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Over 26 years ago, Nils Christian Stenseth led a project at CAS, "The Mystery of the Lemming Cycle," which he credits as pivotal in shaping his career. This project sought to deepen our understanding of regular population cycles, like those of the lemmings that peak every 3-5 years, depending on their location. NOTE: This interview is from 2019, but we share it again in light of his recent ERC Grant award.

Biology Professor Nils Christian Stenseth from the University of Oslo (UiO), in collaboration with researchers from the United Kingdom and France, has been awarded a grant of 10 million euros to further investigate the origins and spread of the plague. Professor Stenseth, who previously led the CAS project The Mystery of the Lemming Cycle in 1996/1997, receives this funding from the European Research Council (ERC) through the ERC Synergy Grant.

This month, our Turret room lunchtime transformed into a hub of learning during this semester's engaging lunch seminars. These sessions, a highlight of each semester, showcased the diverse work of this year's research groups.

In a recent interview featured on forskning.no, one of this year's project leaders, philosopher Mathea Slåttholm Sagdahl, who co-leads the CAS project The Profoundest Problem in Ethics (PROFOUND) with Attila Tanyi, delves into the often complex relationship between moral obligations and personal interests.

The CAS administration recently attended Forskerforbundet's annual research policy seminar.

New book from former CAS project leader Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde!

On the 26th of October, two of last year’s project leaders at CAS, Nils Lid Hjort and Håvard Hegre, held a lecture at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

CAS bids farewell to two Young CAS projects that have advanced our understanding of human health and linguistic capacities.