I am a researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. I received my PhD in Economics from Stockholm University in September 2024.

My main research interests are in economic development and environmental economics.

Email: nicklas.nordfors@economics.gu.se

Working papers

A robot-assisted pipeline to rapidly scan 1.7 million historical aerial photographs
(with Sheila Masson, Alan Potts, Allan Williams, Steve Berggreen, Kevin McLaren, Sam Martin, Eugenio Noda, Nic Ruecroft, Hannah Druckenmiller, Solomon Hsiang, Andreas Madestam, and Anna Tompsett)
arXiv pre-print

Trade and pollution: Evidence from India
(with Malin Niemi and Anna Tompsett)
arXiv pre-print

Droughts and the growth of cities
Pre-print

Work in progress

60 years of global environmental change 1939-1999: digitization of 1.6 million historical aerial photographs
(with Aerial History Project)