Seppo Honkapohja
Encyclopedia
Seppo Honkapohja is a Finnish
economist
. He is a board member of the Bank of Finland and former Professor of International Macroeconomics
of the University of Cambridge
.
Seppo Honkapohja went to the University of Helsinki
to get a M.Soc.Sc., the Licentiate of Soc.Sc. and 1979 a D.Soc.Sc.
.
From 1975 to 1987 Honkapohja was Scientific Director in the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation
. Until 1991 he then was Professor of Economics at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. 1992 he joined the University of Helsinki as Professor of Economics. In addition he was Academy Professor of the Academy of Finland
from 2000 to 2004. 2004 he went to Cambridge to become the Professor of International Macroeconomics and fellow of Clare College. He researched on modelling of learning and expectations, bounded rationality and their implications for monetary and fiscal policy.
Since 1 January 2008, Seppo Honkapohja is a member of the board of the Finnish central bank with responsibility for research, information technology and Bank of Finland's own investments.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. He is a board member of the Bank of Finland and former Professor of International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
of the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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Career
After receiving the International Baccalaureate at the United World College of the Atlantic in WalesWales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
Seppo Honkapohja went to the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
to get a M.Soc.Sc., the Licentiate of Soc.Sc. and 1979 a D.Soc.Sc.
Doctor of Social Science
The Doctorate of Social Science is a higher qualification offered by select universities, which serves as a doctoral level qualification specifically relating to academic work in the field of social sciences....
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From 1975 to 1987 Honkapohja was Scientific Director in the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation
Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation
The Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation is a charitable foundation whose aims are to not only promote Finnish research in economics and medicine but also to maintain and support educational and research facilities in Finland. It was established in 1954 by the wife of Yrjö Jahnsson, Mrs. Hilma Jahnsson.It...
. Until 1991 he then was Professor of Economics at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. 1992 he joined the University of Helsinki as Professor of Economics. In addition he was Academy Professor of the Academy of Finland
Academy of Finland
The Academy of Finland is a governmental funding body for scientific research in Finland. It is based in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. Yearly, the Academy administers over 260 million euros to Finnish research activities. Over 5,000 researchers are working on the projects supported by the academy...
from 2000 to 2004. 2004 he went to Cambridge to become the Professor of International Macroeconomics and fellow of Clare College. He researched on modelling of learning and expectations, bounded rationality and their implications for monetary and fiscal policy.
Since 1 January 2008, Seppo Honkapohja is a member of the board of the Finnish central bank with responsibility for research, information technology and Bank of Finland's own investments.
Honours
- Member of the Academia EuropaeaAcademia EuropaeaAcademia Europæa is a European non-governmental scientific academy founded in 1988. Its members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. It publishes European Review through Cambridge Journals....
(since 1990) - Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and LettersFinnish Academy of Science and LettersThe Finnish Academy of Science and Letters is a Finnish learned society. It was founded in 1908 as a Finnish-language counterpart of the Swedish-language Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, which had existed since 1838.- Members :The academy has a total of 328 seats for Finnish members...
(since 1991) and Chairman of the Social Science Group (1997–2002) - Fellow of the Econometric SocietyEconometric SocietyThe Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation with statistics and mathematics. It was founded on December 29, 1930 at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio....
(seit 1999) - Fellow of the European Economic AssociationEuropean Economic AssociationThe European Economic Association is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna, Austria...
(since 2004) - Jaakko Honko Medal by Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration 1998
- Doctor of Science h.c. in Economics and Business Administration, Turku School of Economics (2010)