Torbjørn Hanson

Contact information:

Address: Norwegian Defence Reaserch Establishment;Instituttveien 20, P.O. Box

Email: torbjorn.hanson@ffi.no

Personal information:

Date of birth: 04.22.1980

Citizenship: Norwegian

Current position:

Senior Researcher, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

Research fields:

Production economics, Personnel economics, Behavioral economics

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Oslo

Projects:

PECON: In this project we study a wide range of topics in labor/personnel economics based on register data from the Norwegian Armed Forces in addition to field experimental data. The project is financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Defense. Main topics:

• Retention, recruitment, rotation, commuting

• Effects of diversity on performance

Cost Efficiency in the Armed Forces (KOSTER VI): The aim of the project is to provide policy recommendations on cost efficiency in the Norwegian Defense Sector. Main topics:

• Measurement of productivity and efficiency in the military

• Organizational incentives for cost efficiency

• Efficiency measures in the Norwegian Armed Forces / Norwegian Defense Sector