Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study - SCAS

New episode of the SCAS Talks Podcast:

Pasi Ihalainen & Paul Seaward:
"Parliaments as Living Forums: Debate, Democracy and Change"

Keywords: Parliaments, democracy, participatory democracy, referendums, history of parliaments, debate

SCAS TALKS Episode 72 - Pasi Ihalainen & Paul Seaward: "Parliaments as Living Forums: Debate, Democracy and Change" Theme: Parliaments and Constitutions Keywords: Parliaments, democracy, participatory democracy, referendums, history of parliaments, debate

-Call for Applications -

Do you have an idea for a research project that will explore innovative solutions to challenges in health and sustainability?

The new NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme on Health and Sustainability, which is a collaboration between the eight Institutes for Advanced Studies in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, invites talented, curiosity-driven researchers to apply for fellowships in an interdisciplinary and international setting.

In its first round, the programme offers five fully-funded two-year residential fellowships, and the first sub-theme is “Inequity in Health”.

The programme welcomes applications from researchers of any nationality and from all academic disciplines with research profiles within the thematic scope of the call, and at a career stage between two to ten years after completion of their PhD.

Deadline for applications: 1 October 2026 at 12.00 (noon) CEST.

See the full call for applications here: https://www.swedishcollegium.se/fellowships/nnf-ias-fellowship-programme-on-health-and-sustainability

The Fellowship programme is generously supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.



The eight NNF-IAS partners are:

- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) - Aarhus University, Denmark

- Centre for Advanced Study - CAS, Norway

- Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), Denmark

- Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS), Finland

- Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies - Lund University, Sweden

- Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Sweden

- Tampere Institute for Advanced Study, Finland

- Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, Finland

"Interdisciplinary Discussions and Disagreements Pave the Ways Forward for AI in Academia".

Read science journalist Natalie Von Der Lehr's reflections on the recent Human Futures workshop:

https://www.swedishcollegium.se/archives/news/2026/2026-06-12-interdisciplinary-discussions-and-disagreements-pave-the-ways-forward-for-ai-in-academia

Interdisciplinary Discussions and Disagreements Pave the Ways Forward for AI in Academia Human Futures - AI Transitions in a Global Context is an international research initiative investigating how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are reshaping societies, institutions, cultures, and knowledge production across diverse global contexts. Bringing together scholars from the No...

SCAS is pleased to announce that Valbona Muzaka has been appointed theme lead of the "Health & Sustainability – Inequity & Consumption" theme of the new NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme on Health and Sustainability for early-career researchers.

Read more:

SCAS Names Valbona Muzaka as Lead of Health & Sustainability – Inequity & Consumption Theme in New Nordic Fellowship Initiative SCAS is pleased to announce that Valbona Muzaka has been appointed theme lead of the Health & Sustainability – Inequity & Consumption theme of the brand new NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme on Health and Sustainability for early-career researchers.

Today we are delighted to share the names of seven scholars who will join us as Sabbatical Fellows during the upcoming academic year 2026-27:

SCAS Announces Fellows of the Academic Year 2026-27 (11) The inaugural cohort of Sabbatical Fellows were in residence at the Collegium in the spring of 2026. After the second call and round of nominations, we are now delighted to share the names of seven scholars who will join us as Sabbatical Fellows during the upcoming academic year. The Sabbatical Fell...

This morning, the SCAS Fellows visit Linnaeus’ Hammarby, the summer home of Carl Linnaeus and his family.

The small estate, located 15 km south-east of Uppsala, was bought by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and still reflects his private life as well as his scientific work.

New episode of the SCAS Talks Podcast:

Johan Elverskog: "Buddhism in World History"

Keywords: Buddhism, world history, religion, religious politics, Inner Asia

SCAS TALKS Episode 71 - Johan Elverskog: "Buddhism in World History" Theme: Religion & Religious Studies Keywords: Buddhism, world history, religion, religious politics, Inner Asia

Some snapshots from yesterday's panel discussion at SCAS on "The Other Side of Futures: Engaging Endings and their Chronopolitics" with Marisa Cohn (IT University of Copenhagen); Anders Ekström (SCAS & Uppsala University); Christina Garsten (SCAS, Uppsala University & Stockholm University); and Julia Velkova (SCAS, Linköping University & University of California, Santa Barbara).

Yesterday the Academic Senate of SCAS gathered at the Collegium for a day-long meeting.