Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE)
@sitestockholm.bsky.social
SITE is a leading research and policy center on economic development in low-and middle income countries, with a particular emphasis on transition in the former Soviet Union and Central- and Eastern Europe.
➡️ Learn more: https://linktr.ee/SITEStockholm
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📢 Discover SITE’s latest work on economic and policy developments with relevance for Eastern Europe and other transition countries.
📚 Explore our research articles, policy briefs, datasets, reports, and more: research.hhs.se/esploro/sear...
📚 Explore our research articles, policy briefs, datasets, reports, and more: research.hhs.se/esploro/sear...
📢 Tomorrow: HROMADA Conference 2025 at SSE! Experts gather to discuss Ukraine’s sustainable future-governance, mobility & energy security.
📍In-person fully booked, but you can still join online!
🔗 Register here and see the full program: tr.ee/s5XSpx
📍In-person fully booked, but you can still join online!
🔗 Register here and see the full program: tr.ee/s5XSpx
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📢 Tomorrow: HROMADA Conference 2025 at SSE! Experts gather to discuss Ukraine’s sustainable future-governance, mobility & energy security.
📍In-person fully booked, but you can still join online!
🔗 Register here and see the full program: tr.ee/s5XSpx
📍In-person fully booked, but you can still join online!
🔗 Register here and see the full program: tr.ee/s5XSpx
Join us today, Nov 11, for the next SITE Seminar with Prof. Olle Folke (SITE) on “Misunderstandings of the child penalty graph.” Explore how a widely cited figure is interpreted - and misinterpreted.
📍 SSE & Zoom | 🕛 12:00–13:00 CET
Register here to join online: hhs-se.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍 SSE & Zoom | 🕛 12:00–13:00 CET
Register here to join online: hhs-se.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Join us today, Nov 11, for the next SITE Seminar with Prof. Olle Folke (SITE) on “Misunderstandings of the child penalty graph.” Explore how a widely cited figure is interpreted - and misinterpreted.
📍 SSE & Zoom | 🕛 12:00–13:00 CET
Register here to join online: hhs-se.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍 SSE & Zoom | 🕛 12:00–13:00 CET
Register here to join online: hhs-se.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Highlights from our joint SITE–CfSR event “Innovation Under Fire” 🇺🇦 Experts discussed how wartime Ukraine turned civilian tech & research into defense innovation - and what Sweden & Europe can learn. ➡️ See more photos and learn more: tr.ee/jIfHuX
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Highlights from our joint SITE–CfSR event “Innovation Under Fire” 🇺🇦 Experts discussed how wartime Ukraine turned civilian tech & research into defense innovation - and what Sweden & Europe can learn. ➡️ See more photos and learn more: tr.ee/jIfHuX
How has Sweden’s approach to the EU Temporary Protection Directive shaped displaced Ukrainians’ integration? 🇸🇪🇺🇦
Maria Perrotta Berlin @lilleberlin.bsky.social, Anna Anisimova & Kata Fredheim explores key challenges and policy lessons.
💡Learn more: tr.ee/RRaaY6
Maria Perrotta Berlin @lilleberlin.bsky.social, Anna Anisimova & Kata Fredheim explores key challenges and policy lessons.
💡Learn more: tr.ee/RRaaY6
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
How has Sweden’s approach to the EU Temporary Protection Directive shaped displaced Ukrainians’ integration? 🇸🇪🇺🇦
Maria Perrotta Berlin @lilleberlin.bsky.social, Anna Anisimova & Kata Fredheim explores key challenges and policy lessons.
💡Learn more: tr.ee/RRaaY6
Maria Perrotta Berlin @lilleberlin.bsky.social, Anna Anisimova & Kata Fredheim explores key challenges and policy lessons.
💡Learn more: tr.ee/RRaaY6
💌 Our October Newsletter is out! Catch up on what we’ve been up to during October: tr.ee/QcQ7Vi
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
💌 Our October Newsletter is out! Catch up on what we’ve been up to during October: tr.ee/QcQ7Vi
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🤖 Which jobs will GenAI reshape first, and who is most exposed?🔎 Ana Burduli, Zauri Marakvelidze, and Giorgi Papava from ISET PI investigate the potential impact of GenAI on the Georgian labor market. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/27/g... #FreeNetwork #ISETPI #GenAI #LaborEconomics
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🤖 Which jobs will GenAI reshape first, and who is most exposed?🔎 Ana Burduli, Zauri Marakvelidze, and Giorgi Papava from ISET PI investigate the potential impact of GenAI on the Georgian labor market. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/27/g... #FreeNetwork #ISETPI #GenAI #LaborEconomics
Just a few seats left! Join SITE & the Center for Security and Resilience at SSE for “Innovation under Fire” - exploring how Ukraine’s citizens, academics & industry drive innovation under crisis.
