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07 November 2019

Alumni Spotlight: Helle Vogt

We talked with the ever-returning scholar, Professor of Law, Helle Vogt, who returns to CAS for the third time in 2021.

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.

14 October 2019

CAS Fellow receives ERC Synergy Grant

Artemis Alexiadou aims to develop a new approach to language.

07 October 2019

Meet the project: Do we really need grammatical gender?

‘For second language learners, gender is notoriously hard’, CAS project leader Terje Lohndal says. Half of the world’s languages manage without this grammatical category, so what is it good for?

03 October 2019

Meet the project: What are the preconditions for evolution?

Why and how do organisms evolve, and can they adapt and survive climate change? Christophe Pélabon and Thomas Fredrik Hansen work on some of the most fundamental questions about life on earth.

30 September 2019

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters new partner of the Young CAS Fellow programme

CAS is pleased to announce that the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA) will contribute with financial and academic support to the Young CAS Fellow programme.

18 September 2019

Announcing the 2021/22 CAS projects

Archaeology, medieval law, and chemical physics. CAS is excited to announce the projects for the academic year of 2021/22.

09 September 2019

CAS Alumnus Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay receives prestigious ERC stipend: ‘CAS helped me prepare to be prepared’

Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay is one of seven researchers in Norway receiving the prestigious ERC Starting Grant. He says that CAS freed up time and offered an environment that prepared him for what would be the toughest interview he ever faced.

Are you a researcher under the age of 40? Apply for Young CAS Fellow!

The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) is now accepting applications for Young CAS Fellow 2020/21.