Jo Thori Lind
Academic Interests
Political economics, development economics, economic inequality
Courses taught
Fall '21: ECON4170 – Data Science for Economists
Background
Education:
PhD, University of Oslo, June 2004.
Visiting student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003
Cand.polit., economics (grade 1.7), University of Oslo, March 2000
MSc, Economics, London School of Economics, July 1999 (best 11 candidates)
Cand.mag., economics, political science, University of Oslo, Dec. 1996
Emplyoment history:
Researcher, Frisch center, 2009
Post doc, Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2004-2009
Research fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2001-2004
Economist at the Research Department, Statistics Norway, 1999-2001
Awards
2005 His Majesty, The King of Norway’s Gold medal from the University of Oslo for the Ph.D. dissertation.
2004 EEA Young Economist Award
2002-03 Graduate Student Fellowship from the "Network on the Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance", MacArthur Foundation.