News at IIES
- New RAs at the IIES 2021-05-06 The IIES is excited to welcome Isabella Maassen, Vaibhav Rathi and Maija Kaartinen this fall.
- Per Krusell elected Foreign Honorary Member to the AEA 2021-04-26 The award is presented by the American Economic Association to foreign economists of distinction.
- Gustavo de Souza joining as Assar Lindbeck Fellow 2021-03-12 We are absolutely thrilled to have Gustavo de Souza (University of Chicago) join the IIES as our first Assar Lindbeck Fellow!
- Introducing visiting grad student, Chloe Nibourel 2021-02-09 Read about Chloe´s experiences joining the IIES in the midst of a pandemic.
- Jonathan de Quidt new Research Affiliate at CEPR 2020-12-18 CEPR promote the work of young economists by providing research support and an appropriate environment within which to enter the international scene.
- Successful thesis defense for Magnus Åhl 2020-12-16 On Monday 14 December, IIES Graduate Student, Magnus Åhl, successfully defended his thesis "Essays on Individual-Level Wage Stickiness and Forward Guidance".
- Successful thesis defense for Selene Ghisolfi 2020-10-28 On Thursday 22 October, IIES graduate student Selene Ghisolfi successfully defended her thesis "Fairness, Technology Adoption, Water Sanitation and Pandemic Control: Six essays on four topics in Development Economics"
- Ingvild Almås elected Member of the EEA Council 2020-10-26 As a council member, Ingvild will play an important part in strengthening the economic sciences in Europe.
- Meet new Graduate Student Stefan Hinkelmann 2020-10-16 Stefan Hinkelmann first joined the IIES as a Visiting Graduate Student, but wanted to stay and was accepted as a Graduate Student in 2020.
- Experts to comment on the 2020 Nobel Laureates 2020-10-12 Two researchers are available to give expert commentary on this year's Nobel Laureates in Economics.
- Konrad Burchardi elected member of the Editorial Board at ReStud 2020-10-06 The Review of Economic Studies (ReStud) is one of the leading economics journals in the world!
- Karin Kinnerud successfully defends her thesis 2020-09-21 On 11 September, Karin successfully defended her thesis "Financial Choice and Public Policy".
- Successful thesis defense for Kasper Kragh-Sørensen 2020-09-16 On 10 September IIES Graduate Student Kasper Kragh-Sørensen successfully defended his thesis "On Housing, Mortgages and Taxation".
- Benedetta Lerva successfully defends her thesis 2020-09-03 On Thursday 27 August, Benedetta Lerva successfully defended her thesis "Worms, Farms and Schools: Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda".
- Torsten Persson in the Government's Corona Commission 2020-07-03 A commission has been tasked with evaluating the measures taken by the Swedish government and regions to limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 as well as the effects of the spread.
- Tobias Broer promoted to Associate Professor 2020-06-18 Tobias originally joined the IIES as Assistant Professor in 2009 after having obtained his PhD from EUI in Florence, Italy.
- Grant received to study effects of pension reform 2020-06-17 Skandia's affiliated foundations have decided to support new research where the purpose is to study the effect of Sweden's reformed pension system on household savings.
- John Hassler new board member at FORES 2020-06-11 FORES is a green and liberal think tank. They are a foundation and non-profit NGO and seek to renew the debate in Sweden with a belief in entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for people to shape their own lives.
- Richard Foltyn successfully defends his doctoral thesis 2020-06-08 In his thesis, Richard investigates the savings and portfolio-choice decisions households make, and the underlying drivers of such decisions.
- Successful thesis defense for Has Van Vlokhoven 2020-05-28 On 27 May, IIES graduate student Has Van Vlokhoven successfully defended his thesis: On the Cost of Capital, Profits and the Diffusion of Ideas. Due to COVID-19, it took place via Zoom and this was the first time the IIES held a defense remotely.
- Agneta Berge on her visit to UC Berkeley 2020-05-19 IIES Graduate Student, Agneta Berge, has recently returned from a two month visit to UC Berkeley. Read more about here experiences here.
- Peter Nilsson promoted to Professor 2020-05-11 Associate Professor Peter Nilsson was promoted to Professor as of April 30 2020.
- Francesco Loiacono has returned from Chicago 2020-05-07 Graduate Student Francesco Loiacono spent 6 months at Chicago Booth to further his research within development economics. Upon his recent return, we were eager to hear about his stay abroad.
- New Research Assistants to join the IIES 2020-04-17 Juan Llavador Peralt, Ida Kristine Haavi and Jinci Liu will join the IIES as RAs in September 2020!
- 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.