Biography

Linda Nøstbakken is the Research Director at Statistics Norway and Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), where she previously served as deputy rector and vice rector for academic affairs.

Her research primarily examines the use and management of natural resources and the environment. She has published in leading economics journals, with recent work examining the management of marine resources, land use policy for protecting endangered species, and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Nøstbakken is Associate Editor of Marine Resource Economics and serves on the editorial board of Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. She previously held editorial roles at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Natural Resource Modeling.

She has contributed extensively to public policy through participation in a number of governmental expert commissions and advisory panels. Most recently, she chaired Norway’s Aquaculture Commission (NOU 2023: 23) and the Low Wage Commission (NOU 2024: 11). She currently serves on the Ministry of Finance’s Advisory Panel on Fiscal Policy Analysis and the expert commission evaluating nuclear power options for Norway.

She is a board member of the Research Council of Norway and President-Elect of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), where she will serve as President for the 2026–2027 term.