Together with Georgetown University (GU), a reception took place at Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) to celebrate the 2017’ cohort of the six Wallenberg International Fellows.

Torkel Strömsten has received 2.5 MSEK from Jan Wallander & Tom Hedelius Foundation for further development of the Research School in Accounting, FIRE. Co-applicants were Bino Catasús (Stockholm University), Johnny Lind (Stockholm School of Economics) and Fredrik Nilsson (Uppsala University).

by Maria Perrotta Berlin, Evelina Bonnier and Anders Olofsgård, UNU Wider Working Paper

Allt om Misums deltagande i Almedalen 2017. Schemat kommer att uppdateras löpande.

Ekonomiprofessorn Micael Dahlen vinner årets Mensapris, som delas ut av föreningen Mensa Sverige. Priset syftar till att ”uppmuntra någon vars gärning identifierar och främjar mänsklig intelligens”.

For the first time, four students have been awarded the exciting K-A Bonnier International Fellows Program. Mai Pham, Wasita Thongdee, Josefina Hagberg, and Märta Eriksson (who hail from from Sweden, Thailand, and Vietnam respectively), will have the opportunity to earn a Master degree at two highly esteemed business schools – the Stockholm School of Economics and the National University of Singapore.

The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs organised the annual SITE Development Day conference on the topic of development finance. The conference brought together distinguished academics, industry experts, development economists, policy makers and guests interested in the topic.

By Maria Perrotta Berlin, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Bei Qin, SITE Working Paper

A generous donation from the Association of ICA Retailers has enabled the establishment of a new professorship in retailing at the Stockholm School of Economics. Professor Sara Rosengren has been appointed as the first holder of this chair.

Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall, forskare i bolagsstyring, deltar i riksdagsseminarium om skatters betydelse för företags lokalisering.