On March 23, the United Nations University UNU-WIDER and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) will host a WIDER Annual Lecture by Professor Martin Ravallion, a leading economist in...

New policy brief by Anders Olofsgård, Deputy Director at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), and Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and Evelina...

In the complex and often uncertain landscape of Information Systems (IS) projects, senior IS managers face the daunting task of maintaining control and ensuring successful outcomes. A recent academic...

Moldova is now firmly on the path to European Union membership, but the breakaway region of Transnistria remains a significant roadblock. A recent policy brief, published in October 2024, explores how...

Can happiness be a foundation for national development? The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) and Bhutan's Royal Institute for Governmental Strategy and Studies are collaborating to...

Have you seen the vulture sitting high up in one of the corridors on the ground floor of the main building on Sveavägen 65? The vulture surveys all who pass beneath it. Vultures are among nature's...

I am a rebel is an orange hand-knotted rug designed by the Swedish contemporary artist Dan Wolgers. In the motif, Wolgers draws inspiration from children's humorous, often drastic answers on school...

Examine photos from the Public Knowledge Event 'Global Development and the Middle-Income Trap' on May 27th.

Retail is operating under persistent disruption. As artificial intelligence moves into pricing, forecasting, supply chains, and customer systems, the question is no longer whether to adopt AI — but...

Policy brief: As time passes and archives open, ever more topics in Russian military-economic history can be studied with primary sources. One such theme is the colossal evacuation of industrial...