Personal Data
Date and place of birth: 28. November, 1970, Oslo, Norway.
Two children: Nelly Therese Melberg (June, 1997) and Kari Synnøve Melberg (August, 2000)
Occupation: Research fellow, post. doc. Institute for Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo.
Address: Hans O. Melberg, Folke Bernadottesv. 1B, N-0862 Oslo, Norway.
Phone: + 47 22 23 18 49
E-mail:  hans.melberg@gmail.com   (private) (work)

Education
2001-2005 Ph.D, Economics, University of Oslo, Cost-Benefit Analysis
1999-2000 Russian, University of Oslo.
1997-1999 Cand. Polit., Economics (The Norwegian degree "Cand. Polit" is more than a master, but less than a Ph.D)
1996-97 Russia and East Europe Area Studies, University of Oslo
1996-97 Economics, University of Oslo
1994-95 Compulsory army service in Norway
1991-94 B.A. (honours), "Philosophy, Politics and Economics." Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UK.
1990-91 Bjerkely People's School. Arneberg, Norway.
1988-90 International Baccalaureate, The A. H. United World College, USA.
1977-88 Basic education in Norway.

Published (excluding articles in student journals)
5. Melberg, Hans O. (1999a) "Kommer russerne fra Mars? Om bruken av kultur som forklaringsvariabel i russisk politikk" (On the use of culture to explain Russian history) , Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, no. 4: 313-337.

4. Kolstø, Pål, Irina Malkova and Hans O. Melberg (1999) "Linguistic and attitudinal integration in Latvia and Kazakstan" in Pål Kolstø (ed.) Nation-Building and Ethnic Integration in Post-Soviet Societies. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 227-280.

3. Melberg, Hans O. (1998) "Et forsvar for antagelsen om rasjonalitet" (Defending the assumption of rational choice), Impuls, 52: 27-37.

2. Melberg, Hans O. (ed.) (1998) Russia - Quo Vadis?, Report from a conference sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Oslo in May 1998.

1. Melberg, Hans O. (1996) "Tre årsaker til urettferdigheter", Lov og Rett, no. 8, 471-499

For more of my papers, please see Papers by Hans O. Melberg (http://www.oocities.org/hmelberg/papers/papers.htm)
 

 Unpublished thesis and major papers

- Melberg, Hans O. (1999) A critical discussion of Jon Elster's arguments about rational choice, infinite regress and the collection of information, thesis, University of Oslo, 1999. (http://www.oocities.org/hmelberg/papers/infinite.pdf)

- Melberg, Hans O. (1998), Is ethnic conflict the outcome of individually rational actions?,  http://www.oocities.org/hmelberg/papers/980522.htm

 
Awards (a selection)

1999 H.r.advokat Rygh's legat (to prepare a Ph.D application) ($5000)
1996 Espeland's Memorial Award (An essay contest about justice in Norway) ($7000)
1994 The Fairbrother Prize (An annual essay contest at Lincoln College, University of Oxford)
1992 Old Member's Exhibition at Lincoln College, Oxford University

More relevant information
1. Work experience
1999 - present: Research Fellow and Ph.D Student at the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS). Main focus: Cost-benefit analysis.
1997 - 1999: Project Assistant, Professor Pal Kolsto, University of Oslo. Project: Integration and Nation-Building in Bipolar Post-Soviet Societies
1997 - 2002: Assistant teacher in Statistics at the University of Oslo (part-time) ("Seminarleder")
1998 May: Co-organizer of the conference "Russia - Quo Vadis?" on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Oslo (with Pål Kolstø.)
1997 Assistant teacher in Introductory Economics at the University of Oslo (part-time, one term) ("Seminarleder")
1997 Spring term: Assistant teacher in Russian history at the Univeristy of Oslo (small, part-time) ("Kollokvieleder")
1987-96 "Anvikstranda Camping" - a Norwegain campground (every summer)
In 1996 I made a computer program to computerize the administration of the campground (statistics, maps, calculating bills, maintaining a visitors database etc.).

2. Sports
1993-94 Played Ice-hockey for the first team at the University of Oxford.
Various years: soccer, basketball and volleyball (school teams).

3. Positions
1998 - present : Member of Nordberg Church Council ("menighetsrådet")
1987-88 Chairman of the Student Council at Skarnes High School

4. Lectures Delivered
1997 - "Lessons from History" at The Nordic Red Cross UWC (in English)
1996 - "Some of Jon Elster's ideas" at Berg High School (in English)