Nils Karlson

Nils Karlson is the founding president and CEO of the Ratio Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an economist and political scientist, professor in Political Science at Linköping University, working in the fields of institutional economics, political theory, public choice, and constitutional political economy. His research is focused on the interaction between politics, markets and civil society in Western democracies and welfare states. His most recent book in English is Statecraft and Liberal Reform in Advanced Democracies. Currently he is working on a book about the future of the European Union.

Prior to Ratio he was the president of the City University of Stockholm, and has worked as a university lecturer, government advisor and editorial writer. He has led numerous research projects and has published over 25 books with Swedish and international academic publishers, as well as a large number academic papers and book chapters. He is a board member of the Mont Pelerin Society and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.