There are 4-5 vacant positions as research assistants at the Department of Economics. Application deadline expired. (May 14, 2012)
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ESOP is pleased to announce that Eshita Gupta is visiting our centre from Tuesday April 10 - Thursday May 10. She will be in room 1003.
ESOP has the priviledge of hosting a visiting researcher from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Mr. Miguel Serrano Lopez has joined us for a three month internship at ESOP and PRIO.
ESOP is proud to launch its new web page today - as the first Centre of Excellence at the University of Oslo.
Ingvild Almås' article "International Income Inequality: Measuring PPP Bias by Estimating Engel Curves for Food" is forthcoming in the prestigious journal American Economic Review.
Kjell Arne Brekke has together with Snorre Kverndokk received the prize for the best paper published in Samfunnsøkonomen in 2011.
4-7 research fellowships in economics availabe at ESOP and the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences.
The application deadline is 01.03.2012
3-5 availabe positions as Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences.
The application deadline is 01.02.2012
On December 18 – 19 2011, ESOP arranged a research workshop in New Delhi on 'Social Networks and Urban Labour Markets in Developing Countries'.
During the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations’ conference “The Nordic Model – Sustainable Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow?” on October 25, Kalle Moene was awarded their Academic Prize for 2011. The prize is given to individuals for their contributions to academic freedom and to support their work in the dissemination of knowledge. It was the Deputy Chairman of the FNPA and head of the jury, Åsmund Knutsen, who awarded the prize to Professor Moene.
During the opening of the Research Week on September 23, Professor Kalle Moene (Head of ESOP) was awarded the Norwegian Research Council’s Award for Excellence in Communication of Science. The prize was announced by the Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education Ms. Tora Aasland for communication of science of high quality in form and content to a broad public.
Three ESOP Scholarships and the ESOP Scholarship in Gender and Economics have been awarded to four master students.
Thursday November 3, Mehlum was appointed lecturer of the year at the Department of Economics. The committee consisted of two members from the student committee (fagutvalget) and three other students. In their justification, the committee emphasized Mehlum's ability to engage the students through his charismatic manner and creative methods of teaching. We congratulate!
On November 7, 2011, ESOP's best master thesis on gender issues prize was awarded to Askill Harkjell Halse, for his thesis addressing whether the gender of political representatives affect policy outcomes.
ESOP's best master thesis on gender issues prize is awarded to Askill Harkjell Halse, for his thesis addressing whether the gender of political representatives affect policy outcomes. The award ceremony will take place on Monday, November 7, at 1:30 PM, room 1047, Eilert Sundts building.
We congratulate Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims with The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011.
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.
Krzysztof Szczygielski is visiting ESOP Monday August 15 - Friday August 26. He will be in room 1018.
Torsten Persson of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University gives a four day intensive phd-course August 30 - September 2.
You can now sign up for ESOP's two-day workshop on Gender and Households. Time and place: May 27, 09:30 - May 28, 17:00, Rådssalen, Lucy Smiths hus, Blindern
Time and place: May 13 2011 11:15 - 12:30, Auditorium 2, Eilert Sundts hus (SV-bygget)
ESOP research fellow Fredrik Willumsen is defending his PhD-thesis "Four Essays on Institutions, Rewards and Performance" Monday May 2.