Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) has become a leading research and policy center on economic development in low- and middle income countries, with a particular emphasis on transition in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.

Furthermore, the Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies (FREE Network) is a joint initiative by SITE (Stockholm), BEROC (Minsk), BICEPS (Riga), CEFIR at NES (Moscow), CenEA (Szczecin), ISET-PI (Tbilisi) and KSE (Kiev). Together, these research institutes form an extensive network of leading academic experts on economic issues in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.