Three NHH researchers promoted to full Professor
This summer, Floris Zoutman, Ivan Belik, and Geir D. Berentsen were promoted to full Professor at NHH.
Professor Geir Drage Berentsen
- Geir.Berentsen@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 94 65
- Department
- Business and Management Science
- Office
- C510
- Expertise
- Management Science Time Series & Longitudinal Data Measures of Dependence Spatial Models Computational Statistics
Geir Drage Berentsen received his PhD in statistics from the University of Bergen in 2013 on a dissertation concerning the modelling and measurement of nonlinear dependence between random variables. In 2013 – 2016 he worked as a consultant in Safetec Nordic AS, a company that supplies a wide range of risk management services. He then returned to the Department of Mathematics working as a postdoctor.
He is now an Associate Professor at NHH, and his research interests include count time series, longitudinal data and spatial models with applications in finance, medicine and econometrics.
Selected publications
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Dissemination
Climate change means more expensive insurance for everyone
- In general, insurance will become more expensive for everyone. The increase will come regardless of whether your home is in a particularly risky area or not, Geir Drage Berentsen says to Energi og Klima.
USING STATISTICS TO MANAGE CLIMATE RISK
NHH researchers Geir Drage Berentsen and Håkon Otneim will use statistics to help the business world adapt to the rapidly changing climate.
Took a new approach to teaching – received award
NHH lecturers and statisticians Geir Drage Berentsen and Håkon Otneim employed a new approach to teaching during the pandemic. They’ve now received the Inspirational Teaching Award and the sum of NOK 250,000 to share between them.