SSE and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong are proud to announce the first Silfvén Scholarship in Hong Kong available for students at the Stockholm School of Economics. Deadline for application is on Monday, February 16.

Michael Halling has been appointed MSc Teacher of the year by the SASSE Education Committee. The prize is the honor and SEK 20.000. Michael Halling is Associate Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Swedish House of Finance.

SSE Business Lab is recruiting an Operations Manager to run and improve the accelerator’s operations on a daily basis.

The Hult Prize Foundation recently announced that a team from the Stockholm School of Economics has advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, a competition in which participants work to solve a development challenge.

January 26 marked the first stage of an 18-month journey for a new cohort of MBA students at the Stockholm School of Economics.

It is with deep regret that we received the news of Econ. Dr. h.c. Peter Wallenberg’s passing, and our thoughts are with his family.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) has decided to award Tore Ellingsen and Magnus Johannesson the Söderberg Prize in Economic Sciences. The prize sum is SEK 1 million.

The debt of households poses no immediate threat to financial stability, four Professors from SSE state in a report from the Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS).

US Trade Representative Dan Mullaney visited SSE together with ambassador Mark Brzezinski to participate in a round-table discussion with students from the PhD and Msc programs in economics.

During the weekend a discussion in social media took place with criticism of SSE's work on gender equality. For this reason, Lars Strannegård has formulated an answer.