at the Centre for Advanced Study have contributed to advancing the rapidly developing field of motivic geometry during their year at the Centre.

Former YoungCAS workshop leader receives research funding

Margherita Paola Poto has been granted funding for a project that builds on her research at the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS).

Alumni Spotlight: Trygve Helgaker

‘I knew I wanted to come back for the unique combination of science and camaraderie that CAS offers,’ said Professor Trygve Helgaker about leaving CAS in 2018.

Alumni Spotlight: Dag Michalsen

The idea and practise of legislation is something that fascinates former CAS project leader and Professor of Law Dag Michalsen. This autumn he is returning to CAS.

Celebrating the Young CAS Fellows for 2021-23

This year's Young CAS Fellowships were awarded to researchers from four different disciplines: medieval philology, ancient history, geometry and evolutionary theory.