2010

November 19 ESOP is organizing a workshop on culture, behavior and distribution. It is still possible to sign up. The Workshop lasts from 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, and takes place in Room 1047, Eilert Sundts hus, Blindern.

Joyee Deb is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business (New York University). She is visiting ESOP Monday November 8 - Wednesday November 10.

“Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in India” has been granted an allocation of NoK 1,000,000-. The means will primarily fund expenses in relation with workshops both in India and Norway.

Welcome to an ESOP workshop in the ESOP series on Gender and Economics.

Welcome to an ESOP workshop on Poverty and Inequality in collaboration with NORAD on Tuesday November 2 2010.

October 14 09:00 AM - October 15 05:00 PM

Raquel Fernandez is a professor of Economics at New York University. Fernandez is visiting ESOP Monday October 4th - Friday October 8th. She is presenting at the Thursday seminar October 7th, 14:15-15:30 in room 1220.

Botond Kőszegi is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Gerard Padró i Miquel is an Assistant Professor in Economics at London School of Economics and Political Science.

Postdoc Silje Aslaksen has been awarded the Public Policy Award at the 2010 Annual Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), which took place in Uppsala this week.

Time and place: June 18, 2010 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM, Room 1047, Eilert Sundts hus, Blindern

Oeindrila Dube is an assistant professor in politics and economics at New York University. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University, a M.Phil in Economics from the University of Oxford, and a B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University. She also received the Rhodes Scholarship in 2002.

Time and place: Jun 22, 2010 09:00 AM - Jun 23, 2010 05:00 PM, Rådsalen, Administration Building

Time and place: Jun 12, 2010 13:00 PM - 06:00 PM, Auditorium 7, Eilert Sundts hus - the SV-building at Blindern

Time and place: May 19, 2010 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM, U1: kjelleren på Eilert Sundts hus - Sv-bygget på Blindern

Full-time Master Students at the Department of Economics are herby invited to apply for a scholarship for the study year 2010/11. The scholarship is awarded by The Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS). The subject of the thesis must be related to the research program “The Gulf Research Unit”, which is financed by the Research Council. The program aims to advance the understanding of the connections between economic, political, social, and legal affairs in the resource-abundant Gulf States.

ESOP has a limited number of scholarships available for Master Students who plan to write their Master's thesis. The thesis must be relevant to ESOP's research areas.

On Friday March 12, Jon Hernes Fiva was awarded the The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters' Prize for young researchers within the Humanities and Social Sciences. The prize ceremony took place in Trondheim in the presence of the Norwegian King.

This week John Geary is visiting ESOP as a guest researcher this week, 15-19 March. Geary is working in the fields of industrial relations and business management.

Maria Reinertsen visited ESOP in the early part of the summer 2009 to work on her book "Ligningen for lykke" (The Equation for Happiness), which she has now completed. In the book Reinertsen explores the interaction between economic sizes that we take for granted on a daily basis on the one hand and ideology, the battle of interest and unexpected side effects on the other hand.

Time and place: May 7, 2010 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM, Room 1047, Eilert Sundts hus

James Konow is visiting UiO as a guest researcher from February 8 - April 8 this year. He is visiting ESOP the first month, and CSMN (Centre for the study of mind in nature) the second month.

Time and Place: January 22, 2010 12:00-17:45, Room 1047, Eilert Sundts hus