Donald Trump’s attempts to regulate the U.S. central bank raise important questions about the role and responsibilities of central banks – also in Sweden. To safeguard independence, the political mandate must be narrow and clearly defined, writes Martin Flodén, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, in Dagens industri.
David Seim, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, has been appointed co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. The journal is one of the world’s leading publications in economics.
Foreign aid policy requires continuous interaction between researchers and practitioners, write Andreas Madestam and Jakob Svensson, professors of economics at Stockholm University, in an op-ed in Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest morning newspaper.
The initiative is led by Laura Montenbruck, assistant professor of economics at Stockholm University. The network will serve as a meeting place for research exchange and collegial support, offering workshops, an annual conference, and informal meetups.
The Cassel Prize is awarded each semester to students with outstanding academic achievements in the introductory course in economics.
The government wants to introduce a so-called gas mechanism in the pension system. ”The term gas creates a misleading rhetorical illusion that it can only be designed in one specific way,” write Mårten Palme and John Hassler, both professors of economics at Stockholm University, in DN Debatt.
Marie Kaul, a PhD student in economics at Stockholm University, has been awarded a total of SEK 240,000 from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to support two different projects.
David Seim, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, has been awarded just over five million SEK from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for a research project on tax non-compliance – and how audits affect rule compliance.
Each year, the Department of Economics at Stockholm University presents a new cohort of job market candidates – doctoral students who are ready to take the next step in their academic careers. For 2025/26 we highlight Sonia Giurumescu, Nils Landén Mammos, and Jens Oehlen.
If the e-krona becomes a reality, it could shift the balance of power in Sweden’s monetary system. In an opinion piece in Dagens Nyheter, Lennart Erixon, professor emeritus of economics at Stockholm University, discusses why the move toward digital money has been so slow in Sweden.
Joonas Tuhkuri, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, was recently interviewed in the German daily newspaper Tagesspiegel. ”Economic growth in Finland has practically stagnated for two decades,” Tuhkuri says.
Lisa Laun, adjunct professor of economics at Stockholm University and researcher at IFAU, is one of the recipients of the Swedish Unemployment Insurance Funds’ 2025 Research Award. ”We look forward to continuing our research,” says Lisa Laun about the award.
