The ‘Human Capital and Sustainable Development’ platform focuses on understanding how education, health and well-being of the people particularly in low-income countries can be enhanced, so that...

Sanctions play a crucial role in curbing Russia's ambitions & ending the war on Ukraine, yet their strategic importance is often overlooked. In this policy brief, experts from SITE, KSE, SSE Riga,...

Experts at the Stockholm School of Economics investigate how education, child health and public policy shape long-term outcomes for individuals and societies. They can offer valuable perspectives on...

This policy brief examines the belief that electing more women to the U.S. Congress would reduce partisan gridlocks. It shows that while Republican women historically cooperated more with Democrats,...

Time for a renewed interest?

A 2023 study by SITE researchers explores the overlooked link between foreign aid and female empowerment. Using aid project data and surveys, it reveals a modest but significant positive effect on...

In a landmark move amid energy volatility, the EU adopts AggregateEU for joint gas procurement. This brief, written by SITE researchers Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, evaluates challenges in gas...

Martina Björkman Nyqvist winner of SSE Corporate Partners' Research Award 2020

by Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Maria Bigoni and Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, published in the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization)

This project addresses the challenge of motivating household-level climate adaptation in the face of increasingly frequent and costly climate-related disasters.