Anna Breman, who holds a PhD in Economics from SSE, becomes the first ever female Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank.

The Royal Academy of Sciences recently hosted the conference Social Norms in Development, where PhD students and faculty from the SSE Department of Economics presented their ongoing research in the poster session.

The Swedish government has appointed Martina Björkman Nyqvist, professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and Executive Director of Misum, as a new member of the board of Sida. She brings extensive expertise in impact evaluation of development aid – to help ensure that aid funding is used where it can make the greatest difference.

Department of Economics is proud to present its latest PhD graduate: Johan Orrenius. He has successfully defended his thesis on June 10th, and we congratulate him on this momentous achievement. Congratulations, Johan!

How can one predict what decisions people or organizations will take in strategic interactions? Jörgen Weibull, Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at SSE, and co-authors have introduced a way to more robustly and precisely predict what people are likely to do in situations where their decisions depend on what others might do—like in market competition, business negotiations, politics, or everyday social settings.

Finnish politicians are on average more intelligent, motivated, and honest than the general population. Jaakko Meriläinen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at SSE, and co-authors show in a new study that both local and national politicians demonstrate higher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities, suggesting that voters and parties effectively select capable leaders.