The  section has strong expertise in operations research and quantitative analysis in economics and finance. All our research activities are application-oriented and aim to provide the tools and methods for decision support to a broad range of stakeholders from industry and policy in the area of, among others, energy, finance, health, maritime.
In addition, the research section hosts the Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies (NTRANS) and the NTNU Energy Transition initiative, as well as manages and participates in several other research projects.
The keywords of our research are:

• Computational healthcare logistics
• Decarbonization of the energy system and society
• Decision making under uncertainty
• Design and operation of large-scale techno-economic systems
• Energy economics
• Forecasting
• Integration and management of renewable energy generation
• Inventory control 
• Macroeconomic analysis
• Maritime transport optimization
• Micromobility
• Quantitative logistics
• Real options
• Supply chain optimization
• Sustainable finance
• Vehicle routing and scheduling