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Is finding a job enough to become part of a society? At SKR's Arbetsmarknadsdagarna in Uppsala on October 6, CMIR researcher Örjan Sjöberg invited municipal professionals to look beyond employment as a measure of integration and consider the importance of social connections, belonging, and opportunities to participate in society.  

Would you like to work in a dynamic international environment and contribute to the day-to-day operations of one of Europe's leading business schools?  The Education Office at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is building a small pool of flexible hourly staff who can provide support during peak periods and special projects throughout the year. 

How do organizations define and pursue “success” in an increasingly quantified world? A new Fortnox-funded professorship at the Stockholm School of Economics will explore how metrics, performance measures and rankings shape organizational priorities, decisions and understandings of success.

War destroys infrastructure and human capital, but its economic consequences go much further. At a lecture hosted by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics on September 24, economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko explored how conflict disrupts the allocation of resources, affecting productivity and long-term economic performance.

Firms that win public contracts see higher revenue and profits, while average worker wages barely change, new research suggests. The findings highlight how competition in public procurement can shape both the efficiency of government spending and income inequality.

An AI project may start with a narrow goal, but the data needed to make it work can take an organization somewhere much bigger. Researchers followed an AI hiring initiative at a multinational company for over three years and showed how datafication spread to unexpected corners of the organization.