Register for this course which provides an in-depth exploration of current research in public and environmental economics. The course will be held at our beautiful campus in Ås near Oslo, May 27-29.
- 3 Credits
- English language course
- Physical attendance at NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway. Meeting room: TBA
Sign up: skatteforsk@nmbu.no
About this course
This intensive course provides doctoral students with an in-depth exploration of current research in public and environmental economics, with a particular focus on taxation, inequality, organizational form, and firm behavior. Climate policy relies heavily on tax and other price instruments such as carbon pricing, fuel and energy taxes, green subsidies and tax expenditures. These instruments interact with inequality through consumption patterns, ownership of capital, labour market adjustments, and exposure to environmental risks. This intensive course provides doctoral students with a research-oriented introduction to key concepts, empirical evidence, and open research questions at the intersection of taxation, inequality, and the environment. It also trains core academic skills: presenting early-stage research, discussing others’ work constructively, and responding to feedback.
The course is designed to stimulate reflection and identify open research questions and knowledge gaps, to broaden the PhD students’ networks, and to spur new collaborations across institutions and fields.
Program
| Wednesday 27th of May | Day 1: Foundations and big picture (lectures + discussion) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Session 1: Taxes, environmental policy, and inequality: the big picture. Annette Alstadsæter |
| Break | |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Session 2: Environmental taxation and distributional impacts Knut Einar Rosendahl |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Guided discussions and structured reflections Yannic Rehm and Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen |
| 16:30 | Course dinner (Vitenparken) |
| Thursday 28th of May | Day 2: Who emits, who pays, and what drives acceptance and innovation (lectures + discussion) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Session 3: Innovation, green technological change, and the role of carbon pricing and tax policy Knut Einar Rosendahl |
| Break | |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Session 4: Inequality in emissions and responsibility for decarbonisation Yannic Rehm and Annette Alstadsæter |
| Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Guided discussions and structured reflections Yannic Rehm and Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 5: Public acceptance, fairness, and political economy of environmental taxes Katinka Holtsmark |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Guided discussions and structured reflections Yannic Rehm and Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen |
| Friday 29th of May | Day 3: Academic skills lab |
| 09:00 - 13:00 incl. lunch | Session 6: Presenting research, discussing well, and giving useful feedback Yannic Rehm, Knut Einar Rosendahl, Arild Angelsen, Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen. |
Financial support
The course is free of charge and Skatteforsk will cover hotel for 2 nights and meals during the course days for the participants. Participants are expected to cover travel costs through their home institutions, and if this is not possible, they may apply for travel support from the Nordic Tax Research Council (rolling deadline, typically fast processing): https://nsfr.se/research-grants/
If travel support applications is documentably denied by the Nordic Tax Research Council, the participants may apply for travel cost contribution at skatteforsk@nmbu.no on a case-by-case basis.
Course Details
Credits are awarded when the workload is completed and approved.
Mandatory activity is: 1) full participation at the course (three days). 2) Presentation of own research project or idea in small, mentored groups and act as discussant for a peer presentation. Exam: Written home exam.