India's recorded coronavirus case total has surpassed that of Brazil, making India the second worst-affected country in the world after the United States. Prominent Indian economists worry about the...

The need for urgent climate action and energy transformation away from fossil fuels is widely acknowledged. Yet, current country plans for emission reductions do not reach the requirements to contain...

On Saturday September 24 the SSE MBA graduation was held in the auditorium. In total 45 students from the SSE MBA 2015 cohort received their diploma from the president of SSE, Professor Lars...

Carbon pricing has long been the recommended tool of economists for mitigating climate change. In 2019, over 5000 economists, including 28 Nobel Laureate Economists, co-signed statements urging US...

by Chloé Le Coq (with Marieke Bos and Peter van Santen), Swedish House of Finance Research Paper

10 December marks both Nobel Day and Human Rights Day - a time to reflect on how research helps build more equal, fair, and democratic societies. At the Stockholm School of Economics, researchers...

Thanks to this year's Nobel Laureates in the field of economics, we stand a better chance of fighting global poverty than ever before. "Their research on poverty has completely transformed the field,"...

Policy brief: Why is the IMF sending $1bn to Belarus as the country is falling deeper into repression and authoritarianism? The answer might not be what you expect.

While recruitment freezes and shrinking research budgets are hitting universities hard in the U.S., there are signs of hope in Sweden. With new support for fundamental research in economics,...

Did you miss the chance to attend the annual SITE 2022 Development Day conference? This policy brief shortly summarizes the presentations and discussions at the SITE Development Day Conference, held...