Associate Member Prof. Dr. Kata Fredheim
Dr Kata Fredheim is Executive Vice President of Partnerships and Strategy and Associate Professor in Economics and Business at SSE Riga, and a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics. She is also the founder of a consultancy focused on identifying malign actors in the online space. With over fifteen years of experience in higher education strategy and partnerships, she previously led the University of Cambridge’s International Strategy Office. Her research, grounded in social anthropology, explores migration, labour markets, internationalisation, and higher education, with recent work on Ukraine. She works across policy, academia and business, with experience in executive training and strategy. She teaches on BSc and EMBA level. Kata holds degrees from Utrecht (NL), Bristol (UK), and Canterbury (NZ).
- Vārpiņa, Z., & Fredheim, K. (2025). ‘Well it seems I’m caught up in a trap’: Adoption of AI in university writing: Implications for critical thinking and labour market engagement. In A. Author(s) (Eds.), Research and Innovation Forum 2024 (pp. xx–xx). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78623-5_13
- Anisimova, A., Perrotta Berlin, M., & Fredheim, K. (2025, April 7). From integration to reconstruction: Standing with Ukraine by supporting Ukrainians in Sweden. FREE Policy Brief. Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies. https://freepolicybriefs.org/2025/04/07/supporting-ukrainians-sweden/
- Kata Fredheim & Zane Varpina (2025) Navigating Displacement: The Intertemporal Migration and Settlement Experiences of Ukrainians in Latvia. Global Networks. V25I2, April 2025, https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70000
- Becker, T., Fredheim, K., Gars, J., Hilgenstock, B., Katinas, P., Le Coq, C., Mylovanov, T., Olofsgård, A., Pavytska, Y., Perrotta Berlin, M., Ribakova, E., Shapoval, N., Spiro, D., & Wachtmeister, H. (2024). Sanctions on Russia: Getting the Facts Right. FREE Policy Brief.
- Kata Fredheim & Zane Varpina (2024) There is a reason why: Baltic return migrants’ reasons for return, Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, DOI: 10.1080/25739638.2024.2320606
- Fredheim, K., & Varpina, Z. (2023, April). Rise Up: Development and Influencers of Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Latvian Secondary School Students. In The International Research & Innovation Forum (pp. 343-354). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Fredheim K., Varpina Z. (2023). Choosing Latvia: Understanding the Decision-Making Factors of Displaced Ukrainians. FREE Policy Brief, June 2023. https://freepolicybriefs.org/
- Vārpiņa, Z., Krūmiņa, M., Fredheim, K., & Paalzow, A. (2023). Back for business: The link between foreign experience and entrepreneurship in Latvia. International Migration. Vol 61 Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13136
- Varpina, Z., & Fredheim, K. (2023, March). Mobility intentions of Latvian high-school graduates amid Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. In Research and Innovation Forum 2022: Rupture, Resilience and Recovery in the Post-Covid World (pp. 767-777). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Fredheim, K., & Varpina, Z. (2023, March). The Covid-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Migrants’ Decision to Return Home to Latvia. In Research and Innovation Forum 2022: Rupture, Resilience and Recovery in the Post-Covid World (pp. 779-790). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Varpina, Z., & Fredheim, K. (2022). Ukrainian asylum seekers in Latvia: the circumstances of destination choice. Migration Letters, 19(6), 819 – https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v19i6.2364
- Varpina, Z., Fredheim, K., & Krumina, M. (2023). Implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on high school graduates’ plans and education path. In Moving Higher Education Beyond Covid-19: Innovative and Technology-Enhanced Approaches to Teaching and Learning (pp. 147-164). Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Fredheim, K., & Varpina, Z. (2021, April). What a Manager Wants? How Return Migrants’ Experiences are Valued by Managers in the Baltics. In The International Research & Innovation Forum (pp. 577-587). Springer, Cham.