The Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets at the Stockholm School of Economics (Misum) is delighted to invite internal and external stakeholders to the Misum Forum 2020, a half-day interdisciplinary virtual event on sectoral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This afternoon forum will reflect on what the pandemic has, so far, implied for industry, human capital, business entrepreneurship and how to navigate the emerging long-term sustainability challenges. 

Speakers will present new research findings on how the pandemic has impacted human capital such as health and education in vulnerable regions and explore firms ability to continue with or initiate long-term projects that target the transition to a more sustainable way of doing business.

The event narrative will centre on two mechanisms that put sustainability progress at risk during this time of disruption and whether we see 1.) An increase in inequalities and 2.) A decrease in strategic investments by firms. Speakers will investigate to what extent can we see evidence of these outcomes occurring and discuss the responses needed to mitigate them.

Convenors

The event is being organised by Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) at the Stockholm School of Economics. Collaborators include Misum affiliated researchers at the Department of Economics at Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Stockholm Institute of Transitional Economies (SITE), Department of Accounting at SSE, House of Innovation at SSE, Department of Finance at SSE, Swedish House of Finance at SSE, Department of Marketing and Strategy at SSE and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. 

Speakers

• Dr. Rukmini Banerji
  CEO, Pratham India
• Martina Björkman Nyqvist
  Executive Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets
  Associate Professor, Department of Economics, SSE
• Hans Fahlin
  Chief Investment Officer (CIO), AP2 Fund
• Linda Ingolfsdottir
  Global Strategy Lead, Fair Jobs, HM
• Professor Sarah Jack
  Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, SSE
  Platform Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets
• Dr Kautsar Ramli, Postdoctoral Researcher, Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK 
• Tony Sandberg, Director - Research and Innovation, Scania

• Abhijeet Singh
  Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SSE
  Affiliated Researcher, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets
• Emma Sjöström
  Research Fellow, Department of Marketing and Strategy, SSE
  Initiative Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets
• Torkel Strömsten
  Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, SSE
  Platform Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets
• Lars Strannegård
  President, Stockholm School of Economics
• Professor Mattias Nordqvist
  Professor, House of Innovation, SSE
• Anders Olofsgård
  Associate Professor, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, SSE
  Affiliated Researcher, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets