SERAF – the Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research – focuses on patient-centred clinical research on substance use and addiction. The centre also provides education, supervision and professional development within the field.
Through research, recruitment and education, SERAF has a national role in Norway. We help build and strengthen networks for substance use and addiction research, nationally and internationally.
SERAF is an interdisciplinary and interfaculty centre with strong expertise in clinical substance use and addiction research at an international level.
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Background
In March 2006, the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services commissioned the Research Council of Norway to develop a dedicated programme for substance use research.
As part of this initiative, a call for tenders was issued to establish a university-affiliated centre for substance use research. The University of Oslo was one of three applicants selected to establish SERAF – the Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research – under the former Institute of Psychiatry.
Organization and leadership
SERAF is administratively affiliated with the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oslo. The centre is led by a Director.