Job placement for prior classes

Candidates from the PhD programme in Economics at Stockholm University successfully continue to top job placements, in academia, governments, trade and industry, finance and banking. Find out where they went after finishing their PhD studies.

  • Mattias Folkestad, postdoc, University of Gothenburg
  • Nils Landén Mammos, Senior Economist, Financial Stability Department, Sveriges Riksbank
  • Jinci Liu, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
  • Juan Llavador Peralt, Research Economist, Bank of Portugal
  • Jens Oehlen, postdoc 1 year, Kiel Institute for the World Economy; Assistant Professor, University of York (2027)
  • Jonatan Riberth, postdoc 1 year, IFN/Stanford University; postdoc 3 year, Stockholm School of Economics

  • Agneta Berge, postdoc, Uppsala University
  • Jakob Beuschlein, postdoc, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin
  • Iacopo Bianchi, Economist, World Bank’s African Gender Innovation Lab.
  • Dominik Biesalski, Technical Officer, International Labour Organization
  • Patrizia Massner, postdoc, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
  • Ossian Prane, postdoc 1 year, London College University; Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics (2026)

  • Stefan Hinkelmann, Junior Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Philipp Hochmuth, Economist, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank)
  • David Jackson, postdoc, Vrije University Amsterdam
  • Fredrik Paues, Economist, Konjunkturinstitutet
  • Evelina Linnros, Analyst, Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner
  • Charlotte Lucke, Analyst, Oxera (consulting firm)
  • Nicklas Nordfors, Assistant Professor, University of Gothenburg
  • Miika Päällysaho, Researcher, VATT, the Institute for Economic Research

  • Mattias Almquist, Macroeconomic Research, National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet)
  • Gualtiero Azzalini, Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics and Research Fellow, Swedish House of Finance
  • Tillmann von Carnap-Bornheim, postdoc, Stanford University; Assistant Professor, University of Oslo (2024)
  • Markus Kondziella, Assistant Professor, University of St. Gallen
  • Francesco Loiacono, Principal Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Markus Peters, Supply and Purchasing Manager, NordiCare
  • Yanick Sebastian Tebbe, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School
  • Claire Thürwächter, European Economics Team, Morgan Stanley
  • Jens Wikström, Assistant Professor, University of Gothenburg
  • Yangzhou Yuan, Assistant Professor, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University

  • Ulrika Ahrsjö, Stockholm School of Economics; Uppsala University
  • Iman Dadgar, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
  • José Elias Gallegos Dago, Bank of Spain
  • John Kramer, University of Copenhagen
  • Erik Lindgren, self-employed
  • Xueping Sun, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Malin Tallås-Ahlzén, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University

2021

  • Divya Dev, Storytel
  • Nanna Fukushima, University of Stavanger
  • Roza Khoban, Princeton University; University of Zurich

2020

  • Daniel Almén, Institute for Housing and Urban Research
  • Niklas Blomqvist, Swedish Trade Union Confederation
  • Richard Foltyn, University of Glasgow
  • Selene Ghisolfi, Catholic University
  • Markus Karlman, Norwegian School of Economics
  • Karin Kinnerud, Norwegian Business School
  • Kasper Kragh-Sørensen, Oslo University
  • Benedetta Lerva, Monash University
  • Louise Lorentzon, Centre for Business and Policy Studies
  • Tamara Thornquist, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
  • Has van Vlokhoven, Tilburgh University
  • Magnus Åhl, Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden)

2019

  • Charlotta Boström, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
  • Serena Cocciolo, World Bank
  • Saman Darougheh, Danmarks centralbank
  • Jaakko Meriläinen, Center for Economic Research at ITAM
  • Matti Mitrunen, University of Chicago
  • Elisabet Olme, University of Gothenburg
  • Jonna Olsson, University of Amsterdam
  • Mathias Pronin, Citibank, Tel Aviv
  • Josef Sigurdsson, Bocconi University
  • Vanessa Sternbeck-Fryxell, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden)

2018

  • Evangelia Pateli, Competition and Markets Authority, UK
  • Wei Si, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai
  • Jakob Almerud, National Institute of Economic Research
  • Mathias Iwanowsky, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
  • Sirus Dehdari, Uppsala University
  • Karl Harmenberg, Copenhagen Business School
  • Daniel Knutsson, Stockholm University
  • Dany Kessel, Södertörn University
  • Matilda Kilström, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Joakim Jansson, Linneaus University
  • Laurence Malafry, Potsdam Institute for Climate Change; Oslo University

2017

  • Kiflu Gedefe Molla, Ethiopian Development Institute
  • Jürg Fausch, Lucerne University
  • Niklas Kaunitz, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Hannes Malmberg, Stanford University and University of Minnesota
  • Erik Öberg, Uppsala University
  • Martin Berlin, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Nathaniel Lane, MIT; Monash University
  • Anders Österling, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University
  • Erik Prawitz, Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
  • Julia Boguslaw, Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)

2016

  • Manja Gärtner, Linköping University
  • Audinga Baltrunaite, Research Department, Bank of Italy
  • Niels-Jakob Harbo Hansen, IMF, Washington DC
  • Theodoros Rapanos, Södertörn University
  • Miri Stryjan, Ben Gurion University
  • Mounir Karadja, Uppsala universitet
  • Shuhei Kitamura, Rochester University
  • André Richter, EasyJet London

2015

  • Johan Egebark, Arbetsförmedlingen
  • Sara Fogelberg, Karolinska Institutet
  • Per Olof Robling, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Torsten Rogall, University of British Columbia Vancouver School of Economics

2014

  • Pedro Brinca, European University Institute
  • Alex Schmitt, CESifo Group Munich
  • Wei Xiao, RIEM, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
  • Linnéa Wickström Östervall, CRB, Uppsala University

2013

  • Pamela Campa, University of Calgary
  • Maria Cheung, Public Employment Service, Research Unit
  • Mathias Ekström, Norwegian School of Economics
  • Emma von Essen, University of Aarhus
  • Christina Håkansson, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden)
  • Ruixue Jia, UCSD School of International Relations
  • Christian Odendahl, Roubini Global Economics
  • Ettore Panetti, University of Sassari
  • Bei Qin, School of Economics and Finance, Univ. of Hongkong
  • David Seim, University of Toronto
  • Abdulaziz Shifa, Syracuse University
  • Eric Sjöberg, University of Utah

2012

  • Gustav Engström, Beijer Institute
  • Johan Gars, Beijer Institute
  • Jinfeng Ge, Fudan University
  • Karolina Holmberg, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden)
  • Lisa Laun, Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
  • Susan Niknami, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Martin Nybom, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Martin Olsson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
  • Nicholas Sheard, University of Provence Aix-Marseille
  • Daniel Spiro, University of Oslo

2011

  • David von Below, University of Oxford
  • Dario Caldara, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  • Jaewon Kim, Swedish Competition Authority
  • Andreas Müller, Columbia Business School
  • Gülay Özcan, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Magnus Rödin, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Michael Song, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

2010

  • Marieke Bos, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • David Yanagizawa Drott, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
  • Shon Ferguson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
  • Olle Folke, SIPA, Columbia University
  • Patrik Gränsmark, Swedish Institute for Social Research
  • Lalaina Hirvonen, Ekonomistyrningsverket, The Swedish National Financial Management Authority
  • Jan Klingelhöfer, European University Institute
  • Marta Lachowska, W.E. Upjohn Institute
  • Hans Lindblad, Ministry of Finance, Sweden
  • Erik Meyersson, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Maria Perrotta, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Eva Skult, Department of Economics, Stockholm University

Last updated: 2026-06-22

Source: Department of Economics