Kata Fredheim

Kata Fredheim, PhD is Executive Vice President for Partnerships and Strategy and Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, with an affiliation to the Stockholm School of Economics in Stockholm. A social anthropologist by training, she works at the intersection of business, government, academia and social change. She has extensive experience developing international partnerships, building institutions and leading programmes across Europe and Central Asia, particularly in the Nordic–Baltic region, Ukraine and Moldova. An entrepreneur and consultant, she founded Markolo Research, a consultancy working with data and AI on democracy, information environments and societal resilience. Her academic research focuses on migration, labour markets and demographic change, reflecting a wider interest in how people, institutions and societies respond to change.