New dissemination award in honour of Victor D. Norman
Victor D. Norman's Dissemination Award is a recognition of the NHH professor's outstanding contributions as an economist and communicator.
"Victor's ability to combine deep insights into economics with clear, engaging, and often challenging communication is unique," says Rector Øystein Thøgersen.
NHH Professor Victor D. Norman has been a prominent economist for many decades, and a broad audience knows him as a disseminator, public debater, and politician.
Contributing to dissemination and Debate
The award in Norman's name will be given annually to a recipient who contributes to dissemination and debate on issues in the Norwegian economy and Norwegian economic policy.
The goal is to reward the communication of socio-economic insights that have academic quality but are easy to understand and engaging, contributing to rational and constructive discourse.
"Unrealistic and populist statements should meet a sharp light, while challenges and breaks with conventional thinking are encouraged," it says in the presentation of the award.
Awarded at the Alumni Conference
It is Atle Bergshaven, Herbjørn Hansson, and Jens Ulltveit-Moe, as well as NHH alumni and friends of Norman, who have taken the initiative and are financing the award.
The prize itself is NOK 50,000, and it will be awarded for the first time at the Alumni Conference in Oslo on 18 October..
The winner will be chosen by a jury consisting of Aftenposten's editor-in-chief Trine Eilertsen, Professor Kjetil Storesletten at the University of Oslo, and Professor and NHH Rector Øystein Thøgersen.
"An Honour to Present"
"It is an honor and a pleasure to contribute to presenting this award in Victor's name. He has meant a lot to NHH, but also to the public debate," says Øystein Thøgersen.
"At the same time, it feels very fitting to present the award at the Alumni Conference, as Victor has a very high standing among countless cohorts of NHH students," he adds.
"Victor is seriously ill, so we are very pleased to be able to use the occasion at the Alumni Conference to honor him in this way," concludes Thøgersen.