1 The Science Shop Anita Wold, Career and Employability Coordinator
2 What is the Science Shop?write your master’s thesis in cooperation with organizations and companies. our partners range from ministries, via research institutes to non-governmental organizations and consulting companies.
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5 Why use The Science Shop?greater interest in and audience for the results of the Master’s thesis access to relevant data material and external contacts insight into the requirements and expectations of working life contacts and networks in industry opportunity for a Master’s scholarship External partner collaboration gives you many advantages. Some of them are: You can start networking with potential future employers while you are still a student Your master’s thesis will be relevant to a wider public outside the university You will get easy access to relevant resources
6 www. uio. no/english/about/collaboration/science-shop/ www. facebook
7 NoWeDe Nordic Welfare DevelopmentsJo Thori Lind
8 NoWeDe project In what way did the Nordic countries follow an egalitarian path to prosperity? What can poor countries learn from this today?
9 Organisering av NoWeDeSV Economics ESOP Political science Sociology HF History SUM External SSB Frisch centre
10 Possible project topicsHistorical development Present day poor countries Development and effects of specific welfare state arrangements Welfare state arrangements in specific areas The role of industrialization, e.g. mines and large scale heavy industry Spatio-temporal patterns in food prices Role of the welfare state in poor countries Similarities and differences to the Nordic countries, e.g. heterogeneity and culture
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13 Data from poor countriesAfrica Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS): Health Afrobarometer: Political opinions Latin America Latinobarometro Other survey data Data on mines from Raw Mineral Database Geo-lokalisering og produksjon for hvert år Have geographical localization in most sources
14 International Economics
15 What we’re working on Innovation and trade. Knowledge flows and trade.Does trade policy affect firms’ incentives to innovate? E.g. WTO. Important to understand the how technological progress depends on policy. Currently studying the (global) universe of patents, over several decades PATSTAT Knowledge flows and trade. We think that knowledge flows (imperfectly) between countries Absorption may depend on trade as well Business partners abroad, face-to-face meetings etc. Can measure knowledge flows by citations in patent data. Immigration and structural change. Huge immigration shock in Norway 2004-today. Share of foreign born in population almost doubled from 7% to 13%. How does immigration affect industrial structure? ..growth? Not obvious if immigrant workers & capital are substitutes.
16 What you can work on Help us in any of the projects above.Or work on any topic (weakly) related to international econ: Trade agreements. E.g. controversy over TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). Impact on trade and welfare. Trade and inequality. And more In practice: Find a country/time frame with a large shock (RTA, China competition, etc). Gather data on trade, wages, employment, +++
17 IN SUM: Lots of exciting research possibilities. Lots of dataInternational cross country/industry data. Micro data from Norway (firm level, buyer-seller ++) .. And very engaged advisors.. Andreas Moxnes ES 11th floor Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe Thanks!
18 Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)Inequality and historical economics Jørgen Modalsli
19 SSB: Inequality and historical economicsThree large research projects: People and their incomes in Norway, The role of men and women in intergenerational mobility, Inequality: Measurement, Evolution, Mechanisms and Policies Master thesis opportunities, potentially part-time job opportunities Contact: Rolf Aaberge, Jørgen Modalsli,
20 Some examples of existing workProbability of obtaining a white-collar occupation, by family background. From SSB Discussion paper 850, 2016 Gini coefficient, Norway, From SSB Discussion paper 847, 2016
21 Master thesis project suggestions Jon StrandPrimary thematic areas: Environmental, resource, climate and energy economics Secondary areas: Transport economics, health economics, urban economics. Project 1: Anaysis of factors behind carbon emissions based on data the World Resources Institute, from 1850 for more than 100 countries. Also, greenhouse gas emissions for 163 countries for a shorter period. These data are available but need to be expanded.
22 Master thesis project suggestions Jon Strand (cont.)Project 2: Proposed stated-preference survey in Norway to elicit willingness to pay to protect Amazon rainforests. (This work might be collaborative with NMBU. The project requires collecting the relevant data.) Project 3: Measuring externality costs in road traffic in major urban areas in Latin America. (Objective of this project is to calculate deadweight losses in that region, associated with excessive and inefficiently regulated road traffic; and suggest measures for improvement.)
