About the Centre
In June 2023, the Swedish Research Council announced 15 national Centres of Excellence, each funded for an initial five years with a possible five-year extension with a view to becoming self-reliant. Our team at Uppsala University was fortunate to be awarded one of these generous grants to set up a Centre for The World in the Viking Age (WIVA) as a collaborative, interdisciplinary meeting place for the study and wider communication of a defining episode in global history.