Päivi Lujala defended her dissertation in economics at NTNU on Monday 16 June. Her dissertation was on ‘Natural Resources and Armed Civil Conflict’. She engaged the two opponents, Anke Hoeffler (Oxford) and Gaute Torsvik (Bergen), in a spirited debate. Her two dissertation advisors Ragnar Torvik (NTNU) and Scott Gates (CSCW/NTNU) were extremely proud.