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On Friday, February 20, GaPP hosted a Lunch & Learn seminar with Gertrud Ingestad, former Director-General at the European Commission. Drawing on her own career journey, she offered students practical insights into how to build a career within the EU institutions - and why more Swedes are needed.

Authoritarian elections are often described as largely symbolic exercises: the outcome feels decided, yet leaders still spend huge effort staging voting day. A new policy brief analysis by Anastasiia Arbuzova, Postdoctoral Researcher at SITE, highlights that a single indicator - reported turnout - can meaningfully shape how legitimate people think an autocratic government is.

Paid traineeships, policy jobs and international career paths were in focus when EU recruitment coordinator Asia Riazantceva visited SSE. Students received practical advice on how to apply for EU roles - and how to start preparing already during their studies.

Sweden has pledged SEK 114 billion in support to Ukraine – its largest commitment to another country in modern times. At a seminar hosted by the European Parliament in Stockholm, Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), warned that Russia’s war economy is under mounting pressure and argued that sustained Western support can ultimately determine the outcome.

How costly is it for a democracy to ignore antagonistic information threats? That question brought together Ukrainian and international researchers, policymakers, and security experts at the Stockholm School of Economics on February 12, 2026, for a high-level discussion examining the economic, political, and societal consequences of disinformation and hybrid information aggression.

Maria Perrotta Berlin, Assistant Professor at SITE, contributed to the Sorbonne Alliance research initiative “Europe and the War in Ukraine” - a joint project led by ESCP Business School, INALCO, and Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle examining the war’s consequences for Europe in geopolitical, geoeconomic, and business terms.

International migration is an important phenomenon that impacts businesses and societies in multiple ways. Last term, students from SSE and SGH Warsaw School of Economics completed the course Governance and Key Actors in Migration – 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.

On Thursday, January 29, the Stockholm School of Economics officially launched the Center for Migration and Integration Research (CMIR). The launch event brought together researchers, policymakers, business leaders, and representatives from civil society for an afternoon of dialogue on migration, integration, and social inclusion - some of the most pressing issues facing societies today.

Why do carbon and fuel taxes trigger political backlash? In a new policy brief, Julius Andersson (researcher at SITE) points to income polarization. As the middle class’s income share shrinks, the tax burden shifts toward middle-income groups – helping explain backlash such as the Yellow Vests protests and fuel-tax rollbacks.

In this reflective account, Sam Elfström, an alumnus of the Applied History course, shares insights from an intensive week in the YROW program, highlighting the value of cross-sector exchange, lessons from Ukraine’s wartime resilience, and the growing strategic importance of Europe’s southern neighborhood.