As its new CEO Isabel Keulen welcomes her first batch of startups into SSE’s incubator, the scene is set for an AI boom. Today, SSE Business Lab announces its largest intake of companies ever – 15 startups, of which an impressive 60% are built on AI technology. Among the new founders are both serial entrepreneurs and senior executives.

The rise of generative AI (GenAI) is challenging the idea that AI is only useful for automation and efficiency and suggests it’s time to rethink human-AI collaboration. A new research article by HOI researcher Sebastian Krakowski recently published in Information & Organization, argues that GenAI can enhance creativity, democratize AI access, and fundamentally change the way organizations function.

According to the Financial Times’ newest ranking of Europe’s startup hubs, dramatic changes are afoot: half of last year’s leading hubs have vanished from the list, while SSE Business Lab has surged ahead. Now ranked at number eight, SSE's incubator is the only Nordic hub to earn a place in the top ten.

SSE researcher Sebastian Krakowski has been selected for the Thinkers50 Radar 2025, recognizing 30 emerging thought leaders expected to shape the future of management. The annual list, introduced in 2016, is a key indicator of influential ideas in the field.

Algorithms increasingly guide public sector decisions, yet their impact on fairness is often overlooked. Researchers from SSE have examined how public institutions may ignore the injustices of algorithmic decision-making. The research project has been selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) as one of the most promising projects this year.

SSE has a long-standing commitment to both culture and wellbeing. These efforts are now becoming evident at the School’s startup incubator: more than half of the new ideas are focused around art and health.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way research is conducted, from generating new ideas to drafting papers. A new study published in the Journal of Management Inquiry explores the benefits and challenges of using AI in academic research. This curated discussion highlights that while AI has the potential to enhance or harm the research process, it also triggers us to redefine and reconsider what authorship is and how research is performed.

The 23 members of the editorial board of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, the most prominent journal on innovation management, have asked themselves: what is the future of innovation management? What new key issues are in front of leaders, and which new questions therefore researchers need to address. The result is an article, just published on JPIM, which outlines five future paths for innovation management research. This article aims to address the complex challenges of global innovation and the need for new frameworks to understand and manage technological and societal shifts.

With its eleven newly admitted companies, SSE Business Lab is reaching a new milestone: 307 startups have now passed through the incubator. More than one third of these were admitted just in the past four years.

How can both workers and firms benefit from automation and AI? The Swedish industry offers important lessons, according to a doctoral thesis from the Stockholm School of Economics.