Research Groups

The Centre hosts three parallel research groups each year. Each group comprises widely recognised, outstanding researchers from Norway and abroad who are invited to spend up to a year doing research at the Centre. Altogether, 40 to 45 scholars spend time at the Centre each year.

Each group is planned and organised around a unifying theme and is headed by one or two researchers from participating Norwegian institutions.

The three research groups are chosen from the following fields:

• Natural Sciences/Medicine/Mathematics
• The Humanities/Theology
• The Social Science/Law

Research groups at the Centre for Advanced Study, 2007/2008:

Nature-inspired Chemical Process Design Group leader: Professor Signe Kjelstrup, NTNU Trondheim
The Power of the Ruler and the Ideology of Rulership in Nordic Culture 800-1200 Group leader: Professor Gro Steinsland, University of Oslo
Understanding Innovation Group leader: Professor Jan Fagerberg, University of Oslo