Breakfast with 2026 Stone Centre postdoc Ossian Prane

Ossian Prane is one of the Stone Centre's new postdocs for 2026.

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Having recently presented his ongoing research at the Stone Centre breakfast, we caught up with Ossian to learn more about his research and inspiration.

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What is your academic background?

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I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Lund University, a Master’s degree in Econometrics from Stockholm University, and a PhD in Economics from Stockholm University.

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What is your research about?

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The research project I presented at the Stone Centre breakfast examines how carbon pricing policies affect employment across local labor markets. While climate regulation is often criticised for destroying jobs in emission-intensive industries, the existing empirical evidence is mixed and offers limited insight into long-run general equilibrium effects. I address this gap by developing and estimating a spatial dynamic model that quantifies employment and earnings impacts across industries and regions.

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What inspired you?

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My research is inspired by the immense challenge of decarbonising the global economy in time to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. I hope that my work can help policymakers design effective climate policies that support a just transition.

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How do you intend to develop it before publication?

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The project is still at an early stage. The next step is to take the model to the data and then perform counterfactual analyses to assess the dynamic labor market consequences of carbon policies.

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Did the Stone Centre breakfast help?

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Presenting the project at the Stone Centre breakfast was very helpful. I received a great deal of constructive feedback and gained new insights into how to approach my research question, which will be valuable going forward. The researchers at the Stone Centre, with their extensive expertise in labour economics and wealth inequality, are a great resource, and engaging with them has helped further my research agenda.