Steinar Holden was
appointed to the professorship as of March 1st 2004. The professorship is based on a donation from Norges Bank. The
donation was for an initial seven-year period with the possibility of renewal
for a further seven-year period. As of 1 March 2011, it was renewed for the
second seven-year period. The professorship entails the same rights and the
same work obligations as other professors at the University of Oslo. The
University of Oslo has the full employment responsibility for the professor.
The position includes an annual budget which will be used for activities such
as workshops and conferences, PhD courses, visits by guest researchers from
abroad, funding research assistants or purchasing data.
In addition to the listed events, the professorship finances a number of
shorter research visits. Seminar presentations are announced in the
regular seminar program.
1-2 student
scholarships are available for Master’s students at the Department of
Economics, who write a Master’s thesis within macro and monetary policy issues.
The scholarship is NOK 12 000, and will usually be tax free.
Application
deadline 20 January 2013. The thesis should be finalized and submitted no later
than the deadline in June 2013.
How
to get there
Reimbursement
of costs
Contact: steinar.holden@econ.uio.no