 From August 2012, Solli has been appointed to be Scientific Director at the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS), at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo, for a period of three years.Solli's areas of research span a wide array of themes, including Archaeological research history, theory and method, archaeology and identity, archaeology of gender, archaeology and zoo-archaeology, cultural heritage management and archaeology of Old Norse religion.Solli has also carried out research on Christianisation of the Norse, urbanization, and socio-political history of the Viking Age and Middle Ages.