🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
📢 New publication! Who climbs the Ivory Tower?
It’s not just a coincidence, as @aresherman.bsky.social, @astridsandsor.bsky.social, and Nicolai Topstad Borgen observe, even in egalitarian Norway.
Read the full paper 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Very excited about and proud of this paper in PNAS! Magic can happen when we combine our data, knowledge of how to use data across diciplines and curiosity - it might even make a difference! @unioslo-uv.bsky.social
‼️3rd Workshop on Education Economics and Policy WEEP: Call for papers‼️
Oslo, Oct. 13-14, 2025.
Keynotes: @woessmann.bsky.social & @cohodes.bsky.social .
Deadline May 30.
sites.google.com/site/astrids...
PS. Booking ocean side sauna 😉
@uio.no @nifu.bsky.social @ntnu-econ.bsky.social #econsky
‼️ I am hiring ‼️
We are looking for a PhD candidate in "Inequalities of Education" (100%, 3 years) at CREATE: Centre for Research on Equality in Education, University of Oslo.
Amazing data, incl. admin, survey and genetics (MoBa)
‼️Deadline May 21 ‼️
Questions? Feel free to reach out!
#econsky
Right back at you!
Helgemorgen i NRK - Guttene gjør det bedre enn jentene i engelsk. Kan mediebruk være en forklaring?
📢 Economist looking for a permanent position and interested in moving to beautiful Oslo? 🏞 🚵♀️ ⛷️ (full professor by application)
Look no further - @oslomet.bsky.social is hiring!
Norwegian or other Scandinavian language only an advantage not requirement.
www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...
#EconSky
🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May.
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
Det er fredag og ny episode av podcasten til Akademiet for Yngre Forskere: Forskerrådet 📻 🎉
Temaet er "Trenger vi mobilitet?" 🌍
Les/hør om erfaringene fra Aksel Braanen Sterri og meg som har forskningsopphold bak oss fra både USA og Storbritannia
Programleder: Aase Kristine Aasen Lundberg
Kif-komiteen feirer 20 år. Vi har kommet langt men har langt igjen, særlig relatert til sosial bakgrunn og funksjonsnedsettelse. Gagan Chhabra sier det godt "What is not measured, is not treasured."
6 åringen moderniserer jula: "Og de svinser og de svanser, de vil så gjerne ha litt julebamser" 🎅🐀...🧸?
Made a starter pack on Economists (and related) in Norway: go.bsky.app/SaEqpCs
Let me know if you want to be added to the list.
Inspired by @jansauermann.bsky.social and @hhsievertsen.bsky.social with the Swedish and Danish lists and the thread by @ginapieters.bsky.social
#EconSky 📉📈
Had to put in some home hours today, but I'll make sure to bring shoes in case there's a Thursday/Friday run!
Traveling back from beautiful Helsinki. Thank you to Mikko Silliman, Helsinki GSE and Aalto University for the invitation to present. Watch out education world - cool Finish register data papers coming your way! (Forgot to take a pic in Helsinki but found Hattifatteners!)
Interessert i utdanningsforskning og spesialpedagogikkfeltet?
Følg @unioslo-uv.bsky.social og @spedaims.bsky.social
@unioslo.bsky.social
Hurra! Heier :)
Thank you so much to all of you who came yesterday to celebrate my professor promotion! If you missed out, my presentation is available here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/umzxg...
And send me a PM if you want the link to follow online 😀
I am very excited to be giving a lecture to celebrate my new professor title today!
"From evidence to impact – Using research to influence educational policy"
November 21, 14:15-15:00, HE House, University of Oslo.
The lecture is open to all, hope to see you there!
www.uv.uio.no/isp/om/aktue...
Back at the University of Oslo - this time in new offices at the centre of excellence CREATE. Looking forward to an exciting time to come!
Today I was promoted to full professor at the University of Oslo!
It's been quite the journey and I'm so thankful to everyone who has been part of it. A wonderful way to wrap up our year at Stanford. Looking forward to what lies ahead!
⏰Did you know that students in TX, NE, AR, MS, and AL attend 1.4 more years of school over a K-12 education than students in HI, NV, ME, OR, and RI? ‼️ In a new AERJ article, @matthewakraft.bsky.social and I document differences in time and show how much they matter.
I dag vedtar Stortinget et nytt opptakssystem til høyere utdanning. Jeg skriver om endringene i Morgenbladet. Hva skjer med resten av systemet når alderpoeng og andre tilleggspoeng fjernes?
www.morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2024...
Kari Salvanes og jeg skriver i Aftenposten om å hjelpe gutter i skolen - gjør det vi vet hjelper svakt presterende elever (smågruppeundervisning og lekbasert læring) + la oss lære mer om det vi vet for lite om (fleksibel skolestart og variert skoledag) www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Sånn, ja! Hør her: "Forskjellene mellom gutter og jenter er mindre enn forskjellene innad i gruppen gutter og jenter. Ved å fokusere på tiltak som hjelper alle svakt presterende elever, vil vi trolig treffe flest gutter uten at det går på bekostning av svakt presterende jenter".
6) Collective parenting: US is an individualist country - each family makes their own decisions about parenting. In Norway, I rely on the collective environment to help raise my kids. "Signing up" for this means less freedom but more also more time and support
5) Early learning: The US school offers Kindergarten (age 5). Learning to recognize letters and numbers and also some reading and math. Most kids can learn early, but what should you learn when? Time spend on academic activities is time not spent on something else.
4) Changing teachers: The US school has a new main teacher each year, while Norwegian schools typically change much less often. Teachers get to specialize on their grade level and students learn to adapt to new teachers and settings, but there is a trade off in stability.