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Department seminar. Johannes Haushofer is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. He will present the paper: "The Comparative Impact of Cash Transfers and Psychotherapy on Psychological and Economic Well-being" (written with Robert Mudida and Jeremy Shapiro).
Department seminar. John Finlay is a postdoc at Columbia Business School. He will present the paper: "Exporters, Credit Constraints, and Misallocation."
Nate Young has made an app that could make the lives of those interested in sound change in Scandinavian a lot easier. Come and see the beta version presented!
Department seminar. Hessel Oosterbeek is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. He will present the paper: "Spillovers of field of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors."
Department seminar. Dario Tortarolo is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Nottingham and a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He will present the paper: "Can VAT Cuts Dampen the Effects of Food Price Inflation?" (written with Youssef Benzarti and Santiago Garriga).
Eric Turkheimer is a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, known for his research on the complex interplay between genetics and environmental factors in human behavior. His work has challenged the traditional nature vs. nurture dichotomy, demonstrating instead that genetic and environmental factors interact in complex and dynamic ways to shape human development and behavior. His influential "Three Laws of Behavior Genetics" have become a cornerstone of the field, guiding researchers and shaping public understanding of the interplay between genes and environment. He is currently the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.
Erlend Myklebust (University of Oslo)
Professor & PI of Learning, Elvira Brattico, from Aarhus University and University of Bari Aldo Moro, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series
Department seminar. The title of the seminar: "Wage formation, wage leadership and inflation in Norway." Professor Steinar Holden, Assistant Professor Martin Blomhoff Holm and Professor Marcus Hagedorn, University of Oslo, will each give a presentation on this current topic. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion.
In this final seminar, Tommas M?l?y will present the draft of his PhD thesis, which traces the sequencing of the cod’s genome and the virtual lab-space in which genomes are digitally reconstructed and analyzed.
This talk by Alessandro Iandolo examines the USSR's involvement in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as aid donor, trade partner, and political inspiration for the first post-independence governments in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.
Department seminar. John Van Reenen is Ronald Coase School Professor at the London School of Economics and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). He will present the paper: "Ray of Hope? China and the Rise of Solar Energy".
Christopher Siwicki (The Norwegian Institute in Rome)
Giuliano Sidro (Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, UC Berkeley)
Camille Coye (Institut Jean Nicod, ?cole Normale Supérieure, Paris) is a visiting researcher at the Super Linguistics research group. She works on animal communication.
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Valentina Orrù (University of Pavia)
Department seminar. Rafael Dix-Carneiro is an Associate Professor of Economics at Duke University. He will present the paper: "Understanding Migration Responses to Local Shocks" (written with Kirill Borusyak and Brian K. Kovak).
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Dr Suki Finn is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London and a visiting fellow with the CPS at the University of Oslo. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southampton and has held other visiting fellowships at the University of Vienna (2023), Australian National University (2019), New York University (2018), and City University of New York Graduate Center (2014). Her areas of research span the philosophy of logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science, feminism, and epistemology. She has published a number of articles on these topics in Synthese, Bioethics, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, European Journal of the Philosophy of Science, Australasian Journal of Logic, Philosophia, and more. She is the author of What’s in a Doughnut Hole? And other philosophical food for thought (Icon, 2024) and editor of Women of Ideas (Oxford University Press, 2021). Dr Finn. is a University and College Union representative, and is on the Executive Committee for the Society for Women in Philosophy UK and the Council for the Royal Institute of Philosophy. For more information on her research, see: www.sukifinn.com
Isak H?rem (University of Oslo)
Dr. David Adams, Senior Group Leader & Head of Experimental Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
Department seminar. Timm Behler is a Doctoral Student at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. He will present the paper: "Salience-Based Stereotyping."
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Nikoletta Kanavou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Department seminar. David Hémous is the UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich and an Affiliated Professor at the UBS Center. He will present the paper: "Trade, Innovation and Optimal Patent Protection" (written with Simon Lepot, Ralph Ossa, Tom Sampson, Julian Sch?rer)