Research at the IIES

The IIES is a research institute at Stockholm University. Founded in 1962, it has become one of the leading institutions in Europe in advanced research in economics.

New theoretical modeling of green transitions

Research by Torsten Persson (IIES) and Timothy Besley (LSE) shows how market and policy failures can prevent welfare-enhancing green transitions, or make ongoing ones too slow.

Car purchases in the U.S. during the Great Recession

How do car purchases help us understand the drivers of the Great Recession of 2007?

Society's "outsiders" in the Sweden Democrats

The proportion of local politicians with weak ties to the labor market and to the nuclear family is higher among populist, radical-right Sweden Democrats and their voters than among other parties in Sweden.

Our PhD program

The education of future researchers is a key objective of the IIES. Here you can read more about Graduate Studies at the IIES as well as the PhD program at Stockholm University.

Students walking around campus, photo: Niklas Björling/Stockholm University

Want to apply to the IIES?

The economics program at Stockholm University is broadly considered to be one of the very best in Europe.

Why the IIES?

Meet IIES Graduate Student Stefan Hinkelmann

Where do our students go after graduation?

Upon graduation, IIES’s students go on to tenure-track jobs at universities worldwide or positions in government and other organizations.

News

2023-11-23

Institute for International Economic Studies

Konrad Burchardi receives ERC Consolidator Grant

IIES Associate Professor Konrad Burchardi has received a grant for the project Agricultural Productivity and Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa (ADAPT).