23 Sustainable bioenergyMaster students in Department of International Studies NIBR-HiOA Supervisor Henrik Wiig
24 The impact of Biodiesel from Colombia and VenezuelaThe equlibrium trade model GTAP 40 million HA for biodiesel production Impact on global climate, forestry, income Open to suggestions Office space at NIBR 10 000,- from projects outside NIBR Contact
25 Some earlier masterprojectsGender, displacement and conflict - An RDS sample of internally displaced persons in Colombia The boys have lost their love for the land: Reparation programs for Colombia’s displace population To be beaten or not to be beaten - The marginal effect of joint land titling on women in The Peruvian Highland The impact of women’s mobilization - A study of the impact of civil society organizations on the implementation of the Special Land Titling and Cadastre Project (PETT) in Peru Trust and cooperation – Experimental evidence from Malawi Subdividing for success? The farm size-productivity relationship in the South African Land Reform Collective action in reforestation - A case study from Malawi Gender differences in risk aversion an experimental study from Peru Closing the gender land gap? Women's land rights in Peru and the effects of the Rural Land Titling Project Minerals in Peru – An analysis of the royalty tax regime
26 NUPI – research group on international economics NUPI = Norwegian Institute of International AffairsContinuously 1-3 master students in economics Next call – early autumn 2017 If interested: Contact Arne Melchior or Hege Medin Small economics research group in an interdisciplinary environment Students normally affiliated to externally funded projects Desk + supervision + funding depending on project affiliation Payment per month normally 5855 NOK International trade Regional integration Firm heterogeneity Economic geography Spatial economics, model simulation Technology and innovation ICT and development Political economy Trade negotiations, trade policy, economic institutions Development issues International and regional inequality Aid for trade Economic shocks and environmental issues
27 Master thesis in environmental economics at Menon EconomicsHenrik Lindhjem, PhD, Menon and NINA Ståle Navrud, PhD, NMBU and Menon Gorm Kipperberg, PhD, UIS
28 MSc in cooperation with Menon Economics4 Norwegian Research Council funded projects Environmental economics, behavioural economics Applications of non-market valuation methods Stated preference (survey) methods Revealed preference: both hedonic pricing and travel cost studies Cost-benefit analysis applications Household survey data (Indonesia) Three projects about measuring welfare changes related to ecosystem service impacts of industrial and other activities in Norway (wind farms, fish farming, coastal transport, petroleum sector etc). One project about climate adaptation and agriculture in Indonesia
29 Practical issues and next stepsCooperate with Menon at Majorstua, have a desk here (space permitting) New Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics Skill requirements: Norwegian is an advantage (for survey development) Quantitative/econometrics and theoretical skills an advantage GIS interest/spatial economics skills/interest is good Very good grades 1-3 MSc students considered Some funds for travel/expenses, not for time But options for paid project work as well (but thesis is main priroity) Joint supervision from Menon and UIO Contact:
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31 ESOP Centre for Equality, Social Organization, and PerformanceThe Welfare state Social Organization Development and Globalization Income and Social Mobility Institutions and Society Models Europe
32 The ESOP Student ScholarshipsExact details not clear Thesis must be relevant to one or more of ESOP’s research areas The application deadline will probably be October 2017
33 Oslo Fiscal Studies (OFS)For those who want to write a Master Thesis in Public Economics
34 Public economics is an important and lively research fieldThe centre (OFS) established in 2013 Collaboration between Econ dep, Statistics Norway and Frisch centre Promote teaching and research in public economics OFS Scholarships OFS offers 4 scholarships (15000) Supervision by OFS affiliates Vidar Christansen, Gaute Torsvik, Thor O. Thoresen.
35 Example of previous OFS thesis
36 OFS scholarships spring 2017Andreas Økland: “Effects on Property Taxes on House Prices” Cathrine Sørensen: “Efficiency Effects of Different VAT Regimes” Boyd Oyier: “A Parametric Approach to Evaluating the Effects of Tax Policy Changes on Income Inequality in Norway, ” Andreas Haga Raavand: “Evolution of the Labor Supply Behavior of Norwegian Women ( )”
37 CREE – Frisch, the Department and Statistics NorwayRadical emissions reductions in ETS sectors (Leaders: Nils-Henrik von der Fehr, University of Oslo, and Snorre Kverndokk, Frisch Centre) Environmentally friendly transport (Leader: Mads Greaker, Statistics Norway) Green regulations and utilization of smart energy users (Leader: Bente Halvorsen, Statistics Norway) Towards the low-emission society (Leader: Taran Fæhn, Statistics Norway).
38 Research questions: How can we accommodate rapidly increasing shares of intermittent energy sources (solar, wind) in the power mix? How can electric vehicle owners be motivated and incentivized to provide back-up power capacity when their car is not in use? What types of technological, behavioral and infrastructure barriers exist for low- or zero-emission technology in commercial road transport? What are the greatest barriers for not achieving the full energy savings potential? Why has the CCS technology not been implemented, and which policy instruments are available to raise adoption of this technology? How can we design efficient support schemes for green R&D for instance more use of innovation prizes? Is there a conflict between short-run abatement considerations and long-run transformation of society towards low emissions? To what extent is climate policy troubled by time inconsistency and commitment problems, and what can be done about it? (Is for instance the proposal to have a climate law one step in the right direction?)
39 Writing your masters thesis at the Frisch CentreSverre Kittelsen February 2017
40 The Frisch Centre Applied research institute on campus Research onLabour market (incl. migration, pensions) Public economics and Health (incl. sick leave, productivity, taxes) Environmental economics, (incl. Energy, climate change) Behavioral economics Development economics
41 What can we offer? Students take part in ongoing research projectsAccess to data Supervision Office space Scholarship NOK ; application before 1 March, see for details
42 What have others done?
43 PhD student at Frisch, Trond Vigtel, received the Frisch Scholarship in 2015, and won the Master Price Micro with the thesis «The heterogeneous costs of job displacement – the case of firm closures in Norway»