IIES Job Market Candidates 2025/2026
Each year graduate students nearing the completion of their PhD are proudly promoted on the Econ Job Market. Read more about our candidates for 2025/2026 below.
Throughout the years, the IIES' PhD graduates have joined many internationally renowned universities and organizations, taking up positions in the US, Europe, Australia, and Canada. At present, former IIES students hold tenured or untenured jobs at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Northwestern University, UC San Diego, University of Zurich, University of British Columbia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University of Minnesota, the Board of Governors, the European Central Bank, and the IMF amongst many more.
Placement officers
The Placement officers this year are Assistant Professors Brian Higgins and Laia Navarro-Sola. Prospective employers who have questions about a candidates' vitae, experience, or research fields can contact either of them for more information. Employers may also contact the students and their advisers directly.
Brian Higgins
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 20 69
Email: brian.higgins@iies.su.se
Laia Navarro-Sola
Phone: +46 (0)8 674 77 11
Email: laia.navarrosola@iies.su.se
Tiago Bernardino
Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +351 965 147 956
Email: tiago.bernardino@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Structural Transformation and the Transmission of Monetary Policy
Fields of Interest
Primary: Macroeconomics (monetary and fiscal policy)
Secondary: Public Economics
References
Kurt Mitman
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 57
Email: kurt.mitman@iies.su.se
Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se
Kieran Larkin
Phone: +46 (0)8 674 77 15
Email: kieran.larkin@iies.su.se
Ricardo Reis (LSE)
Email: R.A.Reis@lse.ac.uk
Chek Yin Choi
Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +49 15780867191
Email: chek-yin.choi@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Supplier Search and Market Concentration
Fields of Interest
Primary: Macroeconomics, Trade
Secondary: Industrial Organization, Supply Chain
References
Timo Boppart
Email: timo.boppart@iies.su.se
Kurt Mitman
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 57
Email: kurt.mitman@iies.su.se
Michele Fioretti (Bocconi University)
Email: fioretti.m@unibocconi.it
Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se
Mattias Folkestad
Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +46 (0)73 429 4364
Email: mattias.folkestad@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Female Teachers – The root of women’s emancipation
Fields of Interest
Primary: Political Economy
Secondary: Economics of Education
References
Torsten Persson
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 66
Email: torsten.persson@iies.su.se
David Strömberg (Dep. of Economics, SU)
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 43 76
Email: david.stromberg@su.se
Juan Llavador Peralt
Personal web
CV
Email: juan.llavadorperalt@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Fields of Interest
Primary: Macroeconomics
Secondary: Growth, Finance
References
Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se
Xavier Gabaix (Harvard University)
Phone: +1 (617) 495 2143
Email: xgabaix@fas.harvard.edu
Joshua Weiss
Phone: +44 (0)20 795 7508
Email: joshua.weiss@iies.su.se
Timo Boppart
Email: timo.boppart@iies.su.se
Jinci Liu
Personal web
CV
Cellphone: :+46 (0)70 715 3871
Email: jinci.liu@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Fields of Interest
Primary: Labor, Applied Microconomics
Secondary: Personnel, Organizational, Digital Economics
References
Arash Nekoei
Phone: +46 (0)70 097 2144
Email: arash.nekoei@iies.su.se
Mitch Downey
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 70
Email: mitch.downey@iies.su.se
Josef Sigurdsson (Dept. of Economics, SU)
Phone: +46 (0)79 351 0248
Email: josef.sigurdsson@su.se
Thore Petersen
Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +49 151 5073 3574
Email: thore.petersen@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Can the plants turn green?
Fields of Interest
Primary: Macroeconomics
Secondary: Energy and Environmental Economics
References
Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se
Joshua Weiss
Phone: +44 (0)20 795 7508
Email: joshua.weiss@iies.su.se
Jonatan Riberth
Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +46 (0)70 266 2281
Email: jonatan.riberth@iies.su.se
Job Market Paper
Adverse Health Events and Vaccine Hesitancy
Fields of Interest
Primary: Health Economics
Secondary: Public Economics
References
Arash Nekoei
Phone: +46 (0)70 097 2144
Email: arash.nekoei@iies.su.se
Torsten Persson
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 66
Email: torsten.persson@iies.su.se
Mårten Palme (Dept. of Economics, SU)
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 33 07
Email: marten.palme@su.se
Last updated: November 14, 2025
Source: Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)