TODAY Tues 21 April at 10 am (CEST) we are excited to hear @seema.bsky.social from @princetonecon.bsky.social present her paper "Escaping Patriarchy: Women's Insularity and Gender Attitudes in Oman". www.su.se/english/divi...
TOMORROW Tues 14 April at 1 pm (CEST) we are thrilled to welcome Ludvig Sinander from @oxfordecondept.bsky.social who will present "Outside options and risk attitude". www.su.se/english/divi...
PhD opportunity📢
We invite graduate students to join as resident PhD researchers starting Fall 2026.
✔️ Guaranteed supervision
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🗓 Deadline: June 3, 2026
More info: www.su.se/english/divi...
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Welcome to day 2 of the RFBerlin Migration Forum! On the ground floor we kick off with Martin Koenen from @iies.su.se presenting on "Social Ties and Residential Choice: Micro Evidence and Equilibrium Implications"
#MigrationForum2026 #MigrationResearch #Economics
TODAY Thurs 26 March at 10 am (CET) we are very happy to welcome Claire Montialoux from @sciencespo.bsky.social who will present "Minimum Wages and Informality". www.su.se/english/divi...
We now have 4 available positions as RA! First application deadline 20 March! Check our website for more details about the different positions. #econ_ra #econsky
TOMORROW Thurs 19 March at 1.30 pm (CET) we are thrilled to welcome Elena Pastorino from @hooverinstitution.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social & @tse-fr.eu who will present "Taxing the Rich? A Theory of Income and Wealth Inequality" www.su.se/english/divi...
Excited for this fall in Stockholm at @iies.su.se
Four amazing new hires: @harmenberg.bsky.social @rhelensdotter.bsky.social Caterina Vieria and Hugo Reichardt
And @rustamjamilov.bsky.social coming to CeMoF (joint IIES/SU/SBS center on MP and Fin Stability) for a year.
Time for Swedish euro membership? 🇸🇪💶
Sweden stayed out at the start—but today’s realities are different. In a new report, leading economists reassess the case for joining the euro and how it could be done. Edited by IIES Professor Emeritus Lars Calmfors. frittnaringsliv.se/time-for-swe...
We're delighted to welcome Arash Nekoei to Oxford today for our last CSAE Lunchtime Seminar of term (join with @oxfordecondept.bsky.social) @arash-n.bsky.social @iies.su.se
When oil prices spike, inequality rises.
Recent research by @sorrytobekurt.bsky.social & co-authors shows oil shocks hurt low-income workers the most, lowering earnings growth & job prospects while high-income workers are largely unaffected.
Read more: bit.ly/4rRXNHw
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Want hands-on experience in cutting-edge economic research? We have several Research Assistant positions open. Excellent prep for a PhD or research career. More info on each position: www.su.se/english/divi...
Tomorrow Tues 3 March at 1 pm (CET) we are very happy to welcome this semester's first seminar speaker Justine Knebelmann from @sciencespo.bsky.social who will present her paper "Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats, Tax Equity and Acceptability". www.su.se/english/divi...
Delighted to share that @konradburchardi.bsky.social has been appointed to the Board of Directors of @reveconstudies.bsky.social ! Well deserved🥳
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TOMORROW Thurs 19 Feb at 10 am (CET) we look forward to hear Hugo Reichardt from CREI present his paper "Task-Specific Technical Change and Comparative Advantage". www.su.se/english/divi...
TOMORROW Weds 18 Feb at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome Caterina Soto Vieira from LSE who will present her paper "Home Production in the City". www.su.se/english/divi...
TOMORROW Friday 6 Feb at 9 am (CET) we are very much looking forward to welcome Adrien Couturier from The London School of Economics and Political Science who will present his paper "The Sentiment Channel of Fiscal Policy". www.iies.su.se/english/divi...
On MONDAY 2 Feb at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome Brian Amorim Cabaco from @ucl.ac.uk who will present his paper "The Macroeconomic Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States". www.su.se/english/divi...
TOMORROW Tues 27 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are very pleased to welcome @petterberg.bsky.social from @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social who is presenting his paper "Schooling for Profit: Long-run Effects of Private Providers in Public Education". www.su.se/english/divi...
Florencia Hnilo. Photo: Vanessa Coleman.
On Monday 26 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are very happy to welcome Florencia Hnilo from Stanford University who will present her job market paper "RCTs, Awareness, and Assignment Effects". www.su.se/english/divi...
TOMORROW Fri 23 Jan at 9 am (CET) we look forward to welcome Shreya Tandon from @harvard.edu who will present her job market paper "Job Exploration Risk and Spousal Co-working: Evidence from India". www.su.se/english/divi...
TODAY Thurs 22 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome
@tilmangraff.bsky.social from @harvard.edu who will present his job market paper "Depreciation and Growth: Evidence from Machine Repair in Uganda". www.su.se/english/divi...
TODAY Weds 21 Jan at 1 pm (CET) we are very happy to welcome Christine Blandhol from @princetonecon.bsky.social who will present her job market paper "Curbing Tax Flight? Aggregate Effects of Taxing Entrepreneur Migration". www.su.se/english/divi...
TOMORROW Tues 20 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are excited to listen to Paula Donaldson from @ucsandiego.bsky.social present her job market paper "Cross-sectional Identification with Heterogeneous Exposure to General
Equilibrium Effects" www.su.se/english/divi...
Photo of Mohamad Adhami: Vanessa Coleman.
Kicking off the Spring term with our first Job Talk! TODAY (Jan 9) at 10 am (CET) we are very happy to hear @mohamadadhami.bsky.social from @stanford.edu present his job market paper: "Quantifying Knowledge Spillovers Using Firm and Product Dynamics". www.su.se/english/divi...
Another new working paper from the department! "Prenatal Conditions and Midlife Mental Health: Evidence from an Alcohol Policy Experiment" by Evelina Linnros & @jpeternilsson.bsky.social @iies.su.se: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-02...
Per Krusell. Photo: Niklas Björling/Stockholm University.
Exciting news going into the Holidays!
Professor and IIES director Per Krusell is appointed new Scientific Secretary of the Handelsbanken Research Foundations - one of Sweden’s largest funders of economic research. @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/english/divi...
IIES Professor Torsten Persson has been appointed Vice President of the ERC Scientific Council (from 1 Jan 2026), representing the social sciences & humanities. A fantastic recognition of his leadership in economics and research excellence!
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@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
EdTech isn’t a quick fix — it works only when paired with strong pedagogy.
New VoxDevLit review co-edited by IIES’s @lnavarrosola.bsky.social shows that targeted, instructional tech boosts learning, while device-only programs often fall short. www.su.se/english/divi...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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