Economic History: Advanced Analysis of Economic Change

Advanced Analysis of Economic Change helps you understand how economies evolve over time—and why they differ. You’ll explore major debates in development economics from a historical perspective, focusing on long-term patterns and global variation.

The course introduces key concepts like national income, living standards, income distribution and growth drivers. You’ll learn how to measure these using quantitative tools, and how to interpret results in context.

You’ll also study how institutions, historical turning points and production factors shape development. Questions like “Why is income more unequal in some countries?” and “Can we trace today’s wealth back to historical causes?” are central to the course.

Whether you’re interested in policy, history or data analysis, this course gives you a solid foundation for understanding economic change—and the skills to explore it rigorously.

The course includes lectures, seminars, and practical assignments. You’ll work with econometric software, apply statistical methods, and critically assess research in economic history.

You’ll be assessed through exams, reports, presentations, and participation. Attendance at seminars is mandatory, and you’ll be expected to present your own analysis and engage with others’ work.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to use quantitative tools to study long-term development, evaluate empirical studies and communicate your findings clearly.

This is a course for those who want to go beyond surface-level explanations and understand the deeper forces behind economic change. You’ll learn to combine theory, data and historical insight to answer complex questions with clarity and precision.

Prerequisites

Students accepted for the following master’s programmes are qualified for this course: EAEUT Economic Growth and Development, EAETU Economic Growth, Population, and Development, EAISD Innovation and Spatial Dynamics, EAIGH Innovation and Global Sustainable Development and EAGCH International Economics with a Focus on China and. Other students applying for this course should have at least 60 credit points in either economic history, economics, history, economic and social geography, sociology or the equivalent knowledge.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 16,875
First payment: SEK 16,875

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.