People at MF CASR

Research Fellows

Leadership

Research Fellows

Geir Sigmund Afdal

Professor of Teacher Education

geir.afdal@mf.no

Trine Anker

Prorector Research, Professor of Religious Studies

Trine.Anker@mf.no

Ragnar Misje Bergem

Postdoctoral Fellow of Systematic Theology

Ragnar.M.Bergem@mf.no

Torkel Brekke

Professor of Religious Studies

Torkel.Brekke@mf.no

James Crossley

Professor

James.Crossley@mf.no

Otfried Czaika

Professor of Church History

Otfried.Czaika@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

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

Chris Keith

Professor

Chris.Keith@mf.no

Liv Ingeborg Lied

Professor of Religious Studies

Liv.I.Lied@mf.no

Matthew Philip Monger

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

matthew.p.monger@mf.no

Mina Monier

Senior researcher
Biblical studies

Mina.Monier@mf.no

Brent Nongbri

Professor of History of Religions

brent.nongbri@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

Rector, Professor of Diaconal Studies, Religion and Society

Sturla.Stalsett@mf.no

Blossom Gordana Champlain

Heisenberg Professor of the Intellectual History of Christianity

Blossom.Stefaniw@mf.no

Ingrid Storm

Professor of Sociology

Ingrid.Storm@mf.no

Atle Ottesen Søvik

Professor of Systematic Theology

Atle.O.Sovik@mf.no

Knut Tveitereid

Associate Professor

Knut.Tveitereid@mf.no

Kevin Schillbrack

Professor,

Appalachian State Univerisity

Kevin Schillbrack is the 2025 MF CASR Global Fellow. He teaches and writes about the philosophical study of religions. A graduate of the University of Chicago Divinity School, he is the author of Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto (Blackwell, 2014) and he is presently interested in the relevance of embodied cognition and social ontology for understanding what religion is and how it works.

Research Fellows

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