Debate article by Lars Strannegård in Dagens Nyheter: When art borrow things from the legitimacy of science, the result can be magnificent fiction. But if researchers start inventing, then we are in trouble. The confidence in science must constantly be reproduced - by the researchers themselves - by not letting go of the demands on scientificity, says Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics.

A drastic decrease in greenhouse gas emissions is needed to tackle climate change. Carbon pricing, in the form of a carbon tax or a carbon market, is considered by economists as the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions. Yet, there is currently little evidence on the impact of existing carbon price instruments on emissions. Recently published research by Misum Affiliate Marion Leroutier investigates the impact of carbon taxes on the UK power sector emissions.

The prestigious CEPR symposium of the Development Economics Programme will be hosted by the Stockholm School of Economics on 19 and 20 May 2022. The conference is organised by Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum), Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). The call for papers for conference presentations is open until 28 February 2022.

House of Innovation Professor Roberto Verganti has, together with co-authors Luca Vendraminelli and Marco Iansiti of Harvard, been awarded the 2020 Best paper Award by the Journal of Product Innovation Management.

As of January 1, 2022, Appleton Capital, Arctic Securities, Max Sievert and Slättö join over 100 other leading companies in the SSE Corporate Partnership Program.

Swedish Radio interviews Center Director Rikard Westerberg and two students on what Applied History is and the course at SSE.

At the end of December, a new law banning the punishment of whistleblowers was introduced in Sweden. Several prominent researchers, including House of Innovation's Associate Professor Anna Essén, are figuring out what private and public organizations need to consider when implementing the law.

During the holiday season we were reached by the sad news that Professor Claes Göran Alvstam passed away on the 27 December.

From January 2022, Jessica O’Mary has been appointed Vice President of External Relations at SSE. The previous Vice President, Katarina Hägg, has been appointed the new CEO of SSE Executive Education and is moving on to that position.