🗓️ Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 | 15:00 - 17:00 CET
🎟️ Register now 👉 tr.ee/AvyPbr
🗓️ Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 | 15:00 - 17:00 CET
🎟️ Register now 👉 tr.ee/AvyPbr
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just a few seats left! Join SITE & the Center for Security and Resilience at SSE for “Innovation under Fire” - exploring how Ukraine’s citizens, academics & industry drive innovation under crisis.
🗓️ Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 | 15:00 - 17:00 CET
🎟️ Register now 👉 tr.ee/AvyPbr
🗓️ Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 | 15:00 - 17:00 CET
🎟️ Register now 👉 tr.ee/AvyPbr
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📈📉 Is the ruble’s overvaluation cooling inflation or creating new risks? BEROC’s Q3 Belarus Economy Monitor explores how currency and controls shape price trends. 🔗 Read more: freepolicybriefs.org/2025/11/04/b... #BEROC #FREEnetwork #Belarus
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📈📉 Is the ruble’s overvaluation cooling inflation or creating new risks? BEROC’s Q3 Belarus Economy Monitor explores how currency and controls shape price trends. 🔗 Read more: freepolicybriefs.org/2025/11/04/b... #BEROC #FREEnetwork #Belarus
Join SITE for a full-day conference exploring the next phase of EU integration for Ukraine and Moldova — and how Sweden and the EU can support their progress.
🌍 Despite war, reform continues. What lessons can be drawn? Learn more and register here: tr.ee/MUnWoF #SITEDevDay
🌍 Despite war, reform continues. What lessons can be drawn? Learn more and register here: tr.ee/MUnWoF #SITEDevDay
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Join SITE for a full-day conference exploring the next phase of EU integration for Ukraine and Moldova — and how Sweden and the EU can support their progress.
🌍 Despite war, reform continues. What lessons can be drawn? Learn more and register here: tr.ee/MUnWoF #SITEDevDay
🌍 Despite war, reform continues. What lessons can be drawn? Learn more and register here: tr.ee/MUnWoF #SITEDevDay
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🇸🇪 🇺🇦 How well is Sweden integrating displaced Ukrainians? A new policy brief by Anna Anisimova and @lilleberlin.bsky.social of @sitestockholm.bsky.social and Kata Fredheim of SSE_Riga has been highlighted by the @ec.europa.eu DG for Migration and Home Affairs. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/31/d...
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🇸🇪 🇺🇦 How well is Sweden integrating displaced Ukrainians? A new policy brief by Anna Anisimova and @lilleberlin.bsky.social of @sitestockholm.bsky.social and Kata Fredheim of SSE_Riga has been highlighted by the @ec.europa.eu DG for Migration and Home Affairs. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/31/d...
What can Sweden & Europe learn from Ukraine’s wartime innovation? Join SITE at the Stockholm School of Economics on Nov 6 (15:00–17:00 CET) for “Innovation under fire” on how citizens, academia & industry fuel resilience in crisis.
👉 Learn more and register here for this special event: tr.ee/xRPDkf
👉 Learn more and register here for this special event: tr.ee/xRPDkf
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What can Sweden & Europe learn from Ukraine’s wartime innovation? Join SITE at the Stockholm School of Economics on Nov 6 (15:00–17:00 CET) for “Innovation under fire” on how citizens, academia & industry fuel resilience in crisis.
👉 Learn more and register here for this special event: tr.ee/xRPDkf
👉 Learn more and register here for this special event: tr.ee/xRPDkf
📢 Don’t miss the next SITE Seminar on Nov 4! Mounir Karadja presents: Transnational Trauma – a study on how the war in Ukraine impacted the mental health of Ukrainian migrants in Sweden.
