Freja Kvistgaard

Title

PhD Student

Primary affiliation

Freja Kvistgaard CV

Areas of expertise

  • Economics of Education
  • Teachers

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Profile

Freja Kvistgaard is a PhD fellow at the Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University where she is also affiliated with TrygFonden's Centre for Child Research. She holds a Master's degree in Economics with specialization in Public Policy from Aarhus University (2025).

Research

Freja's research focuses on the economics of education, with a particular emphasis on identifying the characteristics of "good teachers" in Danish public schools.

Her PhD supervisors are Professor Maria Knoth Humlum and Professor Helena Skyt Nielsen.

Teaching activities

Teaching Assistant (Department of Economics)

Previous
Econometrics of Policy Evaluation (BA) - the purpose of the course is to teach students the most relevant empirical methods for policy evaluation.