Institution: SITE
Mark Bernard
Mark holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, and divides his time between doing research at SITE and working as a senior analyst at the Swedish telecommunications regulator, PTS.
Much of Mark’s current research time is devoted to an ongoing project on competition in vertically related markets financed by the Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket).
Sebastian Hohmann
Sebastian completed his PhD in Economics at London Business School in 2018. The same fall, he joined SITE as an Assistant Professor.
His research interests include development, political economy and trade.
Pamela Campa
Pamela is Associate Professor of Economics at SITE – Stockholm School of Economics. Before joining SITE she was an Assistant Professor at University of Calgary. Pamela holds a PhD in Economics from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. She is also a Research Affiliate at CEPR (Labor, Public and Political Economy), the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (MISUM), and the Dondena Gender Initiative, and an invited researcher at J-PAL Europe.
(Last updated November 2025)
Edvard von Sydow
Edvard von Sydow is a full-time research assistant at SITE, working in multiple projects at the institute. He holds a B.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Vitalijs Jascisens
Vitalijs Jascisens is a Ph.D. candidate at Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and a visiting researcher at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). He holds MPhil in economics from TSE, BSc in economics and business administration from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, and BSc in physics from the University of Latvia.
Vitalijs’ research interests lie primarily in development economics, industrial organisation and public finance.
Davis Plotnieks
Davis Plotnieks is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Latvia and works as a research analyst in the SEFORïS project at SITE, Stockholm School of Economics. He is also a Lecturer of Business Management at the BA School of Business and Finance. He has obtained over 10 years of experience in business consulting and organization and project management working in private, public and non-profit sectors in several countries. His main research interests cover innovation, financing mechanisms for new business development and social entrepreneurship. His latest research focuses on financing modes and models of social entrepreneurship
Roman Bobilev
Roman Bobilev is a Ph.D. candidate at the Stockholm School of Economics and a research assistant at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). He has a M.A in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. His research interests are primarily in political economics, economics of inequality and applied microeconometrics.
Jesper Roine
Jesper Roine is Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Deputy Director at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). Most of his research concerns income and wealth distribution and long-run development, but he has also worked on political economy and the impact of natural resources on the economy.
In addition to his research, Roine participates widely in the policy debate. He is one of the founders and regular contributor to the economics blog ekonomistas.se (written in Swedish). Roine has written a number of reports on issues such as globalization and the income distribution, the future of the Swedish welfare state, and how the Swedish government should manage its mineral resources. He is currently a member of the government’s commission on the future of work.
Maria Perrotta Berlin
Maria Perrotta Berlin is Assistant Professor and Policy and Communication Manager at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). She earned her Ph.D. from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. Maria’s main research interests are development and political economics, with a focus on gender issues and environmental policy.
Last updated September 2023
Jenny Simon
Jenny Simon is a Researcher at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. She is interested in public policies that emerge in unions of countries like the EU.