🕛 12:00 -13:00 CET
📍SSE & Zoom
🔗 Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/TRlCAd
🕛 12:00 -13:00 CET
📍SSE & Zoom
🔗 Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/TRlCAd
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📢 Don’t miss the next SITE Seminar on Nov 4! Mounir Karadja presents: Transnational Trauma – a study on how the war in Ukraine impacted the mental health of Ukrainian migrants in Sweden.
🕛 12:00 -13:00 CET
📍SSE & Zoom
🔗 Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/TRlCAd
🕛 12:00 -13:00 CET
📍SSE & Zoom
🔗 Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/TRlCAd
Europe’s defence budgets are soaring - but are they aiming too high? SITE’s Jesper Roine shows that EU countries already get ~40% more military capability per dollar than the US, raising questions about NATO’s new spending goals.
💡Learn more (in Swe): tr.ee/di4B7c
💡Learn more (in Swe): tr.ee/di4B7c
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Europe’s defence budgets are soaring - but are they aiming too high? SITE’s Jesper Roine shows that EU countries already get ~40% more military capability per dollar than the US, raising questions about NATO’s new spending goals.
💡Learn more (in Swe): tr.ee/di4B7c
💡Learn more (in Swe): tr.ee/di4B7c
How can women’s representation increase without gender quotas? Join the next SITE Seminar with Pamela Campa (SITE) on Nov 3 for new evidence from Turkish elections.
📍At SSE & online via Zoom
⏰ 12:30 - 13:30 CET
💡Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/Fsoyn9
📍At SSE & online via Zoom
⏰ 12:30 - 13:30 CET
💡Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/Fsoyn9
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How can women’s representation increase without gender quotas? Join the next SITE Seminar with Pamela Campa (SITE) on Nov 3 for new evidence from Turkish elections.
📍At SSE & online via Zoom
⏰ 12:30 - 13:30 CET
💡Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/Fsoyn9
📍At SSE & online via Zoom
⏰ 12:30 - 13:30 CET
💡Learn more and how to join the seminar: tr.ee/Fsoyn9
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💻 Are women and urban workers more exposed to GenAI? 🇬🇪 Researchers from the ISET-PI explore how generative AI could reshape the Georgian labor market. 🔗 freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/27/g... #FREENetwork #ISETPI #LaborEconomics
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
💻 Are women and urban workers more exposed to GenAI? 🇬🇪 Researchers from the ISET-PI explore how generative AI could reshape the Georgian labor market. 🔗 freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/27/g... #FREENetwork #ISETPI #LaborEconomics
🇸🇪🤝 A new funding agreement secures SITE’s long-term future! With support from the Swedish government & key firms, we’ll keep advancing policy & human capital in Eastern Europe.
➡️ Learn more: tr.ee/wyx6In
➡️ Learn more: tr.ee/wyx6In
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🇸🇪🤝 A new funding agreement secures SITE’s long-term future! With support from the Swedish government & key firms, we’ll keep advancing policy & human capital in Eastern Europe.
➡️ Learn more: tr.ee/wyx6In
➡️ Learn more: tr.ee/wyx6In
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🇺🇦 The Danish government is supporting the KSE Institute in establishing the Center for Geoeconomics and Resilience and the Sanctions Hub of Excellence. 📈 The Center will start by expanding KSE’s ongoing work on sanctions through the launch of the Sanctions Hub kse.ua/about-the-sc...
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🇺🇦 The Danish government is supporting the KSE Institute in establishing the Center for Geoeconomics and Resilience and the Sanctions Hub of Excellence. 📈 The Center will start by expanding KSE’s ongoing work on sanctions through the launch of the Sanctions Hub kse.ua/about-the-sc...
