Economics

The Economics PhD programme from BI Norwegian Business School trains candidates to engage in high quality scientific research, making use of economic theory and state of the art econometric methods. 

This Economics Economics PhD programme from BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School prepares candidates for the international academic job market, for positions in research organisations and consulting firms, as well as national and international institutions like central banks, the IMF and the World Bank.

Distinguishing Features of the Specialisation 

• The Department cooperates with the Department of Finance at BI as well as with the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo, located close to BI.

• Candidates are encouraged to make a long-term visit to a foreign university that is part of the Department’s international network. Recent PhD students have visited Northwestern University, UC Berkeley, Princeton, Yale, Brown, UC San Diego, Harvard, among others.

• The Nordic Network in Economics offers a wide range of advanced PhD courses in Economics

Career opportunities:

Following you will find examples of positions that graduates have obtained after completing a PhD with a specialisation in Economics at BI.

Courses include:

• Macroeconomics, business cycles and monetary policy
• Microeconomics, and industrial organisation
• Macro-finance
• Theoretical, and experimental economics
• Labour economics
• Political economy