The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development constitutes a roadmap for where we, as a society that includes the private sector, need to go in just over ten years until 2030. A study from Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) and Swesif shows that half of buy-side analysts as well as corporate investor relations officers think that sell-side financial research has a detrimental short-term focus. More than a third of sell-side financial analysts agree with this.

On May 24, 2019 – 100 years to the day after women in Sweden received the right to vote – the first-ever thesis defense in Economics, with only women on stage, is being held at SSE. Emma Heikensten, researcher in Economics, defends her thesis “Motivation and Gender: Experimental studies on Goals, Awards, Advice and Retaliation”.

Bachelor student Cecilia Nyquist is active in SSE Students for Climate Action. Appearing on SVT News she talks about a specific incident that was the starting point for her climate activism.

At today's Global Swede Award Ceremony SSE master student Sejal Gandhi was one of Sweden's top international students to receive a diploma. She is a very ambitious and enterprising student, who, besides attending the program, is engaged in international tax matters and transfer pricing at PwC Sweden. Sejal Gandhi is scheduled to graduate in June 2019.

SSE is so proud of all our Supertalents from Veckans Affärer's list Sweden's 101 Supertalents 2019.

Mattia Bianchi has been appointed Professor of Business Administration, especially Innovation Management by the Board of Directors of the Stockholm School of Economics.

Jan Ståhlberg, who graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1985, has been named as the 2019 Alumni of the Year. The award is presented to a holder of a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics who has achieved professional success, contributed to society and supported the School.

The master thesis "The Intention to Buy: An Empirical Study of the Choice of Goodwill Method under IFRS" by Jasmina Fredelind and Matilda Hellman won Best thesis 2018, an award distributed by Svenska Revisionsakademin, SRA.

On March 26, the internationally acclaimed author and President of International PEN Jennifer Clement visited Stockholm School of Economics to engage in a conversation with Jesper Bengtsson, Chairman of Swedish PEN. This was the first author’s talk in a series co-arranged by Internationell Författarscen and SSE Literary Agenda.

Sofia Fölster is the Female Economist of the Year 2019. This scholarship highlights future female leaders and is awarded for the 18th consecutive year to an outstanding female student at the Stockholm School of Economics. Volvo Cars is the proud main sponsor and host company for the scholarship in 2019.