Information for students and staff about the new Coronavirus

Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities is updated continuously.

Distance learning from 18 March

Assar Lindbeck: Academic Research for the Public Service.

On 10 March, Professor Lindbeck was honored with a half-day conference on the role researchers should play in the public debate.

Assar Lindbeck: Academic Research for the Public Service.

Improving the lives of the poor through agricultural land trade

Assistant Professor, Jonathan de Quidt, with Gharad Bryan, Mariajose Silva Vargas and Tom Wilkening have been awarded a grant of 4,4 MKr from the Swedish Research Council to fund their research in Uganda.

Improving the lives of the poor through agricultural land trade

More access to pre-school equals better grades?

Graduate Student Mattias Hallberg finds that Swedish children spending more time at preschool growing up, are awarded better grades in math at age 16 than those who spend less time at preschool.

More access to pre-school equals better grades?

News

Kieran Larkin - new Assistant Professor at the IIES! 2020-03-16 The IIES is absolutely thrilled to welcome Kieran Larkin (PhD from University College London - UCL) as Assistant Professor as of September 2020.
Jonna Olsson awarded the Arnbergska Prize 2020-03-13 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Jonna for her thesis "Work, Wealth and Well-being"
New Assistant Professors to join the IIES! 2020-02-26 We are very happy to have Laia Navarro-Sola (Northwestern U) & Joshua Weiss (NYU) join the IIES faculty.
John Hassler new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) 2020-02-21 IIES Professor John Hassler is one of three newly elected members to KVA's class of social sciences.
Undergrad Thesis Prize awarded to Caroline Olsson 2019-12-05 IIES Research Assistant and Data Analyst, Caroline Olsson, has received the inaugural Undergraduate Thesis Prize for Global Priorities Research from the Forethought Foundation.

The IIES in the Media

"In a warlike situation, stimulus policy does not help."
People opt out of consuming goods and services that involve social interaction, such as restaurant and hotel visits. This is what the Public Health Agency in Sweden recommends and it should not be counteracted with economic policy. IIES Professors John Hassler and Per Krusell in an op-ed in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.
"Act quickly, or a wave of bankruptcies awaits."
IIES Professor Lars Calmfors comments on the effects of the new Coronavirus on businesses in Sweden, and what the government must do to prevent a wave of bankruptcies, in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
GDP may fall by several percent due to the new Coronavirus.
The new corona virus paralyzes large parts of society. What the cost will ultimately be is impossible to say, but IIES Professor Lars Calmfors draws parallels to the fateful crisis in the 90s, in an article in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.
"The concrete problems must be addressed."
"If companies in the export sector are terminating people then different measures may have to be taken so that these companies can retain staff." IIES Professor John Hassler interviewed in Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) on the possible effects of the new Coronavirus.

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Seminars & other Events

27 May Thesis Defense - Has Van Vlokhoven IIES
27 Aug Thesis Defense - Benedetta Lerva IIES
10 Sep Thesis Defense - Karin Kinnerud IIES
11 Sep Thesis Defense - Markus Karlman IIES
11 Sep Thesis Defense - Kasper Kragh-Sørensen IIES

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