People at MF CASR

Research Fellows

Leadership

Research Fellows

Kristin Bliksrud Aavitsland

Professor of Medieval Studies

kristin.b.aavitsland@mf.no

Geir Sigmund Afdal

Professor of Teacher Education

geir.afdal@mf.no

Trine Anker

Professor of Religious Studies

Trine.Anker@mf.no

Ragnar Misje Bergem

Postdoctoral Fellow of Systematic Theology

Ragnar.M.Bergem@mf.no

Esther Brownsmith

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Esther.Brownsmith@mf.no

Christian Bull

Associate Professor of History of Religion

Christian.Bull@mf.no

Mary Jane Cuyler

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mary.J.Cuyler@mf.no

Otfried Czaika

Professor of Church History

Otfried.Czaika@mf.no

Sami Al Daghistani

Postdoctoral Fellow of Islamic Studies

Sami.A.Daghistani@mf.no

Lars Johan Danbolt

Professor of Practical Theology with Psychology of Religion

Lars.Danbolt@mf.no

Asle Eikrem

Professor of Systematic Theology

Asle.Eikrem@mf.no

Ole Jakob Filtvedt

Professor of New Testament

Ole.J.Filtvedt@mf.no

Kjetil Fretheim

Pro-Rector/Professor of Ethics and Diaconal Studies

Kjetil.Fretheim@mf.no

Iselin Frydenlund

Professor of Religious Studies

Iselin.Frydenlund@mf.no

Victor Ghica

Professor of Antiquity and Early Christian Studies

Victor.Ghica@mf.no

Gard Granerød

Professor of Old Testament

Gard.Granerod@mf.no

Marion Grau

Professor of Systematic Theology

Marion.Grau@mf.no

Jan-Olav Henriksen

Professor of Systematic Theology

Jan.O.Henriksen@mf.no

Andreas Holmedahl Hvidsten

Postdoctoral Fellow of Social Science

Andreas.H.Hvidsten@mf.no

Lars Åsmund Laird Iversen

Associate Professor of Social Science

Lars.L.Iversen@mf.no

Kristin Joachimsen

Professor of Old Testament

Kristin.Joachimsen@mf.no

Alexandra Konstantinidou

Postdoctoral Fellow of History

Alexandra.Konstantinidou@mf.no

Liv Ingeborg Lied

Professor of Religious Studies

Liv.I.Lied@mf.no

Brent Nongbri

Professor of History of Religions

brent.nongbri@mf.no

Daniela Lucia Rapisarda

Postdoctoral Fellow

Daniela.L.Rapisarda@mf.no

Karl Olav Sandnes

Professor of New Testament

Karl.O.Sandnes@mf.no

Tatjana Schnell

Professor of Psychology of Religion and Existential Psychology

Tatjana.Schnell@mf.no

Moumita Sen

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies

Moumita.Sen@mf.no

Sturla Johan Stålsett

Professor of Diaconal Studies, Religion and Society

Sturla.Stalsett@mf.no

Blossom Stefaniw

Heisenberg Professor of the Intellectual History of Christianity

Blossom.Stefaniw@mf.no

Atle Ottesen Søvik

Professor of Systematic Theology

Atle.O.Sovik@mf.no

Ute Hüsken

huesken@uni-heidelberg.de

Professor Doctor Ute Hüsken studied Indology, Tibetology, Burmese Studies, Sociology and Ethnology at the University of Göttingen, where she also received her doctorate in 1996 on the topic, "The Rules for the Buddhist Nunnery in the Vinaya-Piṭaka of the Therāvadin." In 2003 she completed her habilitation at the University of Heidelberg on the subject of "Transitional Rituals of the South Indian Viṣṇuitischen Vaikhānasa Tradition." After working as a research assistant and university assistant at the University of Göttingen, she worked from 2003 to 2008 as a project manager at the collaborative research center 619 Ritual Dynamics at the University of Heidelberg. From 2007-2017 she was professor in the South Asian Studies section at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. Professor Hüsken is currently the head of the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia at the University of Heidelberg.

Research Fellows

Leadership

Liv Ingeborg Lied

Director of MF CASR, Secretary of Internal and External Boards
Professor of Religious Studies, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society

liv.i.lied@mf.no