University of Gothenburg

Research Seminars

Seminars at the Department of Economics. The seminars and workshops listed below are public if nothing else is stated in the description.

MAY

EEU: Monday, May 5 at 12:10-13:00 in B44
Jerome Pivard, PhD student, INRAE
Title: The choice of plant-based versus meat dishes in an experimental university restaurant

Tuesday, May 6 at 12:05 in E5
Taylan Alpkaya, PhD student, Mannheim University, Germany
Title: Legacy of Servitude: Long-Run Intergenerational Mobility in the US.

FIN: Thursday 8 at 12:05-13:00 in D617/623
Xiyu Jiao
Title: Interference on Common Trends in a Cointegrated Nonlinear SVAR

Thursday 8 May at 12:05 in E5
Yoko Okuyama, Assistant Professor, Uppsala University, 
Title: Intra-Household Welfare Inequality and Household Public Goods.

HES: Monday, May 12 at 12:05 in E5 - CANCELED
Jakob Molinder, Associate Professor in Economic, History at Uppsala University
Title: TBA

Monday, May 12 at 12:10 – 13:15 in room D623.
Åsa Löfgren, Department of Economics 
Title: Reverse Auctions to Procure Negative Emissions at Industrial Scale.

GES: Tuesday, May 13 at 12:00-13:15 in E44
Joseph Altonji, Professor, Yale University
Title: Marriage Dynamics, Earnings Dynamics, and Lifetime Family Income

BEE: Wednesday, May 14 at 12.05–13.00 in E5 Conference Room.
Joe Vecci, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg.
Title: The Future of Hiring: How Automated Screening Tools Shape Job Applications and Hiring Decisions

DES: Thursday, May 15 at 12:05–13:05 in E5 Conference Room.
DES lunch.

CFF: Thursday, May 15 at 12:05 - 13:05 in D617/623 - CANCELED
Tobin Hanspal, Associate Professor, Vienna Graduate School of Finance
Title: Local Returns and Beliefs about the Stock Market

EEU: Monday, May 19 at 12:10–13:15 in B44 or via Zoom
David Bilén, Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian School of Economics.
Title: Climate Doom and Policy Support

CFF: Thursday, May 22 at 15:30-16:30 in D617/623
S. Abraham Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance, Yeshiva University.
Title: Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures

PhD conference 2025: Thursday, May 22 at 9 to 5 in SEB-hall
Program: TBA

Final seminar before PhD defence: Friday, May 23 at 10:00-12:00 in room D617
Jimmy Karlsson, PhD student, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg
Discussant: Lassi Ahlvik, Professor at University of Helsinki
Title: 
Chapter 2:Climate Policy and Labor Market Inequality
Chapter 3: Carbon Taxation and Local Labor Markets

Behavioural/Experimental Group Workshop: 
May 26 (1-5 pm) - May 27 (9-12 am) in room E44
Coordinator: Joseph Vecci, Department of Economics

Tore Browaldh Lecture: May 27 at 14-15:30
Claudia Goldin. Nobel Laureate and Harvard Professor
Title: Why Women Won

JUNE

Licentiate seminar: Monday June 2, at 9:00 in room C32
Mattias Sundemo
Title: Essays on Business and Economics Education: Evidence on Students’ Value Formation and Sustainability Engagement.
Opponent: Niklas Jakobsson, Professor Karlstad University

GES: Tuesday, June 3 at 12:00-13:15 in E44
Ruixue Jia, Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Title: TBA

BEE: Wednesday June 4 at 12:05 in ... TBA
Qinyou Hu, Postdoc, Aalto University
Title: Sad! I Got Talent but My Mom Doesn’t Know It: Parent-Child Belief Gap and Adolescent Human Capital Formation

PhD Defense: Tuesday 10 June, 2025, at 09:15 in B32
Jens Ewald, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg
Title: Opposition to Carbon Pricing: Beliefs, Revenues, and Protesters
Opponent: Professor Timo Goeschl, Department of Economics, Heidelberg University, Germany
 

Seminars

GES: General Economics Seminar

DES: Development Economics Seminar

EEU: Environmental Economics Unit Seminar

BEE: Behavioral and Experimental Economics Seminar

FIN: Finance seminar

HES: Historical Economics seminar

 

Conf.room E5 is situated on Floor 5, House E, Vasagatan 1

Conf.room E6 is situated on Floor 6, House E, Vasagatan 1