Today marks the launch of a new accelerator program called Activate from the SSE Business Lab, the incubator unit at the Stockholm School of Economics. Activate can be used by students and alumni who want to develop a prototype and begin commercial sales over a summer. The program provides ambitious entrepreneurs the support they need to quickly get to market.

On June 12 the student group SSE Students for Climate Action presented a report with 90 bullet points on how sustainability could be further integrated into SSE’s bachelor programs.

The annual EGOS conference is just around the corner, and we congratulate Misum´s professor Mette Morsing whose paper is one of three short-listed for the EGOS best paper award.

In the past months’ money laundering has been creating headlines around the world, revealing tax evasion and corrupt schemes in Europe. Anders Åslund presented his latest book “Russia’s Crony Capitalism” explaining Russia’s role in European money laundering scandals and risks associated with the Russian economy.

Working paper: This paper looks at how the Russian economy has developed under the leadership of Putin and how it spills over to its neighbours in the CIS region.

Working paper: This paper studies the use of financial contracts as bid-coordinating device in multi-unit uniform price auctions.

Art makes us free and at ease in an uncertain world. In the latest issue of the Moderna Museets Vänner magazine Isak Nilson from SSE Art Initiative discuss the role of art in relation to the educational mission of SSE aiming at generating reflection, self-awareness, empathy, and cultural literacy. Capabilities needed to face the increased uncertainty in the world of today.

Tthe Wallenberg International Fellows Program has celebrated it's fifth anniversary. The program also presented the new cohort for this year.

Handelshögskolans Erik Wikberg är ny krönikör i Vlt. I sin första krönika skriver han om bildning som ett sätt att känna engagemang och ett medansvar för den korta stund vi har på jorden.

And the winner is ... the AI Challenge! At the end of May, our Global Challenges students presented their final projects: sustainable solutions that contribute to the global goals.