Torbjörn Becker has been the Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden since 2006 and is a board member of several economics research institutes in Eastern Europe, including the Kyiv School of Economics. Prior to this, he worked for nine years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where his work focused on international macro, economic crises and issues related to the international financial system. He holds a Ph.D. from the Stockholm School of Economics and has been published in top academic journals and has contributed to several books and policy reports focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe.
Policy insights
Policy Insight 124: Financing democracy: Why and how partners should support Ukraine
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- Ukraine Initiative
VoxEU Column
Replacing foreign aid: A macroeconomic plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)
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- Politics and economics
VoxEU Column
Russia’s economic war propaganda
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- Politics and economics
VoxEU Column
Stimulating growth in Ukraine and policies for migrants’ return
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- Labour Markets 
- Ukraine Initiative
VoxEU Column
Using the returns of frozen Russian assets to finance the victory of Ukraine
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- Ukraine Initiative
VoxEU Column
A post-war macroeconomic framework for Ukraine
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- Macroeconomic policy 
- Politics and economics