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Over 26 years ago, Nils Christian Stenseth led a project at CAS, 'The Mystery of the Lemming Cycle,' which he credits as pivotal in shaping his career. This project sought to deepen our understanding of regular population cycles, like those of the lemmings that peak every 3-5 years, depending on their location. NOTE: This interview is from 2019, but we share it again in light of his recent ERC Grant award.

Biology Professor Nils Christian Stenseth from the University of Oslo (UiO), in collaboration with researchers from the United Kingdom and France, has been awarded a grant of 10 million euros to further investigate the origins and spread of the plague. Professor Stenseth, who previously led the CAS project 'The Mystery of the Lemming Cycle' in 1996/1997, receives this funding from the European Research Council (ERC) through the ERC Synergy Grant.

On Wednesday, 20 September, CAS proudly participated in Forskningsdagene, an annual festival where researchers from across the country showcase their work.

This year, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has added Francois Renard to its roster of distinguished honorees. Renard, who leads the CAS project 'Friction and Fracture and the Onset of Geohazards (FricFrac)' together with Anders Malthe Sørensen, was recognized for his pivotal contributions to experimental and theoretical geophysics and geochemistry.

It is with great enthusiasm that the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) unveils the two chosen Young CAS Principal Investigators (PIs) for the upcoming two-year term: Professor Francesca Refsum Jensenius from the University of Oslo, who offers a penetrating analysis of the democratic processes in India, and researcher Gaute Linga from The Njord Centre, University of Oslo, focusing on the intricate process of water infiltration in soils.

Led by: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen and Francois Renard.

A new publication has emerged from the CAS project "Evolvability: A New and Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?" led by professor Thomas F. Hansen and Christophe Pelabon back in 2019/2020.

It has been a year since Professor Svenn-Erik Mamelund and his team embarked on their CAS project on Indigenous people and severe influenza outcomes. We sat down with him to discuss the progress made and what the future holds.

Meet Sigbjørn Løland Bore, one of the two Young CAS PIs for August 2023 to June 2025! Bore, a postdoctoral associate at the University of Oslo, will lead the Young CAS project ‘Can Ice be Described from First Principles?’.