Are you interested in pursuing a fully funded PhD in economics, finance, climate policy, management, or behavioural science? Do you hold, or are you close to completing, a master’s degree in economics, business, or a related field with strong analytical and data skills?

Then you could be a strong candidate for one of the PhD Research Fellowships at the School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), starting in 2026. These positions offer the opportunity to work on diverse topics such as sustainable transport, financial risk and uncertainty, and behavioural responses to climate risk.

Join an internationally connected research environment and develop your academic and professional career. Priority is given to applicants aligned with the listed topics, with strong open proposals also considered.

Projects cover priority areas including:

Transport economics (behavioural adaptation to policy; sustainable system scenarios, with close links to the TRANSPLAN centre)
Finance (forecasting & risk management; energy markets and hydropower; uncertainty in global markets; oil shock spillovers; geopolitics & climate risk)
Climate economics (valuation of climate risks and nature-based solutions; emissions, inequality & behavioural responses)
Management (job design; resilient food supply chains; sustainable career trajectories)
Tax evasion and data-driven enforcement
Behavioural economics on climate risk, preferences, and trust
Open topics for strong proposals aligned with the School’s research priorities.

What’s included & how to prepare your application:
• Supervision & collaborators: Each topic lists dedicated supervisors: Frode Alfnes (transport), Daumantas Bloznelis (financial forecasting), Muhammad Yahya and Atle Guttormsen (geopolitics & climate finance), Anders Dugstad (climate preference valuation), and others across topics.
• Data & methods: Projects draw on rich empirical resources, including financial time series (DataStream, market data), survey and register data, model-based scenarios, and unique administrative datasets from NMBU research centres like Skatteforsk and CENCE.
• Qualifications: A master’s in economics, business, finance, management, or a related field; strong quantitative and programming skills (e.g., R, Python, econometrics); experience with empirical or experimental methods is an advantage for many topics (e.g., behavioural, climate risk).

How to apply & where to find details:
Full information on eligibility, topic descriptions, supervisors, data types, and application procedures is available on the NMBU School of Economics and Business priority topics page: Priority topics for applications for PhD Research Fellowships 2026 – NMBU.

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PhD Research Fellowships 2026 - Norwegian University of Life Sciences