PhD Job Placements
Our PhD graduates go on to careers in academia, government, international organizations, and the private sector. The list below highlights their placements after completing their doctoral studies at the Department of Economics.
2026
Daniel Cunha Byström
Postdoctoral researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom; Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Sweden.
2025
Vorada Limjaroenrat
Assistant professor, Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
Jens Ewald
Postdoctoral researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Jimmy Karlsson
Postdoctoral researcher, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden.
Tim Bayer
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Potsdam, Germany.
2024
Ronja Helénsdotter
Postdoctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States.
Timm Behler
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Hamburg, Germany.
2023
David Bilén
Postdoctoral researcher, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway.
Magnus Hansson
Browaldh Assistant Professor, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Ville Inkinen
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
2022
Andrea Berggren
Researcher, Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate, Sweden.
Jakob Enlund
Postdoctoral researcher, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
Lisa Norrgren
Statistician, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden.
Lina Andersson
Analyst, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority, Sweden.
2021
Samson Mukanjari
Associate Senior Lecturer, Environmental Economics, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.
Ruijie Tian
Economist, ByteDance, China.
2020
Simon Schürz
Scientific associate, Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), Germany.
Melissa Rubio
Postdoctoral researcher in economic history, University of Cologne, Germany.
Sebastian Larsson
Statistical analyst, Swedish Gender Equality Agency, Sweden.
Tewodros Tesemma
Researcher, Policy Studies Institute, Ethiopia.
2019
Carolin Sjöholm
Researcher, The Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate, Sweden.
Debbie Lau
Demand and inventory analyst, Supply Chain Optimization, Volvo Group, Sweden.
Hoang-Anh Ho
Researcher (tenured), School of Economics, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Maksym Khomenko
Postdoctoral researcher (Wallander Fellowship), Stockholm University, Sweden.
Tamás Kiss
Postdoctoral researcher (Wallander Fellowship), Örebro University, Sweden.
2018
Simon Felgendreher
Scientific associate, Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), Germany.
Hanna Mühlrad
Postdoctoral researcher, Lund University, Sweden.
Verena Kurz
Policy officer, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), Germany.
2017
Laura Villalobos
Postdoctoral researcher, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, United States.
Andrea Martinangeli
Senior research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Germany.
Yuanyuan Yi
Consultant, Agricultural and Rural Development Unit, Development Research Group, World Bank, United States.
Lisa Björk
Postdoctoral researcher, MultiTip project, Heidelberg University, Germany.
2016
Emil Persson
Researcher, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Oana Borcan
Lecturer, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.
Reda Moursli
Assistant professor, Wesleyan University, United States.
2015
Sied Hassen
Assistant professor, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
Simona Bejenariu
Postdoctoral researcher, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Sweden.
Anja Tolonen
Assistant professor, Barnard College, Columbia University, United States.
Marcela Jaime
Assistant professor, University of Concepción, Chile.
Van Diem Nguyen
Assistant professor, University of Navarra, Spain.