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.

29 September 2017

CAS announces selection of 2019/20 research projects

The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) is proud to announce the three research projects selected for the 2019/20 academic year.

28 September 2017

CAS responds to call for input on Norwegian research policy

Norway should expand the Centre for Advanced Study concept and continue to invest in Centres of Excellence to support cutting-edge research, Professor Vigdis Broch-Due, scientific director of CAS, argues in comments submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.

20 September 2017

CAS celebrates opening of 25th anniversary year

Tuesday, 19 September 2017, marked the official opening of the 2017/18 academic year at the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS), the centre's 25th anniversary.

18 September 2017

CAS to host 'Researcher Relay Race'

Bears, bacteria, and blueberries are some of the topics on the agenda as the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) invites you to a ‘Researcher Relay Race’ at Kulturhuset on Thursday, 21 September, at 18:00.

08 September 2017

Meet the Group Leaders: Trygve Ulf Helgaker

Chemistry normally deals with the predictable behaviour of matter – how atoms form molecules, and how the molecules react when introduced to one another. But how do those same molecules behave in unpredictable conditions? Trygve Ulf Helgaker, professor of theoretical chemistry at the University of Oslo, is aiming to find out.

01 September 2017

Meet the Group Leaders: Dag Trygve Truslew Haug and Stephan Oepen

Today nearly everyone walks around with a device capable of translating the world’s major languages. But where some see opportunity, Dag Trygve Truslew Haug and Stephan Oepen, professors of classics and informatics, respectively, at the University of Oslo, see limitations.