University of Gothenburg

People

About 100 people work at the Department of Economics as researchers, teachers and administrators. Our courses in economics and statistics are taught by highly qualified and dedicated teachers and researchers and the department is truly international, with staff from across the world.

Professors

Bolin, Kristian
Health Economics; Microeconomics; Economic Evaluation

Carlsson, Fredrik
Environmental Economics; Behavioural Economics; Microeconometrics; Experimental Economics

Durevall, Dick, Senior Professor
Development Macroeconomics; International Economics; Food Markets; HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Farago, Adam
Financial Economics; Asset Pricing; Portfolio Choice; Behavioural Finance; Financial Econometrics

Hjalmarsson, Erik
Empirical Asset Pricing; Empirical Market Microstructure; Financial Econometrics; Time Series Econometrics

Hjalmarsson, Randi
Economics of Crime; Labour Economics; Law and Economics

Holmén, Martin
Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance; Experimental Finance

Johansson-Stenman, Olof
Behavioral Economics; Environmental Economics; Public Economics; Welfare Economics

Lindahl, Mikael
Education; Family and Labour Economics

Martinsson, Peter
Behavioural Economics; Experimental Economics; Environmental Economics; Development Economics; Health Economics

Mitrut, Andreea
Applied Microeconomics; Health Economics; Labour Economics

Nordblom, Katarina
Public Economics (especially taxation); Behavioural Economics

Olsson, OlaHead of Department
Economic Growth; Long-run Development; Political Economy of Natural Resources; Development Economics

Stennek, Johan
Applied Microeconomics

Sterner, Thomas, Senior Professor
Resource Management in Developing Countries; Economics of Energy Use and Climate Change; Economics of Fisheries & Coastal Zone Management; Comparative Efficiency of Economic Policy Instruments in various Sectors

Söderbom, Måns
Development Economics

Tyrefors, Björn 
Empirical Labour; Political Economics

Guest professors & Professor Emeritus

Alger, Ingela 
Elof Hansson Visiting Professor

Bigsten, Arne 
Professor Emeritus

Drupp, Moritz
Malmsten Early Career Scholar

Jácome, Elisa
Malmsten Early Career Scholar

Lindé, Jesper 
Guest Professor

Sandelin, Bo 
Professor Emeritus

Lecturers

Akay, Alpaslan
Behavioural and Experimental Economics; Economics of Happiness; Economics of Migration; Econometrics

Boman, Anders
Health Economics; Labour Economics; Geographic Mobility

Carlsson, Evert
Pensions; Incentive Systems; Corporate Governance

Congdon Fors, Heather
Development Economics; Institutional Economics; Child Labour; Political Economy

Dzemski, Andreas
Econometrics; Networks; Nonparametric Statistics

Eggert, Håkan
Resource Economics; Environmental Economics; Resource Management; Behavioural and Experimental Economics

Ek, Claes
Behavioural Economics; Environmental Economics; Public Economics; Applied Theory

Fang, Dawei
Corporate Finance; Micro Theory; Contests and Tournaments; Contract Theory

Herbertsson, Alexander
Applied Mathematical Finance; Applied Probability and Statistics; Quantitative Finance; Credit Risk, Counterparty Credit Risk

Kataria, Mitesh
Applied (Environmental and Welfare) Economics; Empirical Behavioural Economics; Experimental Economics

Köhlin, Gunnar, Director of Environment for Development (EfD)
Management of Natural Resources in Developing Countries; Environmental Valuation; Impact Evaluation; Energy Economics; Sustainable Development

Lampi, Elina
Environmental Economics; Stated Preferences; Behavioural Economics; Health Economics

Lindskog, Annika
Development Economics; Health Economics; Economic Demography; Education Economics; Behavioural Economics

Löfgren, Åsa
Environmental Economics; Economics of Climate Change; Behavioural Economics; Industrial Investment Behaviour

Nadeau, Charles
International Finance; Financial Crises; Financial Market Regulation

Petri, Henrik
Corporate Finance; Decision theory

Sundén, Mattias
Extreme Value Theory for Stochastic Processes; Incentives for Portfolio Managers

Vecci, Joseph
Development Economics; Experimental Economics

Zeng, Ming
Empirical Asset Pricing; International Finance; Financial Econometrics

Zhang, Jian Hua
Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Asset Pricing; Emerging Market Finance

Assistant professors

Frey, Jonas
Empirical Asset Pricing: Behavioural Economics; Experimental Finance

Janas, Moritz
Browaldh Assistant Professor. Behavioural Economics; Experimental Economics. 

Jiao, Xiyu 
Econometric Theory; Empirical Processes; Outlier Robustness; Nonlinear Cointegration; Model Selection; Instrumental Variables

Xiao, Yun
Applied Microeconomics


Post docs

Bergvall, Sanna
Labour Economics; Education Economics; Gender Economics

Dunaiski-Kovacs, Roxanne (on leave)
Health Economics; Development Economics

Hanemaaijer, Kyra
Economics of Crime; Education; Gender; Labour Economics

Nordfors, Nicklas
Development Economics, Environmental Economics

Pihl, Ariel
Labour Economics; Policy Evaluation; Applied Microeconomics

Poignant, Adrian
Development Economics; Labour Economics

Westergren, Kerstin

Wikström, Jens
Health Economics; Economics of social insurance

Affiliated Faculty and Guest Researchers

Ahlerup, Pelle
Affiliated Researcher

Bilén, David
Affiliated Researcher

Dufwenberg, Martin
Guest Professor, Honorary Doctor

Enlund, Jakob
Affiliated Researcher

Helénsdotter, Ronja
Affiliated Researcher

Isaksson, Ann-Sofie
Affiliated Researcher

Karlsson, Martin
Affiliated Professor

Ketel, Nadine
Affiliated Researcher

Kirchler, Michael
Affiliated Professor

Kjellson, Gustav
Researcher

Maican, Florin
Affiliated Researcher

Norrgren, Lisa
Affiliated Researcher

Valsecchi, Michele
Affiliated Researcher

Administrative staff

Shamso Abdullahi (on leave)
Study Administrator

Frida Bengtsson
Communications Officer

Axel Bondemark (on leave)
Human Resources Officer

Annika Florin
Study Administrator

Katarina Forsberg
Coordinator

Annia Teresa Garcia Cruzata
Study Administrator

Jessica Oscarsson (on leave)
Communications Officer

Maria Otterdahl
Administrative Manager

Margareta Ransgård
Department Coordinator

Katarina Renström
Programme Coordinator & Study Counsellor

Neha Rohtagi
Human Resources Officer

Ann-Christin Räätäri Nyström
Human Resources Officer

Johan Sandgren
Financial Officer

Amelia Svensson Perlstedt
Financial Administrator

Christina Varkki
Study Administrator

Anna-Karin Ågren
Programme Coordinator & Study Counsellor