The recent record-high gas prices have triggered legitimate concerns regarding the EU’s energy security, especially with dependence on natural gas from Russia. This brief discusses the historical and current risks associated with Russian gas imports. SITE researchers Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva argue that decreasing the reliance on Russian gas may not be feasible in the short-to-mid-run, especially with the EU’s goals of green transition and the electrification of the economy. To ensure the security of natural gas supply from Russia, the EU has to adopt the (long-proclaimed) coordinated energy policy strategy.

SSE students Markus Nilsson and Lovisa Bergdahl have been awarded the Gun and Einar Larsson Scholarship 2022 (GELS) for their project “Support for Entrepreneurs in Ghana,” respectively.

I studien Idéburen kraft för ett starkare samhälle analyseras hur civilsamhället mobiliserade under både COVID- pandemin och flyktingmottagandet. Projektet finansieras av Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och beredskap (MSB). Projektet är 3-årigt och medverkar gör Filip Wijkström (huvudsökande) (HHS), Torbjörn Einarsson (HHS), Lisa Kings (Södertörns högskola), Mats Jutterström (Score) och David Falk (HHS)

The video recordings for "Hybrid Futures" Conference, that took place on October 15th 2021, are now available on YouTube.

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.

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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.