News

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

2018/19 CAS Projects: Religion, Media and Time, and Mathematics

The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) is welcoming a new cohort of scholars to Oslo as the 2018/19 academic year begins.

Former CAS fellow joins YoungCAS workshop

Andrew Teale, assistant professor at the University of Nottingham, is the first scholar to participate in both a standard CAS project and YoungCAS.

YoungCAS 2018: Rebuilding Indigenous Law

At a one-week workshop on indigenous law, scholars get a crash course in how to derive legal principles from stories.

CAS fellows elected to lead the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences

Trygve Ulf Helgaker, Trond Saue, and Hans-Joachim Werner will help lead the academy for the next three years.

My Time at CAS: Peter Schwerdtfeger

The German scientist, based in New Zealand, reflects on coming to Norway to participate in a CAS project on chemistry in extreme environments.

Research in Review: 'Molecules in Extreme Environments'

A CAS project that explored chemistry in the vast reaches of space have produced 'new constellations' that could push the field forward.

Research in Review: 'SynSem: From Form to Meaning - Integrating Linguistics and Computing'

The CAS project set out to bridge the gap between the applied and theoretical camps of computational linguistics. Did it succeed?

Research in Review: 'The Nordic "Civil Wars" in the High Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective'

Leaders of a CAS project to better understand medieval civil wars look back on how their project unfolded during a year at the Centre.

My Time at CAS: Stephen D. White

The medieval historian talks about discovering his role in a collaborative book project during a six-month stint as a CAS fellow.