Last updated on: 8/21/2013 | Author: ProCon.org

Niklas Jakobsson, PhD Biography

Title:
Research Fellow at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA)
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Aug. 20, 2013

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Research Fellow, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), 2010-present
  • Lecturer, Karlstad University (Sweden), 2010-present
  • Project Leader, “Knowledge, Information, and Retirement: Survey Experiments on How Information Influences Retirement Plans,” funded by the Research Council of Norway, 2012-2013
  • Project Leader, “Equal Opportunities and Long Time Care: The Mediating Role of the Welfare State,” funded by the Research Council of Norway, 2011-2013
  • Visiting PhD candidate, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), financed by the Nordic Centre of Excellence in Welfare Research (REASSESS), 2008-2009
  • Recipient, Best Teacher Award, University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law Student Union (Sweden), 2007
  • Recipient, Ernst Wigforss’ stipendiet (scholarship), 2007
  • Board member, “We Are the World” seminar series, University of Gothenburg Department of Economics (Sweden), 2006-07
  • Vice president, Graduate Student Association, University of Gothenburg Department of Economics (Sweden), 2005-06
  • Board member, PhD student council, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 2005-06
  • Political Secretary, Municipality of Karlstad (Sweden), 2003
Education:
  • PhD, Economics, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 2010
  • PhL (Licentiate), Economics, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 2007
  • BS, Economics, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 2005
Other:
  • Born July 8, 1981
Quoted in:
  1. Does Legal Prostitution Lead to Human Trafficking and Slavery?