‘Extremely attractive in the labour market’
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Professor II Linda Nøstbakken
- Linda.Nostbakken@nhh.no
- Department
- Economics
- Centre
- Macro, Risk and Sustainability Centre CBE
- Office
- S241
- Expertise
- Energy Environmental Economics Sustainability Resource economics Fisheries and aquaculture economics Petroleum economics
BIOGRAPHY
Linda Nøstbakken joined the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics in 2013. Nøstbakken’s research focuses on the use and management of natural resources and the environment, and she has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals.
Prior to joining NHH, Nøstbakken spent five years as an assistant professor at the Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Canada. She received her PhD degree in economics from NHH in 2005. At NHH, Nøstbakken was deputy rector and vice rector for academic affairs from 2017 to 2020. She was co-editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2014-2020), and she has served on a number of government appointed expert commissions.
She is currently on leave as research director of Statistics Norway.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Costello, Christopher; Cao, Ling; Gelcich, Stefan; Cisneros-Mata, Miguel; Free, Christopher M.; Froehlich, Halley E; Golden, Christopher D.; Ishimura, Gakushi; Maier, Jason; Macadam-Somer, Ilan; Mangin, Tracey; Melnychuk, Michael; Miyahara, Masanori; de Moor, Carryn L.; Naylor, Rosamond; Nøstbakken, Linda; Ojea, Elena; O'Reilly, Erin; Parma, Ana M.; Platinga, Andrew J.; Thilsted, Shakuntala H.; Lubchenco, J | The future of food from the sea | Nature Volume 588; page 95 - 100; 2020 |
| Lazkano, Itziar; Nøstbakken, Linda; pelli, martino | From fossil fuels to renewables: The role of electricity Storage. | European Economic Review Volume 99; page 113 - 129; 2017 |
| Boskovic, Branko; Nøstbakken, Linda | The cost of endangered species protection: Evidence from auctions for natural resources | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Volume 81; page 174 - 192; 2017 |
| Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie Helene; Moreaux, Michel; Nøstbakken, Linda | The Long Run Impact of Biofuels on Food Prices | The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Volume 119 (3); page 733 - 767; 2016 |
| Kverndokk, Snorre; Nævdal, Eric; Nøstbakken, Linda | The trade-off between intra- and intergenerational equity in climate policy | European Economic Review Volume 69; page 40 - 58; 2014 |
| Nøstbakken, Linda | Investment drivers in a fishery with tradable quotas | Land Economics Volume 88 (2); page 400 - 424; 2012 |
| Boyce, John R.; Nøstbakken, Linda | Exploration and development of U.S. oil and gas fields, 1955-2002 | Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Volume 35; page 891 - 908; 2011 |
| Nøstbakken, Linda | Regime switching in a fishery with stochastic stock and price | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Volume 51 (2); page 231 - 241; 2006 |
TEACHING AREAS
Resource Economics, Fisheries and aquaculture economics, Petroleum economics
Dissemination
International experience provides great opportunities
Former NHH student, Emma Hartland (29), is moving to the other side of the world to work for Telenor Myanmar. She believes that the international opportunities she took advantage of at NHH have been decisive for where she is today.
Finance theory financed by the fish farming industry does not hold water
Petter Bjerksund, Linda Nøstbakken and Jarle Møen: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund finances projects for University of Stavanger researchers, who then launch their own theories about taxation of economic rents.
How can we achieve gender balance in economics?
A global paradigm project is trying to make more women choose business by changing the discipline. The leader of the project Wendy Carlin is coming to NHH on 22 November.
Conference on sustainable ocean resources
THE OCEAN deals with innovations and new collaborations within the sustainable use of ocean resources. `The conference provides a perfect meeting ground to discuss and develop new ideas´ says Linda Nøstbakken.
Got internships in Paris due to student engagement
Victoria Somdalen's engagement in the student association led to two international internships in the OECD and Innovation Norway. ‘NHH opens many doors both in Norway and abroad,’ she says.
‘Out of the question to start my career in Norway’
With a job in finance in Denmark, Aleksandra Maria Kjemhus is going for an international career. The proportion of NHH graduates working abroad has increased by over 30 per cent in just two years.
Travels to Japan to gain relevant work experience
Last autumn, the government set a requirement for more practical training in education. NHH has taken steps to meet this requirement and is now sending students abroad to give them relevant work experience.
All students find relevant jobs after NHH
98.8 per cent of former NHH students have found relevant jobs. The majority are hired before completing their degree, a new candidate survey finds.
First class of seafood MBA graduates
This week the 23 participants at the Executive MBA in Sustainable Innovation in Global Seafood are gathered in sunny Bergen for their last session together.
MBA meeting in Tokyo
A few weeks ago, students at the MBA-programme «Seafood Management» gathered in Tokyo. During their stay, programme director Linda Nøstbakken and some of the students made a video.
Linda Nøstbakken new Professor
Linda Nøstbakken is NHH’s new Professor. She has just been promoted to full Professor in resource economics.