Across the globe concerns escalate about the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on global climate conditions, implications on global trade from pandemics, and the destruction of ecosystems from the exploitation of limited and non-replaceable global resources. Politicians and businesses alike...

We seek both empirical and theoretical policy-relevant papers. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: - Interactions between commodity prices and the macroeconomy - Macroeconomic effects of shocks to the terms-of-trade - Business-cycle spillovers and international co-movement -...

The NAERE Workshop is an annual event that brings together professors, researchers and graduate students in, or connected with, the Nordic countries for paper presentations and networking. The workshop is preceded by the Bergen Economics of Energy and Environmental Research (BEEER 2018).

Africa has shown strong commitment towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the Agenda 2063 the AU has defined a vision and action plan to support long-term sustainable development on the continent. At the G20 Hangzhou Summit in September 2016, G20-leaders agreed to enhance...

The course will focus on the frontiers of theory formation and empirical analyses regarding ‘the green economy’. The concept is loaded with very different meanings, as it is connected to different traditions within economics. It also links up closely with natural sciences – especially...

Topics: - Economic Development & Globalization - World Financial and Economic Crisis & Impacts, Lessons and Prospects for the Future - Business Research Methods & Teaching-related issues - Growth & Innovation - Sustainable Development & Resource Management - Business Law & Ethics & Social...

Topics: - Analysing the implementation challenges of policies - Analysing water governance research for impact on policy action and decision making - Effective and sustainable national and transnational water governance - Governing trade-offs within the water, energy, food and the environment...

The Thor Heyerdahl Summer School in Environmental Governance offers PhDs and young researchers the opportunity to develop high level skills in analyzing governance issues like climate change, biodiversity preservation, sustainable use of biological resources, water management, and pollution. The...

The Ph.D. course will critically scrutinize the possibility of compensating for continual and long-term economic growth by dematerialization and steadily increasing eco-efficiency. The role of institutional frameworks in facilitating or discouraging dematerialization and increased eco-efficiency...