Sheilagh Ogilvie to deliver the 2026 Eli F. Heckscher Lecture
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Why do harmful institutions survive for centuries? Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie will explore this question when she delivers the 2026 Eli F. Heckscher Lecture at the Stockholm School of Economics on Thursday 29 October.
Ogilvie is Chichele Professor of Economic History at All Souls College, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Drawing on European guilds between 1000 and 1880, she will discuss the persistence of institutions that impose significant economic and social costs.
Her research examines how institutions shape economic development and the lives of ordinary people. Her books include The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis (2019) and Controlling Contagion (2025), which investigates societies’ responses to epidemics from the Black Death to COVID-19.
Join the lecture on 29 October
The lecture takes place from 17:00 to 18:45 in Aulan at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65, Stockholm.
Read the event details and register for the lecture. The registration form is in Swedish.
The annual Eli F. Heckscher Lecture is organised by the Institute for Economic and Business History Research (EHFF) at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Ratio Institute, in honour of Heckscher’s contribution to economics and economic history.