NHH celebrates research talent: 21 PhDs in 2024

SOME OF THE 2024 PhDs: Jareef Bin Martuza, Iffat Tarannum, Ingvild Skarpeid, Lars Arvei Moen and Eirik Berger Abel together with  Vice Rector research, Professor Malin Arve. Photo: Ingunn Gjærde
SOME OF THE 2024 PhDs: Jareef Bin Martuza, Iffat Tarannum, Ingvild Skarpeid, Lars Arvei Moen and Eirik Berger Abel together with Vice Rector research, Professor Malin Arve. Photo: Ingunn Gjærde
By Sigrid Folkestad

10 January 2025 15:34

NHH celebrates research talent: 21 PhDs in 2024

Whether they pursue a career in academia or step into the business world, all highlight NHH's doctoral program as a solid academic foundation

Eirik Berger Abel together with  Vice Rector research, Professor Malin Arve.
Eirik Berger Abel together with Vice Rector research, Professor Malin Arve. Photo: Ingunn Gjærde

Twice a year, NHH organizes a formal celebration for its new doctors, where they receive diplomas from the Vice Rector for Research, Malin Arve.

from nhh To SSB

Last year, 21 candidates defended their dissertations at NHH. One of them was Eirik Berger Abel:

`I can't imagine a better academic background than a PhD from NHH to prepare me for research work at Statistics Norway (SSB),´ says Berger Abel.

He defended his dissertation at NHH in November, focusing on historical inequality and mobility in Norway. Abel was a research fellow at the Department of Economics and is now a researcher in SSB's research department.

Innovation Norway

Lars Arvei Moen recently started a new job at Innovation Norway. He defended his PhD in December with a dissertation on why some companies succeed in achieving digital transformation faster than others. Moen was a PhD candidate at the Department of Strategy and Management.

Lars Arvei Moen recently started a new job at Innovation Norway.
Lars Arvei Moen recently started a new job at Innovation Norway. Photo: Ingunn Gjærde

`Innovation Norway is definitely interested in the PhD and the expertise I bring from NHH, as well as the ability to apply this knowledge in daily work,´ says Moen.

He was one of 50 applicants for the position at Innovation Norway. The PhD from NHH helped him stand out among the applicants and secure the role.

Dissertations in 2024

16 December 2024 Iffat Tarannum: How electronic word of mouth affect consumers | NHH

6 December 2024 Lars Arvei Moen: Why do some firms perform digital transformation faster than others? | NHH

11 November 2024 Ingvild Skarpeid: Understanding Stress and Redistributive Choice | NHH

29 November 2024 Eirik Berger Abel: Historical Inequality and Mobility in Norway | NHH

Alina Ozhegova, Diego Bonelli, Eirik Berger Abel, Benjamin Narum, Monica Beeder, Christian Braathen.
Alina Ozhegova, Diego Bonelli, Eirik Berger Abel, Benjamin Narum, Monica Beeder, and Christian Braathen.

22 October 2024 Monica Beeder: Three essays on conflict and ethnic tensions | NHH

26 September 2024 Akshay Arun Moorthy: New PhD thesis on economic preferences | NHH

13 September 2024 Diego Bonelli: Three essays on the U.S. credit market | NHH

30 August 2024 Cosku Can Orhan: Public Planning of freight transport in logistically complicated small cities | NHH

Cosku Can Orhan, Ingvild Skarpeid, Mohammad Zarei, Daniel Carvajal-Zuniga, and Iffat Tarannum.
Cosku Can Orhan, Ingvild Skarpeid, Mohammad Zarei, Daniel Carvajal-Zuniga, and Iffat Tarannum.

12 September 2024 Jareef Bin Martuza: Essays in Moral Decisions | NHH

23 August 2024 Daniel Carvajal-Zuniga: How and when group identity affects economic behavior | NHH

20 August 2024 Alina Ozhegova: Essays in Industrial Organization of Spatially Differentiated Markets | NHH

24 June 2024 Carolina Costabile: How to succeed in establishing a digital platform ecosystem? | NHH

Mahnaz Fakhrabadi, Thomas Lange, Carolina Costabile, Xuan Li, and Lars Arvei Moen.
Mahnaz Fakhrabadi, Thomas Lange, Carolina Costabile, Xuan Li, and Lars Arvei Moen.

10 June 2024 Arne Nasgowitz: Essays on poverty and economic development | NHH

27 May 2024 Christian Braathen: Essays on Staffing and Transportation | NHH

7 May 2024 Xuan Li: Essays on Shareholders Engagement and Voting | NHH

15 May 2024 Katrine Berg Nødtvedt: The role of consumer identity in access-based consumption | NHH

6 May 2024 Benjamin Narum: Representations of Uncertainty for Decision Modelling | NHH

Akshay Arun Moorthy, Azam Azad Gholami, Katrine Nødtvedt, Arne Nasgowitz, and Jareef Bin Martuza.
Akshay Arun Moorthy, Azam Azad Gholami, Katrine Nødtvedt, Arne Nasgowitz, and Jareef Bin Martuza.

26 April 2024 Thomas Lange: Drivers behind tax non-compliance | NHH

18 March 2024, Mohammad Zarei: The effects of servant leadership | NHH

12 February 2024 Azam Azad Gholami: Consequences of Changes in Commuting Patterns | NHH

22 January 2024 Mahnaz Fakhrabadi: New PhD thesis on decentralized supply channels | NHH