Erik Prawitz is an Associate Professor at Linnaeus University and IFN. He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University. In 2018, he was awarded the Alexander Gerschenkron prize for his thesis entitled On the Move: Essays on the Economic and Political Development of Sweden.
Some questions that Erik Prawitz tries to answer in his research:
- How does emigration affect economic and political development in sending regions?
- What are the repercussions of technological change on economic, political, and social development?
- What are the determinants of innovative activity?
