Department of Economics

At the Department of Economics, we conduct research and teaching in business administration and economics with applications to sustainability, food, agriculture, and natural resources.

  • Business administration with focus on decision-making and entrepreneurship
  • Economics with focus on agriculture, food, natural resources and environmental policy
  • Economic analysis and evaluations of food, agriculture, fishing and rural development
About us

Education

We offer independent courses, bachelor's and master's programmes, and doctoral education in business studies and economics.
Our education

Research

In our research, we work on a range of topics that mainly have to do with agriculture and the conservation and use of natural resources.
Our research groups and projects

Contact

Do you want to contact us? Find contact information to key staff at the department on the following page.
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News & Events

News

  • 2025-10-21

    Keynote at International Conference on Animal Health and Economics

    Professor Helena Hansson from the Department of Economics was one of the keynote speakers at the international conference ISESSAH (International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health).
  • 2025-10-14

    Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2025

    On 13 October 2025, the Department of Economics hosted an event to follow the announcement of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025.
  • 2025-09-05

    Defence - Harold Opdenbosch

    On Friday 5 September 2025, Harold Opdenbosch defended his doctoral thesis "Institutional and behavioural drivers of sustainable farming uptake", with Dr. Anders Branth Pedersen from Aarhus University as the opponent. Big congratulations!
  • 2025-08-15

    Nailing - Harold Opdenbosch

    Harold Opdenbosch, doctoral student at the Department of Economics, has nailed his thesis!
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