About us
We offer one of the best environments in Europe for research and higher education in economics. Our researchers, together with researchers at IIES and SOFI, teach on all study levels.
About the department
History
Economics is one of the oldest subjects at Stockholm University. From 1888, ten years after the inauguration of Stockholm University College, Johan Leffler gave lectures in economics.
In 1904, Gustav Cassel was called to the position of professor in economics. He was the third professor at the university, preceded by Viktor Rydberg in cultural history from 1884 and Sonja Kovalevsky in mathematics from 1889. Cassel's background was mathematics and his fields were equilibrium theory and monetary theory. During the 1920's, he was a world-famous economist.
Two of our alumni have been awarded the Nobel Prize: Gunnar Myrdal in 1974 and Bertil Ohlin in 1977.
Today
Today, the department is a dynamic environment for researchers and students from around the world. The department also hosts the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, one of the oldest international journals in economics.
The economics departments at Stockholm University – the Department of Economics, the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) are ranked no. 26 in Europe and no. 1 in Sweden (no. 66 in the world) in the Tilburg University list of the top 100 economics departments.
The Department of Economics in numbers
- Around 35 teachers and researchers.
- Approximately 75 doctoral students, spread across our department, the Institute for International Economic Studies, and the Institute for Social Research.
- 11 staff members working in administration, finance, and IT.
- Around 1,000 students annually.
Contact us
Here is a list of our researchers, teachers and PhD students:
Contact details to our researchers
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Last updated: January 31, 2025
Source: Department of Economics
