In June 2025, Empowered Futures member Larry Ibrahim Mohammed visited our partner institution, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, for a two-week practicum. Read what inspired Larry's visit and his reflections on this memorable experience.

From Fridtjof Nansen’s dream of a secluded haven to today’s lively research community: this is a personal reflection on returning to Polhøgda, where scholarship, friendship, and gentle intellectual friction continue to shape lives and ideas under the good birch tree.