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Vacancy: Premises Caretaker

28 March 2025
We are looking for someone who has worked as a Premises Caretaker/Facilities Technician to join our facilities department.

HOI research | The key to impact lies in understanding the full history of past inventions

28 March 2025
Inventors don’t just need to borrow ideas—they need to understand where those ideas came from. A new study published in the Journal of Business Research by House of Innovation researcher Holmer Kok introduces the concept of “trajectory integration” to explain how tracing an invention’s full history can lead to more powerful and impactful innovation.

Reducing Returns in E-Commerce: Workshop with eComID

26 March 2025
Retail Management students in E-Commerce Retail Club participated in a workshop with eComID and SSE alumna Erika Markör about managing high return rates in fashion e-commerce.

New research | Personality traits and cognitive ability in political selection

24 March 2025
Finnish politicians are on average more intelligent, motivated, and honest than the general population. Jaakko Meriläinen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at SSE, and co-authors show in a new study that both local and national politicians demonstrate higher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities, suggesting that voters and parties effectively select capable leaders.

New research | Can public procurement drive innovation? A fresh look at the evidence

24 March 2025
Governments spend billions on procurement, but can these contracts be a tool to drive innovation? A new study co-authored by Giancarlo Spagnolo, professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), explores the effectiveness of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI). Forthcoming in the International Journal of Industrial Organization, the study finds that while PPI can foster innovation—especially for small and young firms—major challenges remain in policy design and implementation.

Swedish Olympic Academy Open Friday: Elite Performance & Balance – Take Care of Yourself

22 March 2025
On Friday, March 21, the Swedish Olympic Academy hosted its first Open Friday on the theme Elite Performance & Balance – Take Care of Yourself.

What Does Sweden Really Want From Its Football?

22 March 2025
At Allsvenskan's annual kick-off event, Martin Carlsson-Wall posed a question that momentarily silenced the room: What does Sweden actually want from its football?

Training Ukrainian officials for EU accession negotiations

21 March 2025
SSE faculty is helping Ukrainian diplomats and civil servants prepare for EU accession talks through hands-on negotiation training in Kyiv. By drawing lessons from past EU enlargement processes, participants practice strategies and develop skills crucial for navigating the complexities of membership discussions.

Martina Björkman Nyqvist appointed new member of the Expert Group For Aid Studies / EBA by the Swedish government.

20 March 2025
Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Executive Director of Misum and the Carl Bennet and Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Professor in Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, has been appointed as a new member of the Expert Group For Aid Studies / EBA by the Swedish government.

Sweden remains the world's fourth happiest country – and it affects us more than we think

20 March 2025
Today is the International Day of Happiness, a UN initiative to highlight the importance of well-being. It’s also the day the World Happiness Report is released – the global ranking of the happiest countries. And once again, Sweden holds its place at the top, securing fourth place out of 147 nations, just behind our Nordic neighbors Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. But what does this ranking actually mean for Swedes? And why is it something to celebrate?
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