CEMS, the unique global alliance of 34 of the world’s leading business schools and more than 70 corporate and social partners which together deliver the CEMS Master in International Management (MIM), has elected Professor Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics as its new Chair and Professor Sherif Kamel, Dean of the American University in Cairo Business School as Deputy-Chair.  Professor Strannegard takes up his new role having already served for two years as the Alliance’s Deputy Chair.

A new research project on changing attitudes about migrants is bringing together ten CIVICA universities across Europe. “The idea of migrants’ integration in Europe may be shifting from something seen as a right, to something you need to prove you are worthy of,” says Professor Laurence Romani.

Niclas is a passionate and innovative teacher who has made outstanding pedagogical achievements in SSE programs. Over a period of thirty years, he has been part of educating more than 8,000 SSE students.

This year’s laureates in the Economic Sciences have significantly improved our understanding of the role of banks in the economy. On Monday 12, 11.30, Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig will be visiting us at SSE for a live broadcast Nobel discussion.

SSE climbs in the FT European business school rankings. Moving from 22 to 20 SSE remains the leading Nordic school on this list.

As CIVICA ambassadors, Emma and Gustav hope to shed new light on European civic issues through cultural exchange: “It’s great to be a link between universities across Europe and to promote cooperation.”

For over 40 years, the Students' Nobel NightCap, SNNC, has served as the unofficial after party to the Nobel Banquet on December 10. It is one of the absolute highlights of the Nobel Week and, for many of its guests, offers a well-needed break from the limelight. And it's entirely organised by students.

Carl Bennet and the Marianne & Marcus Wallenberg Foundation join forces to sponsor a new professorship at the Stockholm School of Economics. This enables internationally acclaimed Martina Björkman Nyqvist to continue her important research on development economics and children’s health and education as the new Carl Bennet & Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Chair in Economics.

Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Affiliated Researcher at Misum, has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for a project studying social inclusion in private schools in India. His research project is one of only twelve in Sweden to receive the grant this year.

Why do highly skilled migrants encounter difficulties getting a skilled job? And at what point does being benevolent become discrimination? Professor Laurence Romani visits the podcast Sound Economy to talk about her research on skilled migrants in the workplace.