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
Quantitative work including data management, model estimation, and programming in Python.
Teaching grades 1 to 10 in Norwegian, maths, English, science, religion and ethics, as well as physical exercise.
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).
Customer Service, logistics, preparation of rental cars.
Education
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.
Includes statistics and maths. Bachelor essay titled "Electoral Implications of the Rational Choice Theory".
Music Production
Academic specialization with media
Positions
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.
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.