Hi, I'm Monica Beeder, and I have a PhD in Economics from Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics where I was affiliated with FAIR, Chr. Michelsen Institute and Development Learning Lab.
In January 2025, I will start working as a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Southampton. During the fall of 2024, I am a Postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the research group Behavioral Economics of Crime and Conflict in Freiburg, Germany.
You can read my CV here .
My main research interests are development economics, conflict economics, and economics of crime. I am working on cocaine production and violence in Colombia. I am also working on ethnic identity and discrimination in Ethiopia. Thirdly, I am working on military drones and radicalization in an African context.
Additionally, I am devoted to transparency, reproducibility, and replication in academic research. Before starting my Ph.D. I worked as an RA on a replication project, and I am currently part of a meta-study on replication by The Institute for Replication (I4R).
I hold an MA in Economics from the University of Bergen, where the focus was on economic shocks and drug-related violence in Colombia.
Previously, I have been studying Political Economy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American culture studies in Argentina, Brazil, Nepal, Nicaragua, Portugal, and Spain.
I am also working as an international election observer for Norway. Last year I observed the elections in Kazakhstan and Guatemala short-term.
You can also read about my Research, my Teaching and my outreach in Media .
You can find my contact information here.
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