Sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine are argued to be the strongest and farthest-reaching imposed on a major power after WWII, more numerous and more comprehensive than all other...

In recent decades, a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. What do we know about these "Spin Dictators"?

Sweden’s Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin visited the Stockholm School of Economics for a lunch lecture on how to build a resilient society in uncertain times. Read more about his...

Sweden has slashed gasoline taxes, making driving more affordable, but experts warn of long-term consequences. A new policy brief from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) examines...

And the winner is ... the AI Challenge! At the end of May, our Global Challenges students presented their final projects: sustainable solutions that contribute to the global goals.

The payment service company Klarna started in 2005 at the Stockholm School of Economics. Now Sebastian Siemiatkowski returns to the incubator SSE Business Lab as chairman of a new Advisory Board...

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.

Most reports on the labor-market effects of the first wave of COVID-19 have pointed to women, low-skilled workers and other vulnerable groups being more affected. Research on the topic shows a more...

Maria Perrotta Berlin, assistant professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Giancarlo Spagnolo, professor of Economics at University of Rome II and senior researcher at SITE,...

As countries all over the world struggle with mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating consequences for public health, but also for economic and the broader societal development,...