School of Economics and Business

The doctoral work of Huafeng Zhang explores school enrollment and learning outcomes for children with disabilities in African countries, highlighting disparities and contextual influences.

Huafeng Zhang, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Educational outcomes for primary school children in Africa: With a focus on children with disabilities" on Thursday 24…

The doctoral thesis of Malte Ladewig shows the role mining plays in the deforestation and the securing of livelihoods in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Malte Ladewig, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Mining, livelihoods and forest conservation in the DRCongo" on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

This area covers a long-standing work of our faculty, focusing on land and forest management in developing countries. The two main areas of work have been: (i) tropical deforestation (including REDD+,…

This research area focuses on analyzing food markets, with a particular emphasis on consumer behavior, policy development, and their interplay. It addresses key challenges related to food sustainabili…

This research covers analysis of energy markets, in particular markets for electricity, regulation of energy markets, as well as analysis of drivers of energy consumption. It also covers studies of pe…

Environmental goods and ecosystem services provide valuable benefits to society, but many of these benefits are unpriced and often overlooked in decision-making. Our research focuses on applying nonma…

The research covers analysis of national and international climate policies, as well as impacts of climate change. One important research area is impacts of CO2 pricing in Norway and the EU, possibly …