SITE Events
SITE Seminar | Shocking electricity prices and carbon tax aversion
10/20/2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On October 20, 2025, we are joined by Jens Ewald (University of Gothenburg), who will present his research 鈥淪hocking Electricity Prices and Carbon Tax Aversion.鈥 Using a geographic regression discontinuity design and survey data from Swedish households, the study shows that exposure to sharply increased electricity prices significantly fuels opposition to carbon taxation鈥攄riven in large part by belief distortions about affordability and fairness.
SITE Seminar | Transnational trauma: Mental health effects of war on expatriates
11/4/2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On November 4, 2025, Mounir Karadja (Uppsala University) will present the study 鈥淭ransnational Trauma: Mental Health Effects of War on Expatriates,鈥 co-authored with Akib Khan, Linna Mart茅n, and Jimena Romero Pinto. Using Swedish administrative data, the research reveals how the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a sharp increase in anxiety, insomnia, and later depression among Ukrainian migrants鈥攈ighlighting the profound mental health toll of conflict even at a distance.
HROMADA Conference 2025 coming to 黑料网
11/12/2025, 9:00 AM - 11/13/2025, 5:00 PM
The third HROMADA Conference is coming to Stockholm 鈥 and this year, it's hosted at the 黑料网, co-organized by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). Mark your calendars and stay tuned 鈥 exciting details are on the way. You won鈥檛 want to miss this!