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Official account for the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. News and research updates in both Swedish and English. Visit us at www.gu.se/en/school-business-economics-law/economics
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The research project ATLASS receives VR infrastructure funding through SwedPop! 🎉

Using machine learning, ATLASS will digitize Swedish school archives to enable new research on education and inequality.

👉Read more: shorturl.at/EvrTj
🔎Today’s General Economics Seminar focuses on Pigouvian income taxation.

With Professor Lassi Ahlvik (University of Helsinki) and PhD student Mikael Mäakimattila (Aalto University).

👉More about our open seminars: shorturl.at/5cEiy
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📢 We’re on LinkedIn!

Follow us for insights on sustainability, global development, behavioral, environmental, health & financial economics, events and research updates.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
How are health and economics connected?
Researchers met at the first CHG Workshop on Economics, Inequality & Health — fostering collaboration across health and economics.
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Exploring the Links Between Health, Inequality, and the Economy
Researchers gathered at the University of Gothenburg for the first CHG Workshop on Economics, Inequality, and Health to explore how economic and health factors shape inequality and well-being.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Big congrats to Joseph Vecci!
He receives over SEK 8M from Formas for research on low-emission agriculture in Kerala.
👉 Read more: shorturl.at/OQkwO
Major Formas grant to research on low-emission agriculture
Joseph Vecci at the University of Gothenburg receives over SEK 8 million from Formas to study how farming in Kerala can reduce emissions and support farmers’ welfare.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The research project ATLASS receives VR infrastructure funding through SwedPop! 🎉

Using machine learning, ATLASS will digitize Swedish school archives to enable new research on education and inequality.

👉Read more: shorturl.at/EvrTj
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
On September 9th, @hfors.bsky.social , Ann-Sofie Isaksson, and @econannika.bsky.social organized a one-day symposium on "Social Norms and Development" at the @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social . The symposium, funded by Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse, featured leading economists @nathannunn.bsky.social ...
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Two great department seminars today with prominent guests
@nathannunn.bsky.social - presenting research on zero-sum thinking and effort-suppressing beliefs - and @tim-cason.bsky.social on innovation and free-riding.
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Welcome to Dr. Moritz Janas from NYU AbuDhabi who starts a position as Assistant Professor at our department this fall! Please find info about his research here: moritzjanas.com
Moritz Janas
academic website (Economics)
moritzjanas.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We warmly congratulate Patrik Reichert @hangingprawns.bsky.social for successfully defending his thesis "Relative Comparisons in Organizations and Society"! hdl.handle.net/2077/87666
Relative Comparisons in Organizations and Society
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September 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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I was interviewed a short time ago in Javier’s excellent EPH Podcast about my book Paleoeconomics. I hope you enjoy listening to it.
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🌍 New season of the EPH Podcast! | Javier Mejia Cubillos
🌍 New season of the EPH Podcast! In this episode, I talk with Ola Olsson about the economics of the Paleolithic and Neolithic. How did a small species of hominids conquer the world? What challenges ...
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July 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Congratulations to @rhelensdotter.bsky.social !
Recently accepted to #REStud, "Surviving Childhood: Effects of Removing a Child From Home," from Ronja Helénsdotter
@rhelensdotter.bsky.social @MIT @econGU:

www.restud.com/surviving-ch...

#econsky
July 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Several members of faculty in the development group @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social have taken part in this nice collaboration as supervisors. We thank our Ethiopian friends for their visit and hope for fruitful research interaction in the future.
This week, the PhD students who have divided their time between Addis Ababa University and the University of Gothenburg present their theses to their peers and supervisors before finalizing them. Excellent work!
#addisababauniversity #universityofgothenburg #EnvironmentalEconomics #phdstudent #PhD
June 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Our warmest congratulations to Jens Ewald @jensewald.bsky.social who successfully defended his timely PhD thesis "Opposition to Carbon Pricing: Beliefs, Revenues and Protesters" today! Thanks also to Prof Timo Goeschl from Heidelberg U for discussing the thesis.
June 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lasse Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School) gave a keynote lecture at the CFF conference on Asset Pricing and Machine Learning. The conference is organized by @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social and funded by Andra AP-fonden and Handelsbanken.
June 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Jianqing Fan (Princeton University) presenting the keynote on “When Can Weak Latent Factors Be Statistically Inferred?” at the department workshop in econometrics and statistics. Workshop program: adzemski.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
June 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Our frequent guest and affiliated colleague Martin Berg Karlsson @drdemant.bsky.social has co-authored a paper on German health insurance that is forthcoming in @jpolecon.bsky.social. Congratulations! doi.org/10.1086/734781
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June 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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In case you missed Claudia Goldin's inspiring talk yesterday or wish to see it again, please find a report and a link to the recorded event below.
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Seminar with Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin - Why women won
Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin took the stage of Malmstensalen for the Tore Browaldh Lecture 2025. The theme of the lecture was "Why women won".
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May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In case you missed Claudia Goldin's inspiring talk yesterday or wish to see it again, please find a report and a link to the recorded event below.
www.gu.se/nyheter/semi...
Seminar with Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin - Why women won
Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin took the stage of Malmstensalen for the Tore Browaldh Lecture 2025. The theme of the lecture was "Why women won".
www.gu.se
May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We were very happy to host Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin today during seminars and an important keynote lecture. Thanks to all 700 participants irl and online for attending!
www.gu.se/en/event/cla...
Claudia Goldin: Why Women Won
Join the 2025 edition of the Tore Browaldh Lecture, where Nobel Laureate and Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin talks about women's societal and economical changes and impact.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
On May 13, we are pleased to welcome Professor Joseph Altonji from Yale University, who will present "Marriage Dynamics, Earnings Dynamics, and Lifetime Family Income."
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Kunskapslunch online 10 april: Klimat, vetenskap och politik – Hur politisk tillhörighet påverkar synen på klimatforskning.
Elina Lampi presenterar resultatet av en enkätstudie om hur individers syn på klimatforskning påverkas av politiska faktorer. Anmäl dig här: www.gu.se/evenemang/kl...
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On April 8, we welcome Antoine Dechezleprêtre from LSE/OECD to our General Economics Seminar! We are pleased to have him with us and look forward to an insightful seminar and stimulating discussions. #EconSky
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Congratulations to our former master student, David Yanagizawa-Drott, now Professor of Economics at University of Zurich, who has received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award by the @eeanews.bsky.social jointly with Julia Cagé, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris. eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
April 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Exciting news! Tim Bayer will be joining the Economics Department at @unipotsdam.bsky.social as a postdoc starting April 1. We wish him all the best in this next step!

#Postdoc #Economics #econsky #Potsdam
March 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Congratulations to @jimmykarlsson.bsky.social who has secured a postdoc position at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (Institutet för Näringslivsforskning)! Wishing you all the best in your new role! 🎉

#Postdoc #Economics #econsky
March 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM