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Time for Swedish euro membership?
Sweden stayed out at the start—but today’s realities are different. In a new report, leading economists reassess the case for joining the euro and how it could be done.
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Oil Price Shocks Hit Low-Income Workers Hardest
When oil prices spike, who suffers the most? New research shows that the burden falls overwhelmingly on low-income workers.
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Konrad Burchardi appointed to the Board of Directors of REStud
IIES Professor Konrad Burchardi has joined the Board of Directors of The Review of Economic Studies starting in January.
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Per Krusell appointed new scientific secretary of the Handelsbanken Research Foundations
He succeeds Professor Lars Engwall, who has played a central role in the foundations’ Research Committee for 44 years, including 22 years as Scientific Secretary.
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Torsten Persson appointed Vice President of the ERC’s Scientific Council
IIES Professor Torsten Persson has been appointed Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC) Scientific Council as of January 1, 2026, representing the social sciences and humanities domain.
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EdTech boosts learning only when paired with strong pedagogy
IIES Assistant Professor Laia Navarro-Sola is co-editor of a major new literature review on education technology (EdTech) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Konrad Burchardi receives the Assar Lindbeck Medal 2025
Professor Konrad Burchardi has been awarded the 2025 Assar Lindbeck Medal for his groundbreaking research on economic growth and development.
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Laia Navarro-Sola awarded second prize at the 2025 Banamex Economics Prize
The “Premio Banamex de Economía”, a prestigious Mexican award that celebrates economics research that addresses the country’s most pressing challenges, has awarded second prize to IIES Assistant Professor Laia Navarro-Sola. She shares the honor with co-author Raissa Fabregas from the University of Texas at Austin for their paper “Scaling Education to Marginalized Populations: Long-Run Impacts of Technology-Aided Schools.” The study investigates the long-term impacts of Mexico’s long-running telesecundarias, or public TV-based secondary schools, and provides rare causal evidence that technology-aided instruction can deliver substantial, lasting benefits at scale. The schooling model, which pairs televised lessons supported by a single generalist teacher, kept delivery costs low while expanding schooling access in rural and underserved communities.
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Torsten Persson joins leading economists at the 2026 IEA World Congress
The 21st World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA), will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, 22–26 June 2026.
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