Four new Centres of Excellence at UiO

“Outstanding efforts and hard work have given these research communities CoE status. We are very proud of to host these centres,” says Pro-Rector Inga Bostad at UiO.

“Three of our established centres now end their period as CoEs. UiO will have a total of nine Centres of Excellence plus one Centre of Excellence in Education in collaboration with the University of Tromsø. All finalists have made outstanding efforts,” Bostad says.

UiO was awarded the following new Centres of Excellence:

Centre for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan

More human migration makes societies more multilingual. The MultiLing centre increases our knowledge of how society can manage the challenges and utilize the opportunities of multilingualism. Annual CoE funding: NOK 14.5 million

Head of centre: Professor Elisabeth Lanza

Contact: Head of research Bente Ailin Svendsen at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies

The Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order

Since the Second World War, several international courts and tribunals have been established. The centre will analyze the legitimacy of these courts in the international and national legal systems. What are the factors that can ensure the authority of the international courts?

Annual funding: NOK 17.5 million

Head of centre: Professor Andreas Føllesdal

Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics

The aim of the centre is to develop a model that explains how the Earth’s mantle affects the movements of its tectonic plates and causes massive volcano eruptions.  Throughout the entire history of Earth, this has caused changes in its climate and environment.

Annual funding: NOK 15.5 million

Head of centre: Professor Trond Helge Torsvik

Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research

Ever since antiquity we have been familiar with the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders and known that they are often hereditary. Nevertheless, there are no reliable biological markers of these illnesses. Investigators of clinical and basic research wish to use modern genetic engineering, recent discoveries in brain research and various data in order to generate new knowledge in this field.

Annual funding: NOK 17.5 million

Head of centre: Professor Ole A. Andreassen

Media information:

Call (+47) 930 77 006