Source: Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities | Academics | The Guardian Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration. Following in the footsteps of multiple institutions across Europe, the Research Council of Norway on Wednesday launched a 100m kroner (£7.2m) fund to make it easier to recruit researchers from other countries. The initiative is open to researchers from around the world, but it was expanded and accelerated after the Trump administration announced substantial cuts last month . . . Bob Wilson
While some are concerned with annexing a piece of land, others are annexing intelligence and knowledge.
Other European countries have similar programs: https://www.kclu.org/national-and-global/2025-03-29/countries-boost-recruitment-of-american-scientists-amid-cuts-to-scientific-funding ‘Choose Europe!’: Macron invites scientists to work in France amid US funding cuts Europe could be a ‘haven’ for US researchers, says ERC president | Science|Business (not a complete list)
Oslo (at the 'bottom') has climate that might be described as bearable. Go north to Tromso and things start to get ridiculous. By all means if you visit, include Flam railroad trip - Super nice. Also ingest salmon like an Alaskan bear prepping for hibernation.
When I was in Bergen (Norway), our tour guide said little of its history as Viking port whence they went a plundering. That was Wild West.
