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Physicist and former Young CAS PI Sigbjørn Bore has spent the autumn exploring one of nature’s most familiar yet least understood materials: ice. His goal? To make theory meet reality by improving how we model ice from the ground up.

A previous CAS project, 'The Nordic ‘Civil Wars’ in the High Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective', has received high praise in a recent international review that compares the centre’s villa to the legendary Abbey Road Studios.

Beneath every rainfall lies a hidden world. Gaute Linga and his Young CAS team are uncovering how water’s movement through soil shapes the chemistry of the Earth itself.

What stories lie hidden inside the objects we use every day? The CAS project Material Ecologies of Design uncovers the unseen journeys of the materials behind our phones, furniture, and products. By tracing these hidden flows—from extraction to disposal—the team explores how design shapes the planet and how we might build a more sustainable future.

We are delighted to announce that Gunnar Felix Lange (UiO) and Johan Vorland Wibye (BI) have been selected as the new Young CAS Principal Investigators for the 2026-2027 period.

CAS is delighted to announce that Rosie (Rosemary Rhiannon) Bishop, Associate Professor at the Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger (UiS) has been selected as the first recipient of the Hernes-CAS Mobility Grant.

What happens when political values and legal principles are increasingly mediated through algorithms, risk models, and technical standards? One of this year’s CAS projects, Acting on AI: Digital Constitutionalism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, examines how the EU’s AI Act and related policies are redefining the relationship between technology, law, and politics – and the consequences for fundamental rights.