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Economics (NEK)

The Division of Economics is part of the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out education and research within the field of economics. Economics is a science that covers a wide range of different financial aspects and studies the management of resources.

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Make the world wiser with decision-making research

By understanding how decisions are shaped, we can create changes that make a real difference, e.g. for the climate and in healthcare. Gustav Tinghög and Daniel Västfjäll seek new knowledge on human behaviour.
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AI can boost financial decision making

Do you have limited financial knowledge, or prefer not to think about financial issues? Then there is great potential that AI can help, according to LiU researcher Kinga Barrafrem.
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Large donation equals five new professors at LiU

A donation of SEK 125 million enables the establishment of five new professorships in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Linköping University. The donation is directed to the subjects of economics, political science, and history.

Research

Within the subject we look at, for example, how individuals make both rational and non-rational economic decisions. Economics is both a social and a behavioural science that uses mainly quantitative methods and experiments to study people, companies, organisations, politics, the public sector, the economy, risk-taking, environmental problems, and poverty.

Research in behavioural economics and neuroeconomics dominates at the division. Examples of issues being studied are the extent to which individuals under different conditions allow intuition, feeling or the rational mind to control economic decisions and risk-taking. Methods such as laboratory experiments and magnetic resonance images of the brain are widely combined and applied. The division encompasses researchers with a background in economics, psychology and neuroscience.

Research into discrimination in the labour market, migration, energy and environmental economics, financial economics, macroeconomics, institutional economics, international trade and transport economy is also carried out at the division.
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Transport Economics and Policy

We are growing research group at LiU. The core of our research is economic analysis of transport systems, usually applied on or motivated by transport policy issues related to the climate, welfare, equity, gender equality and the labour market.
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JEDI-lab

We at JEDI lab at Linköping University conduct research on intuition, reflection, and emotion in economic decision-making. The aim of our research is to understand everyday decision-making and its underlying processes.
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Applied Microeconomics

The research in applied microeconomics covers a variety of areas such as labor economics, law economics, religion and economics, transport economics, international economics, health economics, development economics and environmental economics.

Publications

2026

Joshua Aizenman, William Elden, Yothin Jinjarak, Gazi Salah Uddin, Frida Widholm (2026) Spillovers of US fiscal challenges: The global impact of US fiscal dominance concerns on interest rates in emerging and developed markets Economic Modelling, Vol. 154, Article 107364 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Yeng-may Tan, Erkko Autio, Gemma Estrada, Donghyun Park, Gazi Salah Uddin (2025) THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE: A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DURING COVID-19 Singapore Economic Review (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Manja Gärtner, Johanna Mollerstrom, David Seim (2025) Personal income mobility and the demand for redistribution: Perceptions and reality Economics Letters, Vol. 257, Article 112711 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jo Cutler, Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta, Boryana Todorova, Jonas Nitschke, Katerina Michalaki, Lina Koppel, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Todd A. Vogel, Claus Lamm, Daniel Västfjäll, Manos Tsakiris, Matthew A. J. Apps, Patricia L. Lockwood (2025) Psychological interventions that decrease psychological distance or challenge system justification increase motivation to exert effort to mitigate climate change COMMUNICATIONS PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 3, Article 148 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Emelie Gauffin, Antonio Marques Franca, Elena Pizzaro Ferrero, Zeb Freij, Isa Pihlflyckt, Mikael Sandell, Charlotte Gedeon, He Zhang, David Andersson, Gustav Tinghög, Andrea Johansson Capusan (2025) Reduced need for inpatient care following introduction of long-acting injectable buprenorphine BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 25, Article 1397 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
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Education

The Division of Economics gives courses in 11 different programs. Economics is a key area in the MBA programme, International MBA programme, Political Science programme and the Master's programme in Economics. The division also offers single-subject courses and postgraduate courses.

Programmes

Business Administration - Strategy and Management in International Organisations, Master's Programme, 120 credits

Aims to equip future leaders with good judgement and an ability to make well-balanced decisions. Combines fundamental thinking, reasoning and skills to prepare students to go beyond applying known solutions to known problems.  International focus.
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International and European Relations, Master's Programme, 120 credits

European relations in the international society and global governance, with focus on Europe’s role in world affairs. Topics include international law and security, European institutions and external relations, research design and methodology.

Contact us

Head of Division

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Ali Ahmed

Professor, Head of Division

Director of Studies

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Pernilla Ivehammar

Associate Professor

General information and Contact for Students

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Anki Rune

Administrator

Study Adviser

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Åsa Carmesten

Study Adviser

Study Adviser

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Malin Gröndahl Maass

Study Adviser

Staff

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Chowdhury Abdullah-Al- Baki
PhD student
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Ali Ahmed
Professor, Head of Division
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David Andersson
Principal Research Engineer
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Peter Andersson
Associate Professor
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Per Arenö
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Roger Bandick
Associate Professor, Docent
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Kinga Barrafrem
Associate Professor, Docent
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Mohammad Rakib Bhuiyan
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Maria Börjesson
Adjunct Professor
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Mimmi Gustafsson
Lecturer
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Axel Hedström
Assistant Professor
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Göran Hägg
Associate Professor
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Pernilla Ivehammar
Associate Professor
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Alireza Khoshghadam
Postdoc
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Lina Koppel
Assistant Professor
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Robert Lindahl
PhD student
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Amanda Lindkvist
PhD student
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Elisabeth Lång
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Lewend Mayiwar
Postdoc
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Patrik Michaelsen
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Emil Persson
Associate Professor, Docent
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Joakim Persson
Associate Professor
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Ajsuna Ragipi Rushid
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Jonathan Siverskog
Associate Professor
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Bo Sjö
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David Stenvall
Postdoc
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Camilla Strömbäck
Associate Professor
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Gustav Tinghög
Professor
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Gazi Salah Uddin
Professor

Address

Visiting Address

Division of Economics
Hans Meijers väg
A Building, entrance 19
Campus Valla
Linköping, Sweden

Postal Address

Linköping University
Department of Management and Engineering
Division of Economics
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Organisation

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