300 kg is the average weight of a Swede´s CO2 emissions for three weeks. Outside SSE the kilos can now nail you to the ground. The artwork CO2 Lock-In by the internationally recognized Stockholm-based...

Why do carbon and fuel taxes trigger political backlash? In a new policy brief, Julius Andersson (researcher at SITE) points to income polarization. As the middle class’s income share shrinks, the tax...

Art in Leadership: Creating Value in the Age of AI

What impact do school inspections really have on student outcomes? This project explores how well inspection visits by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate fulfill their aim of improving education - not...

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Johan Frishammar, professor at Luleå University of Technology presented his latest paper “How individuals engage in the absorption of external knowledge: An emergent process model of individual...

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...

On October 13th, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe (FROMDEE) hosted an academic conference on “Democratic...

The Female Economist of the Year 2018 is Nadja Abbas. The scholarship, which highlights future female leaders, is being awarded for the 17th consecutive year to an outstanding female student at the...