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Doctoral education: PhD
The Faculty of Social Sciences is research-intensive and highly ranked internationally. Our PhD program provides a research education focusing on academic excellence.
Research news
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Bård Harstad receives his third funding from ERC
Bård Harstad, who is a professor at the Department of Economy at The University of Oslo receives his third ERC-grant. He will, among other things, investigate how international and policies agreements can be designed to exploit the domestic political forces, that is, to take advantage of them, so that the agreement or policy becomes stronger or more attractive.
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Economic considerations in the fight against Corona
Good measures require reliable data - these must be collected urgently.
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Environmental measures may affect different groups unequally
The gains from environmental policies may be unevenly distributed, according to a new study. Researcher Elisabeth Isaksen believes this can affect people’s support for climate and environmental measures.
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Dubious rankings with great political significance
Economists at the University of Oslo have pointed out the dubious nature of prestigious rankings.
Events
Department seminar. Alexis Akira Toda is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California San Diego. He will present the paper: "Housing Bubbles with Phase Transitions" (written with Tomohiro Hirano).
Department seminar. Guri Natalie Jordbakke is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics.
Department seminar. Manasi Deshpande is an Associate Professor of Economics with tenure at the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago.
Publications
The researchers at the Department of Economics publish a variety of books, book chapters, articles in scientific journals and other texts. See an overview of our latest publications.