Hedda Thorell awarded European Central Bank Lamfalussy Fellowship
Hedda Thorell, a PhD student in economics at Stockholm University, and Gökhan Ider at Freie Universität Berlin, have been awarded the Lamfalussy Fellowship, along with an honorarium of 10,000 euro. Together they study the design of monetary policy in the euro area.
The Lamfalussy Fellowship is a program at the European Central Bank, where up to to five research proposals annually receive an honorarium of 10,000 euro.
Hedda Thorell’s research project is a collaboration with Gökhan Ider at Freie Universität Berlin. The PhD students will work on their study ”News-driven fluctuations and monetary policy transmission” during the program.
”We combine news data with data from financial markets and study how news affects euro‑area countries in different ways, and how this shapes the design and transmission of monetary policy in the euro area,” says Hedda.
Hedda Thorell, PhD student in economics at Stockholm University.
About the Lamfalussy Fellowship
The Lamfalussy Fellowship was launched in 2003 and aims to promote research on the financial system in Europe. Fellows are expected to write a research paper and present their work at workshops and conferences.
Over the years, fellows have published their work from the Lamfalussy Fellowship in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies.
Last updated: 2026-05-19
Source: Department of Economics