Björn Vollan
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Björn Vollan
@bjoernvollan.bsky.social
Professor of economics and head of the research group "Sustainable Use of Natural Resources". Researching adaptation to climate change, resource governance and aspects of human behavior related to sustainable development. bjoernvollan.wordpress.com
Who needs formal evaluations when your students hand you a bottle of beer after the final lecture?
July 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Björn Vollan
1/ This very important paper by Tim Conley and Morgan Kelly is now forthcoming.

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The standard errors of persistence
Many studies of historical persistence find that modern outcomes strongly reflect characteristics of the same places in the distant past. However they…
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December 8, 2024 at 7:14 PM
#ClimateAdaptation is about the people and their connections to the places they call home. But what happens when the value of these connections is left out of the equation? Our new study @steimani.bsky.social @maxburger.bsky.social explores whether relational values can fit into monetary frameworks
November 28, 2024 at 8:18 AM
It seems the Special Issue on "Social Norms: Enforcement, Breakdown & Polarization" in EER is completed. Our paper "The Pro-Sociality of Local Democratic Leaders: Impact of Being Elected" explores how elections impact leaders' pro-social behavior www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
November 12, 2024 at 9:17 AM
New paper with Donia Mahabadi and Max Burger in Nature Sustainability: Technological optimism among COP24 delegates is linked to support for less stringent climate policies. What does this mean for global #ClimateAction?
September 21, 2024 at 8:19 AM