School of Economics and Business

Four PhD research fellow positions are available at the School of Economics and Business this year. Up to two of the positions will be in transport economics, linked to the research centre TRANSPLAN. …

The first Nordic Energy Economics and Decarbonisation Strategies (NEEDS) Workshop was held at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Ås on 20–21 November 2025.

NMBU has been accredited by the global standard-setting body for business education. This confirms that our economics degrees are amongst the best in the world.

This research area focuses on analyzing food markets, with a particular emphasis on consumer behavior, policy development, and their interplay. It addresses key challenges related to food sustainabili…

This research covers analysis of energy markets, in particular markets for electricity, regulation of energy markets, as well as analysis of drivers of energy consumption. It also covers studies of pe…

Environmental goods and ecosystem services provide valuable benefits to society, but many of these benefits are unpriced and often overlooked in decision-making. Our research focuses on applying nonma…

The research covers analysis of national and international climate policies, as well as impacts of climate change. One important research area is impacts of CO2 pricing in Norway and the EU, possibly …

This area covers a long-standing work of our faculty, focusing on land and forest management in developing countries. The two main areas of work have been: (i) tropical deforestation (including REDD+,…

We are pleased to announce that the CO-CRED project “Navigating growth and sustainability: Co-creating local climate resilient development practice in the Oslofjord region”– has been awarded funding b…