Research at Norges Bank
It is Norges Bank's aim to engage in research which is publishable in national and international academic journals. Norges Bank regularly invites researchers to present and discuss research.
External publishing provides an overview of forthcoming and already published articles. Reprints of articles that have been published are available in the Reprints series.
Research is also published in the Bank's Working Papers series, which is available in PDF format.
Doctoral dissertations which have been written by Norges Bank's employees are published in the series Doctoral Dissertations in Economics.
The Bank's research activities is presented in Norges Bank's Annual Report. The section on research is available in chapter 4.
Norges Bank's Research Council
The task of the Research Council is to evaluate the research performed by the Research department as well as to provide the central bank governor with advice concerning research policy. The Research Council is composed of three academics with special expertise in the Research department's areas of research. The council members are appointed by the central bank governor for a period of three years. The council members for the period 2006-2008 are:
Professorship in macroeconomics
Norges Bank endows
a professorship in macroeconomics, with emphasis on monetary policy issues, at the Economics Institute, University of Oslo.
Steinar Holden took up this position on 1 March 2004.
Centre for Monetary Policy and Financial Research
The Centre for Monetary Policy and Financial Research was established in 1997 to stimulate research on monetary policy, financial markets and financial institutions. The centre was established on the initiative of Norges Bank and is financed by contributions from a number of private and public institutions. The centre's funds are used primarily to promote doctoral education in this area.
The centre was planned for a 10-year period and is currently being phased out. Due to a lack of financing, the centre will not award any new scholarships. On the other hand, the centre will continue to provide support for doctoral courses.
Read more on the centre's own website (in Norwegian)