Why do women still own less wealth than men? To answer that question, researchers are looking to the past. A new research project led by Elise Dermineur Reuterswärd at Stockholm University will trace the fortunes of Swedish women and men from 1850 to 1950, revealing how laws, inheritance practices and family structures shaped access to wealth across generations.
STOCKHOLM, 8 October 2026 – Researchers and security practitioners from across the Nordic region gathered in Stockholm on 7–8 October for the kick-off workshop of NORDSECURE, a new NordForsk-funded research project exploring the resilience and future of the Nordic security community.
We are delighted to welcome four new PhD students in both economic history and international relations. It will be very exciting to follow these doctoral students from start to finish, and we wish them all the best in their respective projects.
The department is delighted to welcome four new researchers to PROTECT — Protectionism in Place: Explaining How Subnational Change Affects Public Support for Protectionism.
Security experts and researchers from across Europe and the rest of the world gathered last week at Stockholm University for the European Security Studies Conference (ESSC) 2026, one of the continent’s leading academic conferences on security issues. The conference took place on June 11–12, bringing together a broad group of participants to discuss the evolving challenges shaping European and global security.
On May 6, Professor Mark Rhinard helped inaugurate the University of Helsinki’s new Societal Security Hub, an interdisciplinary initiative bringing together academic, public, private, and civil society actors.
On April 24, 2026, Axel Nordenstam successfully defended his dissertation 'India's Green Status Dilemma - A Practice Approach'.
The positions are linked to the ERC-funded project PROTECT (”Protectionism in Place: Explaining How Subnational Change Affects Public Support for Protectionism”).
The talk addresses how climate communication and policy can move beyond despair and fragmentation toward more effective forms of collective action.
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Following a period of globalisation, protectionist measures have become increasingly common over the past decade. This ERC-funded project examines the factors behind the increased support for this new wave of protectionism.
On December 19, 2025, Vitaly Fedchenko successfully defended his thesis "Opening the Nuclear Black Box: SCOT and the Social Construction of Global Nuclear Governance".
Mark Rhinard, Professor in the Department of Economic History and International Relations, has received funding for the project “Resilience or Rupture? The Nordic Security Community in an Age of Antagonistic Threats” (NORDSECURE).
