The Research School in Economics and Business Administration (ECOBA) educate researchers who study how people and firms behave and interact within and between organizations and markets.
The PhD programme at The Research School in Economics and Business Administration (ECOBA) prepares you for a career in academia and positions in the private and public sector.
As a PhD student at the school, you become part of an international and ambitious research environment. You get to work closely with renowned researchers, conduct independent research and develop your teaching skills. Upon completing the doctoral degree, you will be awarded the title PhD (Philosophiae doctor).
ECOBA offers professional specialization in economics, finance, marketing, innovation and management.
ECOBA is a part of the University of Stavanger Business School and the PhD programme in social sciences at the University of Stavanger Business School.
Apply
Apply for the PhD programme by applying for one of the vacant PhD positions
Courses
PhD courses in the social sciences offered at the University of Stavanger
Study plan
Information about the different elements of the PhD programme in Social sciences
Guide for PhD Education
Start-up, implementation and final phase
Industrial and public sector PhD
A 3-year research project and PhD degree that is carried out in a collaboration involving a private or public sector company, an Industrial PhD candidate and a university
News
Learning to create interventions that can change lives
Ph.D.-students and UiS faculty spent a full week diving into the methodology of behavioural interventions from Dr. David...
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One of the world's foremost experts in econometrics taught PhD students
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UiS Business School doctors celebrated at the annual conferral of doctoral degrees
On Thursday, October 29th, the University of Stavanger arranged the annual celebration and conferral of doctoral degrees...
Meet our PhD candidates
Department of Economics and Finance
Department of Accounting and Law
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Economics and Finance
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Leader of ECOBA and Professor of Economics E-mail: mari.rege@uis.no Phone: 51833721
PhD coordinator for the PhD programme in the social sciences E-mail: nadya.sandsmark@uis.no Phone: 51832787
PhD Education at the University of Stavanger
A three-year research education in Stavanger, Norway