Centre for Advanced Study

at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

  • Johan Christensen and Cathrine Holst outside CAS in Oslo. They will lead the University of Oslo financed project "Experts in Nordic policy-making – increasingly powerful?". Karoline K. Isaksen / Centre for Advanced Study (CAS)

    CAS scholars receive funding to study experts’ political power in the Nordic countries

    Experts are seemingly everywhere during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, standing side by side with ministers during press briefings. But in the end, how much influence do these experts actually have?

  • Caption:  Aerial view of Tall Ḥisbān. Courtesy of APAAME © Michael John Neville, Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East (APAAME)

    A new perspective on the Levant

    Former CAS project leader Terje Stordalen argues that writing about history from the perspectives of empires marginalizes and silences the lives and experiences of the majority. The third and final book based on his CAS research is due to be published this spring.

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