Policy brief: Most reports on the labor-market effects of the first wave of COVID-19 have pointed to women, low-skilled workers and other vulnerable groups being more affected. Research on the topic shows a more mixed picture. Researchers from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE); Pamela Campa, Jesper Roine and Svante Strömberg explores the Swedish labor market during COVID-19 crisis.

Onsdag 19 maj 2021 kl. 15.00-16.30 presenterar redaktörerna och flera av författarna boken Megaprojektet Nya Karolinska Solna – beslutsprocesserna bakom en sjukvårdsreform. Varmt välkommen att delta via Zoom!

Richard Wahlund, professor på Handelshögskolan i Stockholm med inriktning på bland annat ekonomisk psykologi, förklarar att det är fenomenet förlustaversion som sannolikt ligger bakom den stora tillströmningen till börsen under det senaste året.

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.

Policy brief: Violence within the home is the most common form of interpersonal violence for women. While children and men are also victims of abuse of various kind within the family, intimate partner violence committed by men against women is generally the most common form of domestic violence. Has intimate partner violence increased in Sweden during the current COVID-19 pandemic?

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.

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.

Torsdag 29 april kl. 10.00-11.30 håller Kamal A Munir, Professor of Strategy & Policy at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, ett öppet seminarium vid Score. Varmt välkommen att delta via Zoom!

Vad är egentligen syftet med ett kontor? Ska det vara ett ställe där man träffas och arbetar tillsammans eller är det en plats för fokuserat och analytiskt arbete där alla har ett personligt utrymme? Det har forskaren Lena Lid Falkman undersökt i en ny studie.

Ekonomiprofessor Micael Dahlen fick covid-19 och nådde en vändpunkt i livet.