Welcome to a seminar on Thursday 13 October with Yuval Millo, Warwick Business School, Juliane Reinecke, University of Oxford, Susan Copper, King’s College London. Join at Score or via Zoom.

This year’s laureates in the Economic Sciences, Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, have significantly improved our understanding of the role of banks in the economy, particularly during financial crises. Particularly important is their research on the importance of avoiding bank collapses.

Starting now, companies at the School’s startup incubator, SSE Business Lab, will be getting both a boost in their venture building and an offer of investment from the new fund SSE Ventures. Seven new startups are starting at the incubator today, four of which are eligible for investment.

On Friday October 7th, the SSE Sport Initiative held its final event of the Sports & Inclusiveness Week with a fireside chat between Center Director Martin Carlsson-Wall and the General Secretary of the Swedish Golf Association. The topic of the event was The Swedish Golf Federation under Change

On Thursday October 6th, the SSE Sport Initiative had its third event of the Sports & Inclusiveness Week with a workshop by sports research experts at SSE - Martin Carlsson Wall, Director of The Center for Sports & Business and Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting, and Fanny Almersson, PhD Student at the Department of Accounting. The topic of the evening workshop was The Scientific Support of Diversifying Sports Organizations.

CSR’s Director and Associate Professor Lin Lerpold has together with Professor Örjan Sjöberg published research which examines the sustainability of urban living, as urban areas are often portrayed as an opportunity to reduce environmental impacts. Highlighting amongst other things that the very nature of the agglomeration economies that allow for economising on natural resources may result in higher levels of consumption. They further explain the issue of 'ontological cityism' (the inter-urban issues of boundary drawing for measurement) when considering a city’s sustainability.

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication recently opened at the Stockholm School of Economics. Read more about our research, events, and career opportunities in the first quarterly newsletter.

The application to SSE’s MSc in Accounting, Valuation & Financial Management is now open, and we invite Ukrainians to apply.

Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is looking for an Event and Office Manager to join our team. Are you a service-oriented person that wants to work at a leading international research and policy institute with daily international contact?

ICA retail club had a workshop about how the company can get back on track when it comes to their e-commerce offers in the bigger cities.