Researcher

Ole Vik


Political Economist

2015 graduate with a Master’s Degree in Comparative Politics from the University of Bergen. Currently a Research Assistant at the Norwegian School of Economics and Substitute Teacher through PVS.

Experience

2015-
Research Assistant, Norwegian School of Economics

Quantitative work including data management, model estimation, and programming in Python.

2015-
Substitute Teacher, Pedagogisk Vikarsentral

Teaching grades 1 to 10 in Norwegian, maths, English, science, religion and ethics, as well as physical exercise.

2014-2015
Seminar Instructor, University of Bergen

Prepared structure and topical content of the seminars, and held seminar meetings in both Norwegian and English for students enrolled in the Bachelor’s Course in Comparative Politics. Courses: Political Economy (5 groups), Bachelor Essay in Comparative Politics (7 groups), Perspectives and Methods of the Social Sciences (2 groups).

2013, 2014, 2015
Customer Service Representative, Sixt Norway

Customer Service, logistics, preparation of rental cars.

Education

2013-2015
Master’s Degree in Comparative Politics, University of Bergen

Includes qualitative and quantitative methods. Thesis written within the field of comparative political economy, titled "A changed welfare-state. Sweden through the 1980s, How the organization of labor unions and politics matter for economic performance", and graded as exceptional.

2010-2013
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Economy, University of Bergen

Includes statistics and maths. Bachelor essay titled "Electoral Implications of the Rational Choice Theory".

2009-2010
Diploma, Manger Folkehøgskule

Music Production

2006-2009
Diploma, Breivika Videregående Skole

Academic specialization with media

Positions

2013-2015
Student Council for Comparative Politics, Board Member

Former representative for Political Economy, more recently representative for the masters student to the Educational Committee and the Departmental Council at the Department for Comparative Politics.

2012-2013
Student Council for Political Economy, Board Member

Promoted the degree and the student’s interests to the Department of Comparative Politics and the Department of Economics, and also organized meetings and social events with the rest of the board.

Miscellaneous

Citizen of Norway, fluent in Norwegian and English speech, read and write both excellently.