Many companies use the term "fossil-free" in their marketing, but they seem to mean different things by the word. In an ongoing project, the possibilities of reaching a common definition are being investigated, although it looks like it will take some time before it is possible to label a product as "fossil-free".

Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) initiates a new research collaboration with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to investigate the importance of psychological safety and resilience among employees in the fund.

Department of Economics is proud to present its latest PhD graduate: Zoltán Rácz. He has successfully defended his thesis on the 7th of June, and we congratulate him on this momentous achievement. Congratulations, Zoltán!

Welcome to a seminar on 8 June 2023 with Patrik Aspers, Professor Ordinarius, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz.

It is said that humans never learn from history. But is that really true?

Statistics have been an important prerequisite for Sweden, to be able to reach the level of gender equality that exists today. We now also statistics for discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity and religion, says researchers Sayaka Osanami Törngren and Lin Lerpold after attending av international conference on equality data that was recently held in Sweden.

Martin Carlsson Wall has been appointed professor of accounting at the Stockholm School of Economics. Martin Carlsson Wall’s research explores the intersection between accounting, creativity, sports and emotions.

As a smaller company, it can be difficult to kick-start your climate and sustainability work. Two experts therefore give their best advice on how to get started: Lin Lerpold, Director at Center for Sustainability Research and Tommy Borglund, researcher and teacher at the Center for Sustainable Business.

MIRAI 2.0 is an academic alliance among 20 Universities in Sweden and Japan, aiming to promote long-term research collaboration between the two countries. The next MIRAI 2.0 Research and Innovation week will be organized on November 13-17, 2023 in Umeå, Sweden. The theme for the conference is “Creating Resilient and Sustainable Societies”.

New study on ‘design heterogeneity’ highlights the limits of generalizability and informativeness of individual experimental designs.