Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg

We are delighted to introduce David Yanagizawa-Drott as Malmsten Visiting Professor for 2025/2026.

David is Professor of Economics at University of Zurich working in development economics and political economy.

Great to welcome him back to the department where he completed his Master’s.

We are pleased to welcome Christian Møller Dahl, Professor of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark, as Malmsten Visiting Professor 2025/2026.

During his visit, he will collaborate with faculty and contribute to the department’s research and seminar activities.

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Florian Scheuer

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of hosting @florianscheuer.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch in our seminar series.

He presented “Dilution vs. Risk Taking: Capital Gains Taxes and Entrepreneurship.”

Gustav Kjellsson is part of UGOT-ReWork, studying how healthcare organisation and the doctor’s role in the sickness certification process influence return-to-work pathways.

🔗 Full interview: shorturl.at/ylrq8

📸Lassi Ahlvik to the left, Mikael Mäakimattila to the right

🔎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

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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.

How are health and economics connected?
Researchers met at the first CHG Workshop on Economics, Inequality & Health — fostering collaboration across health and economics.
👉 Read more: shorturl.at/O9YZw

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.

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

ATLASS is led by Professors Mikael Lindahl, Christian Møller Dahl, Martin Karlsson, and Associate Professor Gustav Kjellsson.

Picture from one of the school records that ATLASS works with

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

The presentations touched on a variety of topics including (mis)perceptions of norms, how gender norms affect behaviors, predicting social norms in different countries, and different approaches to changing social norms.

...Lucia Corno and David Yanagizawa-Drott, as well as prominent Sweden-based scholars Gunes Gokmen, Pontus Strimling, Lina Eriksson and Maria Stern. Perspectives from economics, political science, and international relations were incorporated, fostering an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

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 ...

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.

Moritz Janas academic website (Economics)

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

We warmly congratulate Patrik Reichert @hangingprawns.bsky.social for successfully defending his thesis "Relative Comparisons in Organizations and Society"! hdl.handle.net/2077/87666

🌍 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 ...

I was interviewed a short time ago in Javier’s excellent EPH Podcast about my book Paleoeconomics. I hope you enjoy listening to it.
www.linkedin.com/posts/javier...

Congratulations to @rhelensdotter.bsky.social !

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.

PhD defence: Jens Ewald "Opposition to Carbon Pricing: Beliefs, Revenues, and Protesters" Jens Ewald defends his dissertation in economics, "Opposition to Carbon Pricing: Beliefs, Revenues, and Protesters".

More info about the thesis and the defense can be found below. www.gu.se/en/event/phd...

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.

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.

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...

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

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".

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".

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...

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.

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...

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."

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...

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