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Today the British online newspaper The Independent reported on the QS ranking of Europe’s best economics degrees.

SSE is launching a new educational program geared towards accelerating integration of university graduates who have recently arrived in Sweden. This new executive education program will hopefully provide a fast track into the Swedish job market for qualifying graduates who have applied and/or been granted asylum in Sweden.

Capital flows between Sweden and Russia sheds some light on more general theoretical and empirical issues associated with FDI and portfolio flows that are highly relevant for Russia today. New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker offers policy lessons that can help modernize Russian economy.

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) invites applications for a chaired Professorship in Sustainable Markets. The position entails scientific leadership of the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) at SSE and the holder will lead research, teaching and outreach at Misum. The holder will be given the opportunity to shape a new research institute  that is closely connected to the strong research environment at SSE. Application is closing on Friday 1st April 2016 at 5 pm.

by Torbjörn Becker, SITE Working Paper

Donor countries often face a Samaritan’s dilemma when trying to implement political conditionality in bilateral aid. New policy brief on strategic aid financing by Jenny Simon sheds light on how donor countries can solve Samaritan’s dilemma.