Per Krusell appointed new scientific secretary of the Handelsbanken Research Foundations

The Handelsbanken Research Foundations are among Sweden’s largest funders of economic research and will distribute SEK 314 million in grants in 2025—the largest allocation in the foundations’ history. The foundations’ total capital currently amounts to approximately SEK 15 billion.

Per Krusell is an internationally recognized economist specializing in macroeconomics. He has previously held professorships at the London School of Economics and Princeton University, is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and has held several leading international positions, including President of the European Economic Association. Since 2021, he has served as Secretary of the Prize Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

“I very much look forward to contributing to the important work of the Handelsbanken Research Foundations in strengthening Swedish and international economic research. The foundations play a central role in enabling researchers to pursue long-term, high-quality research,” says Per Krusell.

Read the press release from The Handelsbanken Research Foundations (in Swedish).