People at MF CASR
Research Fellows
Fellows at MF

James Crossley
Professor

Chris Keith
Professor

Moumita Sen
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies

Sturla Johan Stålsett
Professor of Diaconal Studies, Religion and Society
Global Fellow
Professor Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, was the 2022 MF CASR Global Fellow. Professor Moe-Lobeda is an expert in theological ethics, specializing in climate justice and its relationship to race, class, economic globalization, moral agency and hope.
Leadership
Director and Chair
Liv Ingeborg Lied

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
Professor of Religious Studies, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society
Administration

Esther Brownsmith
Communications and Web Administration Assistant for MF CASR
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Internal Board

Vidar Leif Haanes
Rector of MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Professor of Church History

Kjetil Fretheim
Substitute/Vara for Vidar Leif Haanes, Pro-Rector of MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society

Iselin Frydenlund
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society

Jan-Olav Henriksen
Professor of Systematic Theology, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society

Karl Olav Sandnes
Professor of New Testament

Tatjana Schnell
Professor of Psychology of Religion and Existential Psychology

Sturla Johan Stålsett
General Substitute/Vara, Professor of Diaconal Studies, Religion and Society, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society
Advisory Board

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Professor of Politics and Religious Studies, Northwestern University

Birgit Meyer
Professor of Religious Studies, University of Utrecht

Annette Yoshiko Reed
Associate Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and the Program in Religious Studies, New York University

Benjamin Schonthal
Associate Professor of Buddhism/Asian Religions, University of Otago

Meredith Warren
Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield