Markus Grillitsch is Professor in the Department of Human Geography at Lund University and Director of CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy). His work spans EU member states, transition economies, and developing countries with focus on spatial transformation processes. His research interests include: Economic Geography and Innovation Studies Regional Development and Knowledge Institutions Place-Based Leadership and Institutional Entrepreneurship Network Analysis and Policy Implementation Recent publications demonstrate strong focus on energy justice transitions, innovation policy limitations, and multi-scale inequality analysis. His work connects theoretical frameworks with empirical studies of regional diversification and agency-structure dynamics. Key recurring themes include sustainable development pathways, capabilities approaches, and institutional transformation processes across diverse geographical contexts. Current research projects include: Multi-level learning journeys for green and just regional transformations (Vinnova-funded) Economic resilience through Swedish hidden champions study Circular value chains and policy dynamics research Klimatneutrala städer 2030 urban climate initiative Grillitsch's work actively contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through research on economic growth, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities, and climate action. His fingerprint analysis shows strongest connections to Innovation (100%), Knowledge (93%), and Regional Development (66%) research domains.
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Jonas Eliassonمشاهده پروفایل
استاد مهمان
Jonas Eliasson is a Visiting Professor at Linköping University's Department of Science and Technology (ITN), focusing on Communications and Transport Systems. He concurrently serves as Director of Transport Access at the Swedish National Transport Administration and chairs the Planning & Construction committee of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences. Previously, he was Director of the Stockholm City Transportation Administration (2016–2019) and a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) from 2007 to 2016. His research emphasizes transport policy design and evaluation, including cost-benefit analysis, transport pricing, railway capacity allocation, and public acceptability of policies. He advises governments on sustainable transport planning, congestion pricing, and socio-economic appraisals. His work bridges theoretical frameworks and practical implementation, with a focus on accessibility, equity, and climate targets. Key research themes include infrastructure cost overruns, traffic demand reduction strategies, and the integration of passenger and freight transport systems. Recent publications analyze policy impacts, forecasting methods, and carbon-neutral transportation systems. His interdisciplinary approach addresses both technical and socio-political dimensions of transport challenges. Eliasson collaborates with research groups like Railway and Public Transport and contributes to initiatives like the 'Next Generation Smart Transportation Systems' project. Despite extensive professional roles, no formal student advisees are listed. His work is disseminated through journals like Transportation Research Part A and policy reports for national and regional governments.
Maricela De la Torre Castro is a Professor of Natural Resource Management at Stockholm University , affiliated with the Department of Physical Geography . Her research focuses on coastal and ocean governance through a social-ecological systems lens, emphasizing gender dynamics , seagrass conservation , and climate change adaptation in tropical coastal communities. BSc in Oceanology (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California) MSc, PhD, and Docent in Natural Resource Management (Stockholm University) Her work examines seagrass ecosystem services , small-scale fisheries governance , and gendered impacts of marine protected areas . Recent studies analyze: 2025: Habitat loss risks from seaweed cultivation 2024: Gender-poverty dynamics in Zanzibar MPAs 2022: Adaptive capacity differences between genders 2021: Blue Justice frameworks for fisheries governance Active projects include SEAgender (Swedish Research Council) analyzing gendered effects of MPAs . She supervises PhD candidates in tropical marine systems and has extensive experience with EU Erasmus programs and UNDP collaborations . Research emphasizes hybrid methods , cultural value mapping , and interdisciplinary monitoring of coastal initiatives.
Kurt Mitman is a Lecturer at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. He holds a Professor position at CEMFI and is an Associate Professor at IIES (on leave). His research spans macroeconomics , with a focus on household economics , housing , labor market dynamics , and monetary/fiscal policy . He served as Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies (2019-2024) and received an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project HIPSTERMacro . Key research areas: Macroeconomics, Household Debt and Default, Housing Market Shocks Major contributions: Studying unemployment insurance effects, debt-relief policies, and heterogeneous-agent models His work has been widely covered in media outlets including The Wall Street Journal , Bloomberg , and The Economist . He co-organizes the VMACS seminar series and academic conferences like the SITE Session on Macroeconomics and Inequality .
Anders Stenberg is a Professor of Economics at Stockholm University , where he works at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) . His research focuses on Labor Economics and Education Economics , with particular attention to gender dynamics, policy evaluation, and socioeconomic outcomes. Co-leader of the Labor Economics (AME) research unit Member of the GAINS (Gender Analysis and Interdisciplinary Network, Stockholm) group His work examines: Causal effects of educational content on voter turnout and health outcomes Policy impacts of domestic services subsidies on immigrant labor market integration Long-term consequences of upper secondary school programs Evaluations of Higher Vocational Education in Sweden Interactions between gender identity and household income dynamics Recent publications demonstrate his expertise in: 2024 - Intergenerational educational spillovers and mental health economics 2023 - High school specialization and earnings trajectories 2022 - Gender income dynamics and adult education effectiveness 2012-2017 - Longitudinal studies on education-policy interactions
- Labor Economics
- Education Economics
- Gender Studies
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Petter Lundborg is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Lund University, and affiliated with the Centre for Economic Demography and IZA Bonn. He joined Lund University in 2010 after working at VU Amsterdam from 2006 to 2010. His academic career focuses on health and labor economics, with significant contributions to understanding the connections between health, education, and economic outcomes. Lundborg's research interests span health economics, labor market outcomes, education, early life conditions, and household finance. His work often examines how childhood experiences and health conditions affect long-term economic and social outcomes. He has made notable contributions to understanding the impact of school nutrition programs, military service, and healthcare consolidation on individual and societal well-being. His research utilizes natural experiments and large-scale administrative data to identify causal relationships in economic behavior. His recent publications demonstrate a strong empirical approach to policy evaluation, particularly in health and education sectors. Lundborg frequently publishes in top economics journals including American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, and Journal of Health Economics. His work consistently addresses important policy questions with rigorous methodology, making significant contributions to both academic literature and policy discussions. Lundborg was awarded the prestigious Assar Lindbeck-medaljen in 2017, recognizing his significant contributions to economic research. His work has received widespread attention, with mentions in 28 news outlets, references in 12 policy sources, and substantial engagement across social media platforms including 211 X posts and mentions in Wikipedia. As an active researcher, Lundborg currently leads multiple research projects funded by major organizations including the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (Forte), Swedish Research Council, and The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. He serves as Principal Investigator on projects examining early labor market experiences, socioeconomic segregation across the life course, fertility and inequality, and the Landskrona Population Study. Lundborg also supervises PhD students, including Natalie Irmert (2022-2026), and participates extensively in peer review activities for academic institutions and journals. Lundborg is part of extensive research networks examining demographic and economic patterns across generations. His work on the Landskrona Population Study investigates long-term demographic trends, while his projects on early life adversity and socioeconomic segregation explore how neighborhood, school, and policy environments shape life outcomes. His research contributes significantly to understanding how social and economic policies affect individual trajectories across the lifespan.
Markus Jäntti serves as Professor at Stockholm University's Institute for Social Research (SOFI), where his research centers on income and wealth distribution, poverty dynamics, and socio-economic mobility through comparative international lenses. He specializes in quantifying family background's influence on economic outcomes and leads pivotal projects including MapIneq (life-course inequality trends), PrecaNord (Nordic precarious work analysis), and TITA (austerity-era inequality assessment). His research portfolio spans income distribution , wealth inequality , intergenerational mobility , and comparative social policy , employing advanced econometric techniques and cross-national datasets like the Luxembourg Income Study. Work within SOFI's Labor Market Economics (AME) group extends to education, health, taxation, and gender equality, reflecting labor economics' interdisciplinary nature. Analysis of his 2020-2025 publications reveals dual emphases: methodological innovation (e.g., grouped-data inequality measurement) and empirical exploration of family-background effects, labor policies, and social transfers. His influential 2020 framework synthesizing four mobility approaches underscores conceptual rigor, while recent Nordic-focused studies address contemporary challenges like migrant labor exploitation. Scientific awards: No awards were documented in source materials. Major grant-funded projects include: MapIneq : Tracking intergenerational, educational, labor market, and health inequality drivers across lifespans PrecaNord : Multi-level analysis of precarious/informal work in Finland, Norway, and Sweden TITA : Consortium study of austerity's impacts on financial, health, and opportunity inequalities As core faculty in SOFI's AME group, he contributes to research spanning labor market outcomes (wages, employment), social transfers, crime, and political economy—operating within Stockholm University's broader social policy ecosystem while maintaining independent research leadership.
- Income Distribution
- Wealth Distribution
- Poverty
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Fredrik N G Andersson is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Lund University School of Economics and Management. His research focuses on macroeconomics, climate policy, environmental economics, fiscal policy, and economic history. He is a profile area member of the Lund University 'Nature-based future solutions' initiative. His research interests include analyzing the intersection of economic policies with climate change, inequality, and historical socioeconomic trends. Notable areas of work include the impact of fiscal frameworks, monetary policy effectiveness, and corporate climate adaptation strategies. He has contributed to over 160 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, policy reports, and consultations for Swedish governmental bodies. Key themes in his recent work include decarbonization pathways, pandemic policy evaluations (e.g., Sweden's lockdown strategies), and the implications of climate policies for industries. His work often bridges theoretical economics with practical policy design, emphasizing evidence-based decision-making. Andersson has advised on major policy reforms, such as evaluations of the Swedish fiscal framework and central bank policies. He frequently engages in public discourse through newspapers like Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Industri, discussing topics like inflation targeting, climate neutrality, and industrial policy.
Thomas Fischerمشاهده پروفایل
دانشگاهی
Thomas Fischer is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics , Lund University , specializing in Heterogeneous Agent Models , Income and Wealth Inequality , and Financial Stability . His teaching spans Finance and Macroeconomics at both Bachelor's and Master's levels, with extensive supervision of theses. Research Interests include: Heterogeneous Agent Models Wealth and Income Inequality Financial Stability and Risk Progressive Taxation Human Capital Accumulation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publication Trends highlight contributions to Consumption Dynamics , Urban Economics , and Sustainable Finance . Key projects involve gender income inequality , industrial decarbonization , and peer dynamics in higher education. Supervised Work includes PhD students Maxime Polis and Wenting Li , with collaborative projects funded by FORMAS (Swedish Research Council). He has served as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hamburg (2018) and participated in international workshops.
- Economics
- Econometrics
- Finance
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Timo Boppartمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Timo Boppart is an Associate Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University . He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Zurich , and his research focuses on macroeconomics with special emphasis on economic growth , income distribution , and development economics . His scholarly work spans key areas such as structural change in economies, endogenous growth theory , and the macroeconomic implications of technological turnover . His recent publications delve into topics like historical manufacturing data in Sweden , endogenous degrowth , and technological innovation cycles , reflecting a broad analytical approach to economic dynamics. Articles from 2019 to 2025 highlight his sustained interest in creative destruction , labor supply trends , and measuring growth inaccuracies . While no specific student advisee relationships or scientific awards are mentioned in the provided content, his work has been published in prestigious journals such as The American Economic Review , Journal of Political Economy , and Econometrica , indicating substantial academic impact.
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth
- Income Distribution
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Anna Angelinمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Anna Angelin is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at Lund University's School of Social Work, specializing in social vulnerability and inequality. With over 20 years of experience at the university, she has established herself as a leading researcher in poverty studies, social policy, and welfare systems. Her current research focuses on activation programs for the unemployed, food poverty, and social exclusion. Her research interests span multiple dimensions of poverty and social exclusion, with particular emphasis on food poverty, welfare benefit recipients, and activation policies. She has developed innovative approaches to studying how civil society organizations distribute food aid to economically vulnerable citizens and examines how employers perceive and interact with welfare clients. Her work bridges academic research with practical policy implementation through her leadership of AKTIV, a collaboration network for researchers focusing on activation and social welfare. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a clear trend toward examining food poverty systems and the changing role of civil society in welfare provision. Her work increasingly focuses on comparative international studies, particularly examining Swedish and Australian approaches to welfare clients and employer attitudes. She has also expanded her research to include climate crisis intersections with food poverty and distribution systems. Anna Angelin actively supervises multiple PhD students working on poverty-related topics, including Elinn Leo Sandberg (food aid from civil society), Ana Karina Pastrana Polo (food poverty among youths), and Amanda Börjeson-Hedman (labor market activation related to housing and homelessness). She has received significant research funding, including an EU FP7 grant for the COPE project and World Bank commissions. She leads the AKTIV collaboration network and has established strong connections between academic research and practical welfare implementation. Her work with civil society organizations, including Save the Children and Majblomman foundation, demonstrates her commitment to translating research into practical social interventions.
- poverty
- social policy
- food poverty
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Maria Brandénمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Maria Brandén is an Associate Professor and researcher at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, with additional appointments as a lecturer at the Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University. Her work focuses on sociological demography and population dynamics, particularly in the areas of social mobility, family structures, neighborhood effects, and immigration studies. Stockholm University Demographic Division (SUDA) Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University Her research explores the intersection of geography, socioeconomic context, and life outcomes, including projects on intergenerational mobility, shared physical custody, immigrant educational trajectories, and neighborhood polarization. She has led studies on neighborhood impacts on social assistance dependency and regional mobility disparities, often employing register-based and comparative methodologies. Maria's recent publications examine spatial determinants of education, family migration patterns, and pandemic-related mortality risks, reflecting her multidisciplinary approach to social inequality and demographic transitions. Swedish Research Council-funded project on social mobility Collaborative grants in demography and social policy She has presented research at the Population Association of America and LO (Swedish Trade Union Confederation), contributing to public discourse on demographic and social trends.
