The Department of Economics is co-developing a new master’s programme in public administration and the European Union, which has now been awarded government funding.
Seven researchers at the Department of Economics have been awarded major grants from the Handelsbanken Research Foundations following this spring’s application round. One of them is Laura Montenbruck, who receives SEK 1 million for a project examining discrimination against female bus passengers in Delhi.
Two PhD students have developed a new open system designed to make it easier for researchers to understand, use, and replicate studies based on register data. The tools are already used by researchers and Swedish government agencies, and autolabel is installed in Statistics Sweden's secure research environment MONA.
New research published in the Journal of Labor Economics finds that gender norms influence the division of childcare responsibilities between parents when their wages change. Peter Skogman Thoursie, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, is one of the study’s authors.
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John Hassler, Professor of macroeconomics at Stockholm University, has been awarded the Guldhumlan prize in the category Researched and explained. He is recognized for his ability to explain and make economic issues accessible to a wider audience.
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Isak Englund, Shawn Hellberg and César Kylberg have been awarded the Cassel Prize for Spring 2026 in recognition of their strong academic performance in the introductory course in Economics.
Applications for autumn programmes and courses closed on 15 April. Among the ten most popular courses at Stockholm University is the introductory course in economics.
The government has appointed Martin Flodén, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, as the new Chair of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council.
How has economic inequality evolved in the world’s wealthy countries – and what does it mean for Sweden? On 31 March, Gabriel Zucman and Daniel Waldenström will meet in Aula Magna at Stockholm University for an open conversation on trends, causes, and possible ways forward.
Anders Åkerman and Horng Chern Wong, researchers in economics at Stockholm University, examine the slowdown in Swedish productivity growth in a new report. The report was presented last week at a seminar organised by SNS.
A shared interest in women’s political representation has become a research project led by Jay Euijung Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, together with Jaakko Meriläinen, and Céline Zipfel. The project has been awarded nearly 4 million SEK in funding from Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse.
In a study published in the Journal of Monetary Economics, Roine Vestman and Jesper Böjeryd, researchers in economics at Stockholm University, examine how changes in house prices affect household consumption. The study is co-authored with Björn Tyrefors and Dany Kessel.
