Erkki Koskela#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1998 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/personnel/photos/index_html?key=1416 |
Erkki Koskela passed away June 28, 20.
Positions Held
- 2006 - 2011 Academy Professor in Economics (Academy of Finland)
- 1990 - 1996 Chairman, Research Council of the Government Institute of Economic Research, Helsinki
- 1989 Vice Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
- 1997 Chairman, Department of economics, University of Helsinki
- 1983 - 1988 Chairman, Department of economics, University of Helsinki
- 1981 Professor of Public Economics, University of Helsinki.
- 1980 - 1981 Associate Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki
- 1979 - 1981 Acting Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki
- 1978 - 1979 A Junior (and Senior) researcher in the Academy of Finland
- 1977 - 1977 Acting Associate professor of Economics
- 1976 - 1977 A visiting fellow under the ASLA/Fullbright scholarship, Department of Economics, *Princeton University
- 1971 - 1975 A Member of the Monetary Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Helsinki
- 1968 - 1970 Teaching assistant, University of Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- International outsourcing
- Public and labour economics in different focuses
- Forest and environmental economics
- Research on Economic Policy
Honours and Awards
- 1985 - 1993 Member, The Scientific Board of the Research Institute for Labour Movement, Helsinki
- 1987 - 1988 Chairman, August The Evaluation Committee of Tax Reform Proposals (appointed by the Minister of Finance)
- 1992 Member, The Expert Group of Economic Policy (appointed by the Prime Minister)
- 1994 - 2005 Board Member, The Institute of International Economic Law, University of Helsinki
- 1992, 1994,1996,1998 Member, The Selection Committee for the Yrjö Jahnsson Award
- 1993 Permanent Member, The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 1993 - 1996 Member, The Scientific Council of the Central Statistical Institute
- 1995 - 1996 Member, The Economic Council’s Committee “Public Debt, Growth and Employment"
- 1995 - 1999 Member, The Council of the European Economic Association
- 1998 - 2000 Member of Supervisory Board, Mandatum Bank
- 1996 - 1997 Member, The Committee on “European Monetary Union and Finland” (appointed by the Prime Minister)
- 1998 - 2003 Member, The Council of Economic Advisers (appointed by the Minister of Finance)
- 1999 Member, Programme Committee of the International Faustmann Symposium Darmstadt
- 2003 - 2005 Chairman, Research Council of the Pellervo Research Institute, Helsinki
- 2000 Research Fellow, CESifo (Munchen, Germany)
- 2000 Member, Academia Europaea
- 2002 Honorary doctor, Faculty of Economics and Industrial Management, University of Oulu, Finland.
- 2003 Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labour, IZA (Bonn, Germany)
- 2004 - 2006 Chairman of Board, Helsinki Center of Economic Research
- 2005 - 2013 The Treasurer and Board Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2009 - 2013 Deputy chairman, Group of Social Sciences of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
