In a world increasingly focused on the nexus of international politics and global health, Global Health Diplomacy endeavors to unite disciplines, practitioners, and institutions for effective diplomacy and leadership.

The Nordic countries consistently lead the rankings in both happiness and quality of life. With the launch of its new Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness, the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) aims to establish Sweden as the foremost knowledge hub for wellness and happiness research in the world. And, as the first business school in the world, SSE is also establishing a new professorship dedicated entirely to the subject of happiness, wellbeing and welfare.

On 8-10 September, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the FREE Network hosted the annual Retreat in Visby to discuss its institutes’ respective work of research areas, from politics to climate change to consumer behavior and joint efforts within the Network.

Fazer Retail Club had a workshop at Fazer's head office about the redesign and relaunch of the Skogaholm brand.

ICA Retail Club had a workshop about e-commerce at the ICA Head Office in Solna.

The H&M Retail Club had a workshop on omnichannel inventory optimization and commercial planning at the H&M Head Office in Stockholm city.

While in Stockholm as the Misum Forum 2023 keynote speaker, Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson sat down with Dagens Nyheter to discuss her two decades of work on purpose-driven capitalism and what that means for business.

The academic insight delves into the process by which shareholders and their intermediaries establish authority and influence companies to improve their climate-related work.

E-commerce Retail Club's had a theme lecture featured online by Sandra Gadd, CFO Boozt, as well as Board Member of Kjell & Company and Hållbar E-Handel.

In September, Milda Tylaite, Assistant Professor at the Department of Accounting at SSE, was awarded for ​​outstanding pedagogical achievements. She was awarded for her work on redesigning the course ”Current Issues in Financial Reporting” to include new pedagogical components and more current issues, especially focusing on sustainability.