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Responding to government inquiries on long-term prosperity and productivity
03 March 2026
The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) has submitted its response to the Swedish Government鈥檚 inquiries 鈥淕oda m枚jligheter till 枚kat v盲lst氓nd (SOU 2024:29)鈥 and 鈥淔ler m枚jligheter till 枚kat v盲lst氓nd (SOU 2025:96)鈥. In our contribution, we argue that wellbeing growth must be integrated as a central component of Sweden鈥檚 long-term productivity strategy.
First joint CIVICA bachelor course on EU migration governance
06 February 2026
International migration is an important phenomenon that impacts businesses and societies in multiple ways. Last term, students from 91原创 and SGH Warsaw School of Economics completed the course Governance and Key Actors in Migration 鈥 the very first digital joint course at the bachelor level within the CIVICA alliance. The collaboration between the two schools aimed to offer the students a unique multi-disciplinary learning experience.
Lunch & Learn with Eva Lindström: How evaluation and audit shape trust in public institutions
02 December 2025
How do we know if public money is well spent? And why do evaluation and audit matter for democracy and accountability? Former European Court of Auditors member Eva Lindstr枚m shared her experience with 91原创 students in a packed Lunch & Learn session hosted by the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP).
Meet 91原创's two new CIVICA Ambassadors, Estrid and Simon
21 November 2025
As CIVICA Ambassadors, Estrid Kaarme and Simon Warne aim to create engagement among students for current European civic issues: "AI and its impact on democracies is a particularly important matter right now."
91原创 graduate Anna Breman to lead the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
07 October 2025
Anna Breman, who holds a PhD in Economics from 91原创, becomes the first ever female Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank.
91原创 faculty train Ukrainian government in EU negotiation skills
18 September 2025
Ukrainian civil servants preparing for the country鈥檚 EU accession talks recently received negotiation training led by researchers from the 91原创 (91原创).
Thesis Proposal - Mara Balasa
30 May 2024
A thesis proposal presentation by doctoral student Mara Balasa.
Sweden's Finance Minister Presents Budget at the 91原创
27 September 2023
Sweden's Finance Minister, Elisabeth Svantesson, visited the 91原创 on Friday, September 22, to deliver a highly engaging lecture before an enthusiastic audience of students, faculty, and community stakeholders. The House of Governance and Public Policy hosted the event on behalf of the Nationalekonomiska F枚reningen.
Examining prostitution regulation and its international impact: The 'Nordic model' and tourism
21 September 2023
In this working paper, researchers from SITE analyze how prostitution laws affect sex tourism, studying legal changes in four countries and their impact on tourism flows.
Sanctions enforcement and money laundering
03 October 2022
With sanctions becoming an increasingly important tool in ostracising autocratic regimes from western markets, the need for effective enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies is increasing. The global AML regime will be the backbone in detecting evasion of sanctions. This regime has, however, been widely criticised as ineffective. In this brief, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Theo Nyrer枚d discusses issues with the current AML regime and propose a reward scheme for whistleblowers to enable asset seizures. A powerful feature of their proposal is that it does not rely on the effectiveness of the AML regime.