Received Sylff fellowship in 2020.
Current Affiliation: Linnaeus University
Academic supervisor: Professor Daniel Waldenström
Academic achievements, social engagement initiatives: Ph.D. in Economics, Uppsala University (2021)
Olle Hammar is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics and Statistics at Linnaeus University and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Uppsala University. He is also affiliated with IZA, IFN, Uppsala Immigration Lab, UCLS and UCFS. Previously postdoc at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics and visiting scholar at Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley. His main research interests are on topics related to inequality, culture and migration.
Brief Summary of Support Program Activities:
In the SRG project, we will use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a novel program that promotoes social inclusion of immigrants and refugees in Sweden. As such, we will assess the causal effect of contact with natives on immigrants' social, economic, and cultural integration. Specifically, we have partners with the largest nongovernmental organization (NGO) of its kind in Sweden, which matches pairs of immigrants and native Swedes for informal meetings. Our main research question is: "What are the effects of introducing a native to an immigrant's social network on their integration outcomes?"
