Institution: Stockholm School of Economics

Giulian Etingin-Frati

Giulian is a pre-doctoral research fellow at the University of Zurich. He previously studied political economy and worked in international trade consulting.

Giulian’s primary research interests are in trade, development economics, and institutional quality.

(Last updated May 2024)

Sailee Sakhardande

Sophiko Skhirtladze

Sailee Sakhardande is a final-year M.Sc. Economics candidate at the Stockholm School of Economics. She has previously worked as a Portfolio Analyst within Financial Services in Mumbai, India and holds a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

(Last updated November 2019)

Valentina Farinelli

Valentina Farinelli is a final-year student in the M.Sc. of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. She holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the University of Roma Tre, Italy.

(Last updated November 2019)

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.

Anders Olofsgård

Anders Olofsgård

Anders Olofsgård is Deputy Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). He holds a PhD in Economics from Stockholm University and previously served as Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

His research focuses on political economy, development economics, and applied microeconomics. He has published widely in economics and political science journals and has worked with organizations including the IMF, World Bank, USAID, and the Swedish Parliament.

(Last updated March 2025)