Kristofer Jakobsson

Personal

My educational background is a master in sociotechnical systems engineering at Uppsala University. Apart from studies in energy and the economy, my interests are literature and music (especially singing).

Research activities

• Dynamics of oil prices
• Energy and economy interlinkages
• Short- and medium-term oil production outlooks
• Energy security: price vulnerability to imported oil and gas
• Agent-based modeling
• Input-Output modeling

Publications

• "How reasonable are oil production scenarios from public agencies?" Kristofer Jakobsson, Bengt Söderbergh, Mikael Höök, Kjell Aleklett. Energy Policy 37 (11), p. 4809-4818

• "European energy security: The future of Norwegian natural gas production" Bengt Söderbergh, Kristofer Jakobsson and Kjell Aleklett. Energy Policy 37 (12), p. 5037-5055.

• "European energy security: An analysis of future Russian natural gas production and exports" Bengt Söderbergh, Kristofer Jakobsson and Kjell Aleklett. Energy Policy, in press.

• "The evolution of giant oil field production behaviour" Mikael Höök, Bengt Söderbergh, Kristofer Jakobsson, and Kjell Aleklett. Natural Resources Research 18 (1), p. 39-56.

• "The peak of the oil age – reviewing the reference scenario World Oil Outlook, in IEA World Energy Outlook 2008." Kjell Aleklett, Mikael Höök, Kristofer Jakobsson, Michael Lardelli, Simon Snowden and Bengt Söderbergh. Energy Policy 38 (3), p. 1398-1414.

• Diploma thesis (May 2007): Oil Use and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Publications under review

Presentations and speeches

• Vårt behov av fossila energiresurser
  En dag för framtiden, 29th August 2010, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

• Fossila energiresurser och ekonomin
  Energitinget, 17th March 2010, Stockholm, Sweden

• Oil dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa
  Tällberg Forum, 28th June 2009, Tällberg, Sweden

• The challenge of predicting global oil production
  Oil and Gas Reserve Production Optimisation Forum, 12th June 2009, Prague, Czech Republic
  

• Vad kan vi veta om framtidens oljepris?
  Energitinget, 11th March 2009, Stockholm, Sweden

• Peak oil - oljetoppen
  Finansnätverk SKL, 7th October 2008, Landstingsförbundet, Stockholm, Sweden

• Forecasting oil production with the Maximum Depletion Rate Model
  Seminar, 10th September 2008, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China

• Understanding the economic impacts of peak oil
  Seminar 29th August 2008, Institute of Engineering Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

• Oil use, economic growth and transport: The case of Sub-Saharan Africa
  International Transport Forum 29th May 2008, Leipzig, Germany

University lectures

• Världens energianvändning
  Guest lecture on the course "Klimatet, energin och det moderna samhället" 2010-10-28
• "Fossila bränslen, det moderna samhället och oljans framtid"
  Recurring guest lecture held in 2007, 2008 and 2009 within the course "Klimatet, energin och det moderna samhället" at CEMUS, Uppsala University