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📣 Exciting news 📣

CAS and seven Institutes for Advanced Study in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will launch a new trans-Nordic fellowship programme on health and sustainability. This initiative is a structured, interdisciplinary training and retention programme for early-career researchers

The programme, which the Novo Nordisk Foundation has supported with DKK 48.3 million over the next six years, will offer 20 two-year fellowships focused on innovative solutions to challenges within health and sustainability.

The programme brings together eight Nordic partner institutions:
Four main partners:
- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) - Aarhus University, Denmark
- Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Norway
- Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland
- Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Sweden

Four associated partners:
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), Denmark
- Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies - Lund University, Sweden
- Tampere Institute for Advanced Study, Finland
- Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, Finland

We very much look forward to launching this ambitious new programme in close collaboration with our Nordic partners.

🔗 Read more about the programme here: https://cas-nor.no/news/new-trans-nordic-fellowship-programme-health-and-sustainability-cement-nordic-region-leading

Call for applications for the Young CAS Grant 2027-2028 📣

The Young CAS Grant offers you the opportunity to assemble your ideal international team, lead your own research project, and advance both your research field and career.

As a Young CAs PI you'll receive funding, office space, and administrative support to pursue excellent basic, curiosity-driven research in any field.

🗓️ Application deadline 13 May 2026

Call for Applications for Young CAS Grant | CAS Apply through the UNIFOR application portalApplication deadline 13 May 2026

We are pleased to announce that Paul Acker (NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) and Nils Hallvard Korsvoll (UiA - Universitetet i Agder) have been selected as the new Young CAS Principal Investigators for the 2026-2028 period!

🔬 Paul Acker's project — Towards a Theory of Evolutionary Potential under Extreme Events (TEPEE) — aims to develop a framework and theory to determine whether, and under what conditions, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and storms reshape evolutionary potential.

📖 Nils Hallvard Korsvoll's project — The Modern Life of Manuscripts: Modelling a New Best Practice in Philology (MLM) — seek to establish a next methodological step and a new best practice by introducing the modern location(s) and movement(s) of manuscripts in philology and historical study.

We extend our warmest congratulations to Paul and Nils, and look forward to welcoming them to CAS!

Read the full announcement here:

Evolutionary potential and ancient manuscripts - Announcing the new Young CAS projects of 2026-2028 | CAS This cohort's themes span from the study of how biodiversity responds to environmental change to how ancient manuscripts figure in modern systems of knowledge production. You can read more about the projects below.We received several exceptionally strong applications this round and are pleased to se...

Svenn-Erik Mamelund, who led the CAS project 'Social Science Meets Biology' in 2022/2023, shares his reflections in Forskerforum on how diversity alone doesn’t automatically advance the research frontier. He highlights CAS as an example of a research environment that sought to combine expertise with diverse perspectives.

His insights open up an important discussion: How can research teams best balance diversity and academic excellence to thrive?

I nysgjerrighetsdrevet forskning gir ikke nødvendigvis mangfold i forskergruppen økt kvalitet, selv om mangfold kan være politisk ønsket, skriver Svenn-Erik Mamelund. (Lenke i kommentarfeltet)

Rosie Bishop has returned to CAS on a short-term fellowship to continue her research on climate, crops, and crisis, examining how prehistoric communities managed agricultural risk. 🌾

Returning to Climate, Crops, and Crisis: Rosie Bishop back at CAS | CAS How did prehistoric farmers cope when the climate changed? Rosie Bishop’s project Climate, Crops, and Crisis? set out to answer that question, exploring how ancient communities adapted their farming strategies - and how these adaptations can still be recognised today. She has now returned to the C...

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CAS is now welcoming applications from Norwegian institutions to become partners!

As a CAS partner, researchers from your institution can apply as P*s to lead 1- or 2-year projects through our CAS Research Grant and Young CAS Grant programmes. Partners also gain access to opportunities such as the Hernes–CAS Mobility Grant and short-term fellowships.

🗓️ Applications deadline: 31 January 2026

CAS Invites Norwegian research institutions to join as partners | CAS CAS currently has a network of 18 Norwegian partner institutions, including universities, university colleges, and research institutes. The partnership agreements, which last for five years and are renewable, are structured to benefit CAS, the partner institutions, and the researchers themselves.As....

Svenn-Erik Mamelund is “coming home” to CAS as a short-term fellow.

Building on his CAS project, he will continue important research on pandemic impacts among Indigenous and marginalised communities - picking up threads that remain vital to understanding both past and present health crises.

“Coming Home”: Svenn-Erik Mamelund Returns to CAS for a Short-Term Fellowship | CAS When influenza researcher Svenn-Erik Mamelund, professor at OsloMET, last left the Centre for Advanced Study in 2023, the scientific questions that had animated his project were far from finished. Now, two years later, he is back—this time for a short-term residential fellowship—picking up the t...

What if mathematics could help answer some of the biggest unanswered questions in neuroscience? 🧠 One of this year’s CAS projects investigates how fluids move through the brain and why these movements matter for brain health.

Meet the project - 'Mathematical Challenges in Brain Mechanics' | CAS At CAS this year, the project Mathematical Challenges in Brain Mechanics is bringing mathematicians and neuroscientists together to do exactly that. Their aim is ambitious: to build the mathematical foundations needed to understand how fluids move through the brain and why these movements matter for...

The deadline for the Young CAS Grant is approaching — 19 November 📣

Apply now for the opportunity to assemble and lead a team of researchers through three workshops and a research stay at CAS!

Call for Applications for Young CAS Grant | CAS Apply through the UNIFOR application portalApplication deadline 19 November 2025

Vi søker en arrangementskoordinator! 📣

Vil du være med å tilrettelegge for gode arrangementer ved et internasjonalt forskningssenter – og bli del av et engasjert og stimulerende arbeidsmiljø?

📅 Søknadsfrist 14. november 2025

Arrangementskoordinator ved internasjonalt forskningssenter (288865) | Senter for grunnforskning / Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) Stillingstittel: Arrangementskoordinator ved internasjonalt forskningssenter (288865), Arbeidsgiver: Senter for grunnforskning / Centre for Advanced Study (CAS), Søknadsfrist: fredag 14. november 2025