Now this is a first for me at an academic conference: a famous economist (Thomas Piketty) discussing the future with an (even more?) famous science fiction writer (Kim Stanley Robinson). Interesting so far, but hoping for some space travel questions! #WIC2026
Mangler det fortsatt vikepliktskilt der? Da har vel biler, busser og sykler sørover i Maridalsveien i teorien vikeplikt for sykler som kommer i 30 ned Telthusbakken
Happy to have been appointed Visiting Professor at the great Economic History department at Lund University! Looking forward to several interesting visits over the next two years. www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lund-univers...
New at ESR!
#OpenAccess!
Using new data on the establishment of Norwegian colleges 1969–1992 linked to individual register data, #ARogne #TKnutsen @modals.li revisit the role of local access to higher education in shaping gendered educational outcomes!
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf060
Do you know of studies that actually evaluate use of LLMs in the public sector or other kinds of knowledge work? Teknologirådet in Norway just published a report evaluating their own use of LLMs, based on careful logs from 35 cases. teknologiradet.no/publication/...
Fully funded Ph.D. position in economics open - please apply and/or inform your promising students! Application deadline 28 February.
www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...
This is an open-topic fellowship, with research proposals aligned with the economics group's research interests being given priority.