Evaluation of the Social Sciences in Norway Report from Panel 2 – Economics Evaluation Division for Science and the Research System Evaluation of the Social Sciences in Norway Report from Panel 2 – Economics Evaluation Division for Science and the Research System © The Research Council of Norway 2018 The Research Council of Norway Visiting address: Drammensveien 288 P.O. Box 564 NO-1327 Lysaker Telephone: +47 22 03 70 00 [email protected] www.rcn.no The report can be ordered and downloaded at www.forskningsradet.no/publikasjoner Graphic design cover: Melkeveien designkontor AS Photos: Shutterstock Oslo, June 2018 ISBN 978-82-12-03694-9 (pdf) Innhold Foreword ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 9 Sammendrag ......................................................................................................................................... 10 1 Scope and scale of the evaluation ................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Terms of reference ................................................................................................................ 12 1.2 A comprehensive evaluation ................................................................................................. 12 1.3 The overall evaluation process of the social sciences ........................................................... 14 1.4 Data and review process ....................................................................................................... 18 1.5 The panel’s comments on the evaluation ............................................................................. 22 2 The context: Social Sciences and Economics in Norway ............................................................... 24 2.1 The research system .............................................................................................................. 24 2.2 The research area of economics ........................................................................................... 28 3 BI Norwegian Business School ....................................................................................................... 30 3.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 31 3.2 Research group: Asset Pricing and Investor Behavior ........................................................... 33 4 CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research ....................................... 35 4.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 36 5 CMI Chr. Michelsen Institute ......................................................................................................... 38 5.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 39 5.2 Research group: Poverty ....................................................................................................... 41 6 Frisch Centre .................................................................................................................................. 44 6.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 45 6.2 Research group: Energy and Environmental Economics ....................................................... 47 6.3 Research group: Labour Economics ...................................................................................... 48 7 Institute for Social Research .......................................................................................................... 51 7.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 52 7.2 Research group: Work and Welfare ...................................................................................... 54 8 NHH Norwegian School of Economics ........................................................................................... 56 8.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 57 8.2 Research group: Centre for Empirical Labour Economics ..................................................... 59 8.3 Research groups: Law and Economics of Markets and Organisations and Centre for Industrial Organisation .......................................................................................................... 61 8.4 Research group: Macroeconomics and Natural Resources .................................................. 63 8.5 Research group: The Choice Lab ........................................................................................... 64 9 NINA Norwegian Institute for Nature Research ............................................................................ 66 9.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 67 10 Nord University Business School ............................................................................................... 70 10.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 71 10.2 Research group: Transport and Logistics Research Group .................................................... 73 11 Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences/Faculty of Landscape and Society ...................................................................................................................................... 76 11.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 77 11.2 Research group: Environmental Governance........................................................................ 80 12 Norwegian University of Life Sciences, School of Economics and Business .............................. 83 12.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 84 12.2 Research group: Food Economics and Policy ........................................................................ 86 12.3 Research group: Development, Land and Climate ................................................................ 88 12.4 Research group: Energy and Environment ............................................................................ 89 13 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Economics and Management ... 91 13.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 92 13.2 Research group: Public Economics ........................................................................................ 94 14 NUPI Norwegian Institute of International Affairs .................................................................... 96 14.1 Economics at the institutional level ...................................................................................... 97 15 UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics ......... 100 15.1 Economics at the institutional level .................................................................................... 101 15.2 Research group: Economics at BFE ..................................................................................... 103 16 Uni Research Rokkan Centre ................................................................................................... 105 16.1 Economics at the institutional level .................................................................................... 106 16.2 Research group: Welfare and Health Economics ................................................................ 107 17 University of Agder, School of Business and Law .................................................................... 110 17.1 Economics at the institutional level .................................................................................... 111 18 University of Bergen, Faculty of Social Sciences ..................................................................... 113 18.1 Economics at the institutional level .................................................................................... 114 18.2 Research group: Competition and Finance ......................................................................... 116 18.3 Research group: Health Economics ..................................................................................... 118 18.4 Research group: Labour, Social Insurance and Family ........................................................ 119 19 University of Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences .......................................................................... 121 19.1 Economics at the institutional level .................................................................................... 122 19.2 Research group: Equality, Social Organisation and Performance ....................................... 124 19.3 Research group: Oslo Fiscal Studies .................................................................................... 126 20 University of Stavanger, Faculty of