Events under 'Conferences'

Keynotes

Professor Olivier Deschenes

University of California

The Social Cost of Adapting to Climate Change

Professor Ing-Marie Gren

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

The Role of Forests in Climate Policy: Theory and Practice

Professor Jason Shogren

University of Wyoming

Commitment to Truth-telling

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18th-20th of June, 2019, Ulvön, Sweden

Keynotes

Valentina Bosetti

Department of Economics, Bocconi University

Gunnar S. Eskeland

Department of Business and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics

John Hassler

IIES-Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholms universitet

Snorre Kverndokk

Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research

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22/3 Energy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa

13.00-13.15 Introduction
Runar/Tommy 

13.15-13.45 South Africa Electricity Access in Africa: Is renewables and mini-grid the answer to the access problem?
Amin Karimu, School of Economics, University of Cape Town

13.45-14.15 Energy poverty, development outcomes and transition to renewables
Philip Adom, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) 

14.15-14.30 Break

14.30-15.00 Deconstructing the landscape of energy for cooking in urban Ghana: A review
Simon Bawakyillenuo, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana 

15.00-15.30 Sustainable bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa – challenges and opportunities
Christoffer Boman, Dept. of Applied Physics, Umeå University 

15.30-16.00 Unravelling the Pastoralist Paradox – Preferences for Land-Tenure Security and Flexibility in Kenya
Göran Bostedt, Department of Forest Economcis, SLU & Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University

23/3 CERE presentations

13.00-13.15 Start-up

13.15-13.45 Effect of gate fees on waste management and household´s residual waste – Implications for a waste incineration tax
Josef “Sef” Meens Eriksson, Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University 

13.45-14.15 Do Ride-hailing companies worsen congestion and air quality? Evidence from Uber in California
Chandra Krishnamurthy, Department of Forest Economcis, SLU 

14.15-14.30 Break

14.30-15.00 Who denies climate change when forests are burning?
Xiao Hu, Department of Forest Economcis, SLU 

15.00-15.30 Reforming energy prices to achieve sustainable energy consumption in the agriculture sector of Iran’s provinces: Using game approach
Parisa Pakrooh, CERE guest researcher, University of Tabriz, Iran 

15.30-16.00 CERE monthly meeting

The annual internal Winter Meeting held in the Ammarnäs mountain region.

A three day conference on the Ulvö island.
Try the surströmming, enjoy the hiking track around the island and hang out with fellow researchers.

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