PhD in Economics  

Placements 

The department assists students to prepare and distribute job market materials to potential employers. We have an excellent record of placing students with research universities, research institutions, government agencies and the private sector.

Listed below is the initial placement for our graduates receiving a Ph.D. between 2004 and 2011.

PhD 2011
Margherita Bottero:  Bank of Italy
Gökhan Buturak:  Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey
Damián Migueles Chazarreta:  National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet)
Ronny Freier:  DIW Berlin
Eva Ranehill:  University of Zurich 
Ignat Stepanok: Kiel Institute of World Economy
Björn Wallace:  University of Cambridge, UK

PhD 2010
Anders Engvall:  The China Economics Research Center, Stockholm
Henrik Lundvall:  The Riksbank - Sweden's central bank (Sveriges Riksbank)
Kristin Magnusson Bernard:  International Monetary Fund (IMF), USA 
Erik Mohlin:  University College London
Pernilla Sjöquist Rafiqui:  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

PhD 2009

Johan Almenberg:  Ministry of Finance
Anna Dreber Almenberg:  Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)
Sebastian Eriksson Giwa:  Bridgewater Associates (Macro hedgefond), USA 
Olga Lazareva:  Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Ola Melander:  International Monetary Fund (IMF), USA
Marcus Salomonsson:  Private Business, Consultant, Sweden
Robertas Zubrickas:  University of Zurich

PhD 2008
Ola Granström:  Astra Zeneca
Erik Höglin:  National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet)
Robert Östling:  IIES, Stockholm University

PhD 2007
Magnus Andersson:  ECB - European Central Bank
Milo Bianchi:  Paris School of Economics
Max Elger:  Sveriges Riksdag (The Swedish Parliament)
Erik Lindqvist:  Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Per Sonnerby:  ECON Pöyry, Stockholm
Björn Tyrefors:  University of Aarhus

PhD 2006
Cedric Argenton:  Tilburg University
Anna Breman:  University of Arizona
Harald Edquist:  The Swedish Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS)
Peter Gustafsson:  National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet)
Sophie Langenskiöld:  Uppsala University
Caterina Mendicino:  Bank of Canada
Elena Paltseva:  University of Copenhagen
Fredrik Wilander:  ECON, Oslo

PhD 2005
Rudolfs Bems:  ECB - European Central Bank
Per Hortlund:  The Ratio Institute
Therese Lindahl:  The Beijer Institute - The International Institute of Ecological Economics
Andreas Madestam:  Bocconi University
Witness Simbanegavi:  University of Cape Town

PhD 2004
Erik Grönqvist:  IFAU - The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation
Kristian Jönsson:  IMF
Björn Lagerwall:  Sveriges Riksbank