As of February 2003, Øksendal has over 130 published works, including nine books. In 1982 he taught a postgraduate course in stochastic calculus at the University of Edinburgh which led to the book Øksendal, Bernt K. (1982). Stochastic Differential Equations: An Introduction with Applications. Springer, Berlin. In 2005, he taught a course in stochastic calculus at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town.
He resided at Hosle.[1] He married Eva Aursland in June 1968. They have three children: Elise (born 1971), Anders (1974) and Karina (1981).
Awards and Appointments
Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The fellowship was awarded by the Science and Engineering Research Council, UK (Jan.-June 1982).
Norwegian Mathematical Society (Chairman 1987-1989)
Appointed VISTA Professor by The Norwegian Academy of Sciences (1992-1996)
Awarded Nansen Prize (1996)
Elected member of Royal Norwegian Science Society (2002)
European Research Council's Advanced Grant for Innovations in Stochastic Analysis and Applications (INNOSTOCH) (2009-2014)
Awarded University of Oslo Research Prize for excellent research (2014)
Scientific leader of the research program Challenges in Stochastic Control, Information and Applications (STOCONINF) (2016-2020)
Appointed Honorary doctor at the Norwegian School of Economics