Gender economics experts

From wage gaps and workplace policies to the role of women in economic development and political decision-making, researchers at the Stockholm School of Economics can provide data-driven insights into the economics of gender.

Anna Anisimova

Researcher, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

Areas of expertise:

  • Role of women in economic development and reconstruction efforts, particularly in post-conflict settings

Email: Anna.Anisimova@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish, Ukrainian, Russian

Pamela Campa

Associate Professor, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics; Affiliated Researcher, House of Sustainable Society

Areas of expertise:

  • Impact of gender quotas in political institutions and female representation
  • Effects of female political representation on policy outcomes
  • Barriers to gender equality, including discrimination, gender norms and institutional biases
  • Effect of female representation on policy outcomes like environmental policies

Email: pamela.campa@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 96 86; +46 (0)72 449 80 24
Languages: English, Italian

Anna Dreber Almenberg

Professor, Department of Economics

Areas of expertise:

  • Gender differences in risk-taking, competitiveness, cooperation, stock market participation and wage negotiations, with implications for workplace policies and equality initiatives
  • Understanding the impact of biological factors, such as hormonal variations, on economic behavior

Email: anna.dreber@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish

Celine Harion Zipfel

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics; Affiliated Researcher, House of Sustainable Society

Areas of expertise:

  • Development, labor and family economics
  • Fertility and occupational choices
  • Gender roles in households and their impact on labor market outcomes

Email: Celine.Zipfel@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)70 039 94 62
Languages: English, French

Johanna Wallenius

Professor, Department of Economics

Areas of expertise:

  • How family policies, such as childcare subsidies, affect female employment, earnings and the gender wage gap

Email: johanna.wallenius@hhs.se
Languages: English, Finnish

Valentina Tartari

Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

Areas of expertise:

  • Gender gaps in scientific research and academia and the role of funding agencies in promoting equity in science

Email: Valentina.Tartari@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)76 311 12 78
Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish

Richard Wahlund

Professor, Department of Marketing and Strategy; Director, Center for Media and Economic Psychology

Areas of expertise:

  • Gender disparities in salary expectations and equality attitudes (with consequences for negotiations and interventions to promote equity in wages and workplace compensation practices)

Email: Richard.Wahlund@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 95 80
Languages: English, Swedish