The Department of Economics is proud to present its latest PhD graduate: Yifan Lyu, who successfully defended his thesis on April 15. We warmly congratulate him on this significant achievement!

Personal experience, global conflicts, and detailed data have reshaped the research of Akib Khan, Postdoc Fellow at the House of Sustainable Society. Learn more about his work on how global events ripple into people’s lives far beyond national borders in this Researcher Spotlight.

Ukraine’s experience shows that modern conflict is not only about bombs and soldiers, but also about cyberattacks, disinformation, and efforts to weaken public trust. These threats are not costless to ignore. This new policy brief analysis, by Anna Anisimova (SITE) and Ksenia Rundin (CSSC) highlights that failing to address antagonistic information threats carries growing economic and governance costs. It argues that cyber and information resilience should be treated as essential public infrastructure, not as a secondary policy issue.

Workplace sexual harassment is not just a personal violation - it can also reshape the labor market. This new policy brief analysis by Olle Folke, researcher at SITE, uses evidence from Sweden to show how harassment influences where people work and helps sustain gender inequality.

In a new essay in Svenska Dagbladet, Karl Wennberg, Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and Scientific Director of the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP), reflects on why large infrastructure projects in Western democracies increasingly take decades to complete.

Why is Sweden’s pension system under increasing pressure? Johanna Wallenius, Professor at the Department to Economics, explains in Tidningen Näringslivet.

The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) has submitted its response to the Swedish Government’s inquiries “Goda möjligheter till ökat välstånd (SOU 2024:29)” and “Fler möjligheter till ökat välstånd (SOU 2025:96)”. In our contribution, we argue that wellbeing growth must be integrated as a central component of Sweden’s long-term productivity strategy.

Sweden has pledged SEK 114 billion in support to Ukraine – its largest commitment to another country in modern times. At a seminar hosted by the European Parliament in Stockholm, Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), warned that Russia’s war economy is under mounting pressure and argued that sustained Western support can ultimately determine the outcome.

Maria Perrotta Berlin, Assistant Professor at SITE, contributed to the Sorbonne Alliance research initiative “Europe and the War in Ukraine” - a joint project led by ESCP Business School, INALCO, and Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle examining the war’s consequences for Europe in geopolitical, geoeconomic, and business terms.

The SSE Center for Retailing and the SSE Center for the Philosophy of Markets this week invited to a research seminar with Paul Milgrom, the 2020 co-recipient of the most prestigious recognition in the field of Economics.