Welcome to a two-day workshop bringing together researchers and practitioners to present ongoing work, discuss methodological challenges, and build networks across academia, the public sector, and private organizations. Topics span a wide range of areas, including labor markets, education, behavioral economics, discrimination, and public policy.
Keynote
Robert Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will deliver the keynote lecture, “The Acceptability of Field Experimentation.” The talk explores whether and under what conditions field experiments are perceived as legitimate and acceptable—both among the general public and within academia. It builds on the paper “Who’s Afraid of Policy Experiments?” as well as ongoing work on the acceptability of experimental methods in academic research.
Who is the workshop for?
The workshop is open to researchers, students, and practitioners with an interest in experimental methods. Participation is welcome both with and without presenting a paper.
Programme
Day 1 – Thursday May 21
- 09:00: Welcome and coffee
- 09:30: Keynote – Robert Dur: «The Acceptability of Field Experimentation»
- 10:30: Coffee break
- 10:45: Session I – Labour & Integration
- Johan Vikström: «Motivating Job Seekers. A Field Experiment»
- Karen Hauge: «Perceived Discrimination and Refugee Integration»
- 11:45: Lunch
- 12:45: Session II – Behaviour & Environment
- Mathias Ekström: «Climate-Impact Knowledge and Consumer Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Information Experiment Linked to Scanner Data»
- Gøril Andreassen: «Salience of toll ring prices»
- Alice Ciccone: «Does Cost Information Shift Carsharing Adoption? A Randomized Field Experiment in Bergen, Norway»
- Coffee break
- 14:30: Session III – Behaviour & Development
- Miri Stryjan: «Balancing the Books and Morale: Incentives for Credit Officers in Uganda»
- Theodor Kouro: «Let Me Choose What I'm Best at: A Natural Field Experiment with Volunteers»
- 14:30: Coffee break
- 15:45: Session IV – Peer Effects
- Henning Finseraas: «No Peer Effect in Turnout in Four Field Experiments»
- Åshild A. Johnsen: TBD
Presentations are held in room PI559. Coffee breaks and lunch will be in room PI551.
Day 2 – Friday May 22
- 09:00 Coffee
- 09:15 Session V – Experiments in the Public Sector
- F. Ceren Ay: «Putting Policy back into “Behavioral Public Policy”»
- Lars Johannessen Kirkebøen: «Statistics Norway’s (SSB) new advisory scheme for experiments»
- 10:05: Coffee break
- 10:20: Session VI – Program Evaluations
- Nina Drange: «Can a low-intensive out-of-school program prevent high school drop-out among at-risk youth? Evidence from Flyt»
- Joakim Finne: «The Mother in Norway Study»
- Øystein M. Hernæs: «Does Employment Protection Keep Older Workers in Their Jobs? Pre-Analysis Plan for Norway's 70→72 Reform»
- 11:30: Coffee break
- 11:40: Session VII – Leadership
- Torbjørn Hanson: «The Causal Effect of Leadership: Evidence from the Armed Forces»
- Marie Viken: «Lean in the bureaucracy: How does process management fit in reorganization of case management in traditional public administration?»
- 12:45–14:00: Closing remarks and lunch
Presentations are held in room PI559. Coffee breaks and lunch will be in room PI551.
