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Diversity and sustainability are high priorities at the SSE Business Lab
03 May 2021
SSE Business Lab is the start-up incubator of the Stockholm School of Economics, open to all current and former students as well as faculty of SSE, who have founded a business. Diversity and sustainability at the top of the Agenda of the SSE Business Lab and since over two years both are requirement for being a part of their incubator program. It’s also two of the core values for the CIVICA network, and the SSE Business Lab contributes to strengthening these values.
SSE ranks highest in annual internationalization index
30 April 2021
For the sixth year in a row, the Stockholm School of Economics tops the list of Sweden’s most international universities in the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education’s (STINT) annual Internationalization Index. It’s also positive news for Sweden that one more university was awarded five star this year than in 2020.
Students at SSE learn from history
29 April 2021
How can history help policymakers and business leaders make better decisions? This is the key question in a new course in Applied History at the Stockholm School of Economics. The 7.5 ECTS course is given for the second consecutive year and the number of applications from the school’s bachelor students has been very high.
Tor Bonnier has been awarded the SIR Research Award
23 April 2021
SIR Research Award is an annual award introduced in 1992 to draw attention to people who actively and clearly contributed to research and how research is disseminated to the society. Long term involvement by representatives of the business sector is crucial for the successful research at Stockholm School of Economics.
SSE is establishing a new professorship in educational organization and leadership
09 April 2021
The Stockholm School of Economics is establishing a new professorship in organization and leadership of schools and in education. The new professorship is made possible by a donation from The Hans and Barbara Bergstrom Foundation and will be held by Professor Karl Wennberg. The donation amounts to SEK 60 million over a ten-year period and is presented on Barbara Bergström’s 75th birthday on 9 April.
Business leaders decide on 8 new companies
30 March 2021
A few weeks ago, the startup incubator of the Stockholm School of Economics, SSE Business Lab, unveiled their new Board of Admissions, spearheaded by names such as Sebastian Knutsson, Anna Stenberg och Sven Hagströmer. The new group has now decided which companies will be given the chance in the incubator next.
New members of the International Advisory Council at SSE
23 March 2021
Stockholm School of Economics is welcoming five new members to the International Advisory Council, IAC. The new members will bring an important perspective in further developing and internationalizing the School, representing three different continents.
Financial Literacy highlighted during the CIVICA European Week
22 March 2021
Dr. Thomas Lavelle is a member of the faculty at SSE and teaches courses in management and academic communication, academic and creative writing and pedagogy. Given his pedagogical interest and his interest in the interface between language and learning, he has been involved in different types of international programs and projects previously. He is attracted to both aspects of the CIVICA alliance—educational cooperation across borders and locally grounded social engagement. He is now a part of the team organizing the first European Week in June.
Heavyweights in SSE Business Lab’s new Board of Admissions
04 March 2021
The startup incubator of the Stockholm School of Economics, SSE Business Lab, is today announcing its new Board of Admissions, with a list of highly impressive people. Together the board, with names such as Sebastian Knutsson, Lisa Lindström and Sven Hagströmer, will decide which companies are accepted into the incubator.
Sweden's most climate-smart students at SSE
25 February 2021
For the third year in a row, the student bookstore Campusbokhandeln hands out the award and scholarship "Sweden's most climate-smart students" and the winners of 2021 are a duo from the Stockholm School of Economics. Together, Cecilia Nyquist and Elias Höckerfelt have started the climate organization SSCA, which among other things influenced SSE to adapt to the 1.5-degree goal and include more climate and sustainability in the courses.