News

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

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.

Alumni Spotlight: Nils Christian Stenseth

The renowned biologist argues that universities have a lot to learn from CAS.

Making “demise” a topic in religious studies

The topic of demise has increasingly been captured by the natural sciences, Michael Stausberg says, referring to the collapse of insects and species: ‘We seem to forget that something similar is happening in the realm of culture’.

‘No community can survive without synchronisation’

CAS fellows argue that the world needs synchronisation more than ever in order to save the planet. What is it, and how does it work?

Alumni Spotlight: Inger Nordal about species and Arctic collaboration

The UN's alarming report about how one million animal and plant species face extinction because of the way humans live forms the backdrop of this month's Alumni Spotlight.

Alumni Spotlight: Øystein Kravdal about the associations between family situation and health

This month's CAS Alumni lead the project Changing Family Patterns in Norway and other Industrialized Countries: Determinants, Consequences and Projected Trends, together with Nico Willem Keilman back in 2006/07.

‘Our modern society depends on correct mathematics’

Marc Bezem and Bjørn Ian Dundas use computers to verify mathematical proofs. ‘We believe our research can change the methodology of mathematics’, Bezem says, as their year at CAS comes to an end.