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🇺🇦 How are Ukrainian CSOs shaping advocacy across the Nordic-Baltic region? 📌 Anna Anisimova @sitestockholm.bsky.social and Alina Zubkovych of the Nordic Ukraine Forum map key actors, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/09/29/m... #FreeNetwork #PolicyBrief
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
🇺🇦 How are Ukrainian CSOs shaping advocacy across the Nordic-Baltic region? 📌 Anna Anisimova @sitestockholm.bsky.social and Alina Zubkovych of the Nordic Ukraine Forum map key actors, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/09/29/m... #FreeNetwork #PolicyBrief
🌻 Thank you to everyone who joined us last week on October 15, 2025, at SSE for “Clearing the Path to Recovery: The Economics of Humanitarian Demining and Ukraine’s Reconstruction.” Read the recap and see more photos: tr.ee/0wDNyZ
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🌻 Thank you to everyone who joined us last week on October 15, 2025, at SSE for “Clearing the Path to Recovery: The Economics of Humanitarian Demining and Ukraine’s Reconstruction.” Read the recap and see more photos: tr.ee/0wDNyZ
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🛢️ Russia has lost $159B in oil export income since the full-scale invasion. Yet oil revenues could rebound if sanctions remain weak. Explore the latest Russian Oil Tracker report by the KSE Institute: kse.ua/about-the-sc... #FREEnetwork #KSEinstitute #RussianOilTracker
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🛢️ Russia has lost $159B in oil export income since the full-scale invasion. Yet oil revenues could rebound if sanctions remain weak. Explore the latest Russian Oil Tracker report by the KSE Institute: kse.ua/about-the-sc... #FREEnetwork #KSEinstitute #RussianOilTracker
💐 Thank you to everyone who joined us on Oct 14, 2025, at the Stockholm School of Economics for the Sweden–Ukraine business conference, “Strategic partnership for recovery and growth.” Co-hosted by SUCC, SITE, and JSC Oschadbank. See more photos and presentation slides: tr.ee/A7FyeQ
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
💐 Thank you to everyone who joined us on Oct 14, 2025, at the Stockholm School of Economics for the Sweden–Ukraine business conference, “Strategic partnership for recovery and growth.” Co-hosted by SUCC, SITE, and JSC Oschadbank. See more photos and presentation slides: tr.ee/A7FyeQ
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📌 Can political competition, not quotas, boost women’s political representation? In Turkey, a Kurdish party’s gender equality stance pushed the ruling AKP to nominate more women, show Pamela Campa @sitestockholm.bsky.social & Perihan Saygin @uab.cat. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/20/w... #FREEnetwork
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
📌 Can political competition, not quotas, boost women’s political representation? In Turkey, a Kurdish party’s gender equality stance pushed the ruling AKP to nominate more women, show Pamela Campa @sitestockholm.bsky.social & Perihan Saygin @uab.cat. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/10/20/w... #FREEnetwork
Join us on October 20, 2025 (12:00–13:00 CEST) for the next SITE Seminar with Jens Ewald (University of Gothenburg) presenting “Shocking Electricity Prices and Carbon Tax Aversion.”
💡Read the abstract to learn more and how to register: tr.ee/D8HNIG
💡Read the abstract to learn more and how to register: tr.ee/D8HNIG
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Join us on October 20, 2025 (12:00–13:00 CEST) for the next SITE Seminar with Jens Ewald (University of Gothenburg) presenting “Shocking Electricity Prices and Carbon Tax Aversion.”
💡Read the abstract to learn more and how to register: tr.ee/D8HNIG
💡Read the abstract to learn more and how to register: tr.ee/D8HNIG
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🇺🇦 What regional divides shaped Ukrainians’ belief in democracy before 2022? Anders Olofsgård and Cecilia Smitt Meyer of @sitestockholm.bsky.social unravel divides in values, trust, and EU attachment in their recent brief.
freepolicybriefs.org/2025/09/22/l... #FREEnetwork #Ukraine
freepolicybriefs.org/2025/09/22/l... #FREEnetwork #Ukraine
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🇺🇦 What regional divides shaped Ukrainians’ belief in democracy before 2022? Anders Olofsgård and Cecilia Smitt Meyer of @sitestockholm.bsky.social unravel divides in values, trust, and EU attachment in their recent brief.
freepolicybriefs.org/2025/09/22/l... #FREEnetwork #Ukraine
freepolicybriefs.org/2025/09/22/l... #FREEnetwork #Ukraine
Join us Nov 12, 2025 at SSE for the 3rd HROMADA Conference by SITE - sharing knowledge for Ukraine’s sustainable future. Panels: energy security, demographics & return, public administration/EU integration. Keynote: @lilleberlin.bsky.social
➡️ Learn more and register here: tr.ee/G1pikI
➡️ Learn more and register here: tr.ee/G1pikI
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join us Nov 12, 2025 at SSE for the 3rd HROMADA Conference by SITE - sharing knowledge for Ukraine’s sustainable future. Panels: energy security, demographics & return, public administration/EU integration. Keynote: @lilleberlin.bsky.social
➡️ Learn more and register here: tr.ee/G1pikI
➡️ Learn more and register here: tr.ee/G1pikI