In the annual thesis competition organized by the Swedish Competition Authority, students from the Department of Economics at SSE were recognized for their work. The first prize in the economics...

A recent report by Rickard Sandberg, Head of the Center for Data Analytics, investigates the effects of wind and temperature on electricity prices across Sweden, revealing that wind conditions...

What shapes social cohesion under extreme pressure - and what sustains resilience during war? On January 19, 2026, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted Ukrainian sociologist...

Former Major General and Commander of the Swedish army, Karl Engelbrektson, joins the Stockholm School of Economics as a Senior Advisor to the House of Governance and Public Policy. Engelbrektson’s...

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) recently strengthened its academic leadership by welcoming Professors Valentina Tartari and Stefan Haefliger to the House of Innovation. The Professorial...

Women are generally under-represented in political offices worldwide, and their under-representation becomes larger in more senior positions. This brief reviews some recent academic literature in...

In this policy brief, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, and Reinaldo Diogo Luz, Ph.D Candidate at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Law...

In this article, developed from her highly commended entry to the FLOW “Write a Blog” competition”, Kathleen Burke describes her research into sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems.

What do we need universities for? What type of knowledge should universities be producing? What is the value of a degree from a higher education institution? Describing SSE’s educational mission FREE,...

Against the background of fast rising gasoline and diesel prices in 2022, a number of European countries have reduced fuel tax rates, often in the form of temporary “gas tax holidays”. In this policy...