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Call for papers | One-day conference on gender economics
										25 June 2024
									
									
										The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Gender Economics in Eastern Europe (FROGEE) are pleased to invite submissions of papers for a one-day conference titled “How Does Gender Matter in the Economy?”, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on December 6th, 2024.
									
								New bank partnership offers unique research opportunities in wellbeing and welfare
										20 June 2024
									
									
										What can we do to promote wellbeing, welfare, and happiness? Swedbank, the Savings Banks in Sweden, and the Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness at the Stockholm School of Economics are joining forces to enhance understanding of what builds wellbeing and to establish new, more human perspectives on economics.
									
								SSE hosted Global Network Week on Nordic Entrepreneurship
										19 June 2024
									
									
										Last week, the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) welcomed 48 participants from 15 prestigious Executive MBA programs worldwide for the Nordic Entrepreneurship course. We had representatives from AIM, Berkeley Haas, EGADE, ESMT, FGV EAESP, Fudan, IE University, IMD, NUS, Oxford Saïd, Strathmore, UNSW, Yale, SSE Riga, and SSE.
									
								Milestones in economic research and institution building | SITE’s 35th Anniversary
										19 June 2024
									
									
										The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) celebrates 35 years of pioneering economic research, institution building and policy analysis.
									
								More than 300 companies through SSE Business Lab – interest in entrepreneurship surging
										17 June 2024
									
									
										With its eleven newly admitted companies, SSE Business Lab is reaching a new milestone: 307 startups have now passed through the incubator. More than one third of these were admitted just in the past four years.
									
								New publication | Can Wealth Buy Health? A Model of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Investments in Health
										11 June 2024
									
									
										Higher-income individuals live longer, not because they have better access to healthcare, but due to differences in income, preferences, and health shocks. Johanna Wallenius, Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, and Panos Margaris from Concordia University, reveal in a new study that lifestyle choices and preventive care habits play a crucial role in explaining this gap.
									
								Lars Strannegård among this year's hosts on Sommar i P1
										11 June 2024
									
									
										SSE President Lars Strannegård has been selected to speak on Swedish Radio's program Sommar i P1. He will share his thoughts on the importance of the fundamentally human, as machines are becoming smarter by the day. 
									
								SSE establishes a new chair in Sports and Business
										10 June 2024
									
									
										Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is establishing a new chair with a focus on sports and business – the first of its kind in the School's history. The new professorship is made possible by a donation from Malin and Stefan Linder and will be held by Martin Carlsson-Wall.
									
								New collaboration to strengthen CEOs' abilities in diversity and inclusion
										23 May 2024
									
									
										A new collaboration aims to help CEOs in the business sector enhance their work in increasing diversity and inclusion. The collaboration is between Mitt Liv, a leading partner for diversity, equity and inclusion, and the Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education, ranked best in the Nordics for leadership and business development according to the Financial Times. 
									
								Researchers at the Department of Economics receive grants totaling 9.3 million SEK from the Handelsbanken research foundations
										17 May 2024
									
									
										Four researchers at the Department of Economics were awarded grants from the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and Tore Browaldh Foundation.