2023
Day 1: Econometrics history lectures by Ariane Dupont-Kieffer, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/Sorbonne School of Economics/ PHARE
Time and place: Sep. 12, 2023 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Room 1249 at Eilert Sundts Hus
On the 12th and 13th of September 2023 Ariane Dupont-Kieffer will give four lectures about the history of econometrics and the specific contributions of Frisch and Haavelmo in the formative period of econometrics as discipline specific methodology. The lectures are open to all interested.
This part will focus on the birth of econometrics as a discipline within economics thanks to Ragnar Frisch and Trygve Haavelmo between 1926 and 1963. This part will present the role of the two Nobel Prize laureates in
- defining econometrics as a discipline
- defining econometric modelling within a probabilistic approach
- defining the community of econometricians with the Econometric Society foundation, the Journal Econometrica and with the Institute in Oslo and the relations with the SSB.
Day 2: Econometrics history lectures by Ariane Dupont-Kieffer, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/Sorbonne School of Economics/ PHARE
Time and place: Sep. 13, 2023 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Room 1249 at Eilert Sundts Hus
- Is econometrics a science? and what room of measurement procedures in knowledge building and policy design
- Controversies on Econometrics: Tinbergen vs Keynes and Vining vs Koopmans.
This part will focus on the epistemology of macroeconometrics as an empirical science. The lectures will try to investigate the notion of data and empirical measurement in the building up of economic concepts and laws but also in policy design and implementation. The lecture will focus on 3 controversies. We will study the original texts but also articles in History of Science and History of Econometrics to better understand the epistemological and methodological issues at stake. We will try to understand how and why.
2022
Honorary doctor Professor Eliana La Ferrara
Time and place: Sep. 1, 2022 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM, Trygve Haavelmos Auditorium 7, Eilert Sundts hus
Professor Eliana La Ferrara is appointed honorary doctor by the Rectorate of the University of Oslo, and will give a lecture on that occasion.
Eliana La Ferrara is professor at Harvard Kennedy School. La Ferrara's research covers several issues and in all her research, she shows a deep social commitment. She works on questions of first-order importance. Her main fields are political economy and development economics, where she is particularly concerned with how social factors interact with economic development. She has been engaged in research ranging from migrants' opportunities in rich countries to the financing of war with blood-diamonds.
In addition to delivering world-class research, La Ferrara spends a lot of time and dedication to the benefit of the research community. She is currently Second Vice-President of the Econometric Society and was previously President of the European Economic Association.
La Ferrara's contact with the Department of Economics goes back several years. She was a key part of the international network at the center of excellence ESOP. She still regularly give doctoral courses at the department.
Honorary doctoral lecture
15:15: «Changing Harmful Norms»
16:00: Q&A
2019
Public lecture with Fabrizio Zilibotti: Love, Money, and Parenting
Time and place: Mar. 18, 2019 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM, Auditorium 7, Eilert Sundts hus
Professor at Yale University, Fabrizio Zilibotti, will give a lecture based on his book "Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids", co-authored by Matthias Doepke.
Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition varies enormously. The book "Love, money & parenting. How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids", gives an international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality.
The book investigates how economic forces and growing inequality shape how parents raise their children. From medieval times to the present, and from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden to China and Japan, Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti look at how economic incentives and constraints — such as money, knowledge, and time — influence parenting practices and what is considered good parenting in different countries.
Programme
- Introduction by Karine Nyborg, Professor of economics, UiO.
- Book presentation by Fabrizio Zilibotti
- Q&A
Danish ambassador to Norway: The future of globalization and international trade
Time and place: Feb. 14, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM, Auditorium 1, Eilert Sundts Hus
The Danish ambassador to Norway, Jarl Frijs-Madsen, will visit the University of Oslo to give a guest lecture on the future of globalization and international trade, exemplified through the modern Danish economic diplomacy.
This is a great opportunity for those with subjects in international economy to use their knowledge and learn more about how the contents of the syllabus applies to the world around us.
Jarl Frijs-Madsen has been the CEO of the Trade Council of Denmark and Under-secretary for international trade and investment in the Danish MFA. He has also been Ambassador, Consul General of Denmark in New York. From 2015-2017 he was Associated Partner and Futurist at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.
Jarl Frijs-Madsen has been invited by professor Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe. The guest lecture is part of the series ECON1410 - Internasjonal økonomi, but is open to everyone.
Organizer: Department of Economics
2018
IMF’s consultation with Norway: Preliminary findings and policy recommendations
Time and place: June 8, 2018 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM, Auditorium 2, Eilert Sundts hus
Public lecture with the IMF mission chief for Norway, Jacques Miniane.
The IMF has identified the following challenges facing Norway's economy:
- Impaired competitiveness in non-oil sectors.
- High and rising non-oil budget deficits.
- Elevated house prices combined with high household debt.
After sharing its views on current economic conditions and appropriate policy stance at this point in the cycle, the IMF team will present its novel analysis on the aforementioned structural issues, as well as policy recommendations to address them.
The last half hour is open for Q&A.
Danish ambassador to Norway: The future of globalization and international trade
Time and place: – , Auditorium 1, Eilert Sundts Hus
The Danish ambassador to Norway, Jarl Frijs-Madsen, will visit the University of Oslo to give a guest lecture on the future of globalization and international trade, exemplified through the modern Danish economic diplomacy.
This is a great opportunity for those with subjects in international economy to use their knowledge and learn more about how the contents of the syllabus applies to the world around us.
Jarl Frijs-Madsen has been the CEO of the Trade Council of Denmark and Under-secretary for international trade and investment in the Danish MFA. He has also been Ambassador, Consul General of Denmark in New York. From 2015-2017 he was Associated Partner and Futurist at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.
Jarl Frijs-Madsen has been invited by professor Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe. The guest lecture is part of the series ECON1410 - Internasjonal økonomi, but is open to everyone.
Organizer: Department of Economics
2016
ESOP Public Lecture with Jeffrey Sachs: "Norway, the World, and Sustainable Development"
Time and place: Apr. 28, 2016 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM, Auditorium 1, Eilert Sundts hus
ESOP invites to a public lecture with professor Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University. Sachs is a leading scholar in sustainable development and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
The global sustainable development challenge:
- The fight against poverty has made progress under the Millennium Development Goals, but more than one billion people still live in extreme poverty. Inequality and social exclusion are widening within most countries.
- The human impacts on the environment have already reached dangerous levels. The world urgently needs a framework for sustainable development that can end poverty, increase social inclusion and sustain the planet.
- Politics around the world too often focuses on short‐term issues. Governments often lack the timely information needed for long‐term sustainable‐development strategies.
- What can be done?
Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is a Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals and a bestselling author perhaps best known for his book "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time".
Organizer: ESOP- Centre for the Study of Equality, Scoial Organization, and Performance
Getting policy right for successful restructuring of the Norwegian economy
Time and place: Jan. 19, 2016 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Eilert Sundts hus, Auditorium 7
The OECD’s Economic Survey of Norway to be published on Monday 18 January, assesses the policy challenges for sustaining the country’s exceptionally high living standards and levels of well-being, notably in the context of falling oil prices.
The Survey discusses how policies can help Norway adjust to lower oil incomes. It also addresses policy measures that can bolster competitiveness and improve skills to help both productivity and inclusiveness.
The in-depth chapters of the Survey examine higher education and agriculture and rural policy.