Sebastian Knutsson is quick, creative, and adaptable. While others work to develop a current idea, he’s already imagining the next. The path that led him to where he is today is perhaps just as...

There are great expectations that vaccinations will enable a return to normality from COVID-19. However, there is massive variation in vaccination efforts, vaccine access, and attitudes to vaccination...

The recently declassified proceedings of the Swedish Academy shed new light on why it awarded Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn the literature prize in 1970. His novels reflected unique experiences of many...

Making decisions for your business in the midst of a global crisis can undoubtedly feel daunting – so why not lean on research? We’ve gathered some useful research, case studies and concrete tips to...

by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with V. Bageri and Y. Katsoulakos), published in The Economic Journal

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...

A research journey is by no means straightforward. At times, it can feel like a labyrinth of blind alleys or impalpable threads of linkages between methods, theories, empirics. Navigating this ocean...

Susanna Molander

Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On April 7, 2026, we welcome Jaakko Meriläinen to present new evidence on how elite networks shaped nation-building in 19th-century Finland, tracing the diffusion of...