Julius Anderssonمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
Julius Andersson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), Stockholm School of Economics (since 2021). He holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and serves as an affiliated researcher at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum). He is also an associate researcher at LSE's Department of Geography and Environment. His research focuses on environmental economics, public economics, and political economy, with a particular emphasis on climate change mitigation policies. Education: PhD in Environmental Economics, London School of Economics (2019) MSc Economics, University College London (2014) MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, London School of Economics (2013) BSc Economics, Lund University (2012) His research interests include analyzing the practical impacts of climate policies, such as carbon taxes and industrial policies. Notably, his work on Sweden's carbon tax demonstrated significant emission reductions, earning the 2022 AEJ:Economic Policy Best Paper Award. He also explores distributional effects of environmental policies, including how income inequality influences their regressive outcomes. Awards & Recognition: 2022 AEJ:Economic Policy Best Paper Award LSE Class Teacher Award (2016) Teaching: He teaches graduate courses on environmental economics and European policy at SSE, and previously taught at LSE. His pedagogical focus aligns with his research on sustainability and policy design. Collaborations & Affiliations: Beyond SITE, he collaborates with the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets and LSE's Department of Geography and Environment. His work bridges academic research with practical policy recommendations for decarbonization and equitable climate governance.
Lena Sohlمشاهده پروفایل
مدرس ارشد
Lena Sohl is a Senior Lecturer and holds a PhD in Sociology. She is affiliated with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSV) at Mid Sweden University, based in Sundsvall, Sweden. Her research focuses on class mobility, gender studies, race relations, and social inequality within the context of the Swedish welfare state. Education: Lena Sohl earned her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology from Atlas Akademi, Stockholm, with a thesis titled Att veta sin klass: Kvinnors uppåtgående klassresor i Sverige (Knowing One's Class: Women's Upward Class Mobility in Sweden), completed in 2014. Research Interests: Her work examines intersections of gender, class, and race, particularly in Sweden. She explores topics such as upward/downward class mobility, elite studies, migrant experiences, and the ideological frameworks shaping social structures. Recent studies include analyses of high-income earners' self-perceptions and the challenges of conducting sociological research amid bureaucratic ethical reviews. Publications and Projects: Lena has authored/co-authored over 20 scholarly articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. Notable contributions include works on Black Lives Matter from a Swedish sociological perspective, gender negotiations among migrant women, and labor narratives in marginalized sectors. She has also led research projects on equality initiatives and cultural policy in urban peripheries. Awards: No scientific awards explicitly mentioned in available records. Collaborations and Grants: Her collaborative work includes evaluations funded by the Allmänna Arvsfonden (e.g., a 2023 report on fostering solidarity) and contributions to the Arena idé think tank's analysis of high-income earners' attitudes. She co-edited Ojämlika arbetsplatser (Unequal Workplaces) in 2021, addressing workplace hierarchies and discrimination.
- Sociology
- Class Mobility
- Gender Studies
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Kenneth Backlund is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics within the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) at Umeå University. His primary affiliation is with the Economics section and he is located at Samhällsvetarhuset, Biblioteksgränd 6, A23701 in Umeå. He holds a recognized university teacher qualification and is actively involved in the Economic Policy Network research group. His research focuses on environmental policy, sustainability frameworks, and welfare economics. Key areas include tax policy design under migration pressures, hyperbolic discounting effects on paternalistic policies, and the role of technology transfers in climate policy. He has extensively studied green taxation mechanisms, public goods provision in heterogeneous economies, and the interplay between nuclear energy policy and differential game theory. Backlund's work frequently integrates quantitative methods with normative policy analysis. His publications span topics from optimal tax systems in unionized labor markets to the theoretical foundations of green accounting in imperfect markets. Notable contributions include analyses of the Clean Development Mechanism's effectiveness and the economic implications of emigration on fiscal frameworks. He has collaborated with institutions like the Edward Elgar Publishing and has contributed to edited volumes such as Handbook Of Environmental Accounting . His research demonstrates a commitment to bridging theoretical economic models with real-world policy challenges in sustainability and public finance. Backlund can be contacted via email at kenneth.backlund@umu.se or via phone at +46 90 786 78 78 for academic inquiries related to his research or teaching activities.