The August issue of Forest Policy and Economics contains not one but two papers by recent CERE grads Jinggang Guo and Brian Danley. Jinggang, specializing in forest sector modelling, defended his thesis on October 12, 2018. Just a few months later on January 25, 2019, Brian Danley defended his thesis on ecosystem services and forest policy. Apart from publishing in the same issue of the same journal, and defending in close proximity, they have also both chosen to spend the next chapter of their research careers in the US.
Economists often study self-organizing systems in which participants’ behavior is coordinated based on a set of principles, like supply and demand, without explicit cooperation between participants. As Adam Smith famously observed, by taking cues from market prices and pursuing their own self-interest, buyers and sellers pursue courses of action that may appear as if they are guided by an invisible hand. It may have been the magic of uncoordinated organization at work when recent CERE graduates Jinggang Guo and Brian Danley both published their research papers in the same issue of the same journal and choose the same country as their next research destination. (Click on headline to read more)
CERE Professorerna Bengt Kriström och Per-Olov Johansson menar på Di debatt den 20 juni, 2019 att svenska flygresenärer trippelbeskattas. Samtidigt innebär minskade utsläpp i Sverige en ökning av utsläpp någon annanstans inom EES på grund av handeln med utsläppsrätter. Det betyder även att utsläppsrätterna blir billigare mellan andra utrikes EES-flygplatser, så även biljetterna.
Skellefteås planerade batterifabrik Northvolt diskuteras i Ekonomiekot extra den 15 juni, 2019. Detta i samband med att de nödvändiga investeringarna för att inleda etapp ett inkommit. Diskussionen kretsar mycket kring huruvida fabriken blir ett uppsving för Norrland eller om framgångarna skördas på andra håll? CERE:s Runar Brännlund deltar i diskussionen och ifrågasätter att fabriken skulle ha någon avgörande inverkan på den enorma yta som är Norrland men att det säkerligen blir en rejäl injektion för Skellefteå med omnejd.(Klicka på rubriken för att läsa mer)
Hör hela diskussionen på Ekonomiekot extra 15 juni, 2019 nedan. Runar hör du 04:10 in i programmet och 08:09.
On 3-4 June 2019 the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Timber Section’s Team of Specialists (ToS) on Wood Energy met at the SLU campus in Umeå. Among its obligations, the ToS has a mandate to advise and support the joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section’s activities regarding wood energy data and to contribute to a better understanding of wood energy statistics as a basis for sound policy making. The ToS recently released a report on wood energy as the largest source of bioenergy in the UNECE region.
At the meeting, CERE’s Deputy Director Francisco Aguilar was elected to be the new leader of the ToS over the 2019-2021 period. (Click on headline to read more) ToS members and SLU faculty members pictured at the SLU campus on 4 June 2019. Photo: Ann-Katrin Israelsson.
We are proud to welcome Professor Brent Sohngen from Ohio State University as guest professor at CERE and SLU. Initially, he will be here from May 27 to June 23, but will return for monthly stays over the next three years. Brent will have his office up at the Department of Forest Economics at SLU.(Click on headline to read more)
The August issue of Forest Policy and Economics contains not one but two papers by recent CERE grads Jinggang Guo and Brian Danley. Jinggang, specializing in forest sector modelling, defended his thesis on October 12, 2018. Just a few months later on January 25, 2019, Brian Danley defended his thesis on ecosystem services and forest policy. Apart from publishing in the same issue of the same journal, and defending in close proximity, they have also both chosen to spend the next chapter of their research careers in the US.
ToS members and SLU faculty members pictured at the SLU campus on 4 June 2019. Photo: Ann-Katrin Israelsson.
We are proud to welcome Professor Brent Sohngen from Ohio State University as guest professor at CERE and SLU. Initially, he will be here from May 27 to June 23, but will return for monthly stays over the next three years. Brent will have his office up at the Department of Forest Economics at SLU. (Click on headline to read more)