PhD Course with Ingar Haaland Transforming Economic and Financial Research with AI
The Department of Economics and FAIR invites you to a PhD Course with Ingar K. Haaland, Professor at NTNU, from 12-15 October 2026.
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Transforming Economic and Financial Research with AI
Dates: 12-15 October 2026
Place: Norwegian School of Economics | Bergen, Norway
Credits: 5 ECTS
Compulsory activity: Group presentation and slides outlining motivation and plan for the term paper, submitted in groups of 3-4 students.
The compulsory activity (work requirement) is only valid for one semester.
Assessment: A group term paper on exploiting generative AI at scale. The paper must be written in English and completed in groups of 4-6 students. The paper is due four weeks after course completion.
Topics: This doctoral course provides an introduction to how recent advances in generative AI are reshaping research in economics and finance. The course covers how to integrate AI into research workflows, discusses applications from recent research papers, introduces tools for working with large language models at scale, and explores how participants can identify opportunities to apply AI in their own research projects. The course will also cover recent developments in agentic coding, including the use of coding agents and reproducible AI workflows for research.
There will be lectures by Ingar K. Haaland, Christopher Roth, and Luca Braghieri.