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House of Innovation research article receives Best Paper Award
22 June 2021
Congratulations to researchers Martin Sköld, Åke Freij, and Johan Frishammar whose research article has been awarded Best Paper 2020 from the European Management Review!
Reopening soon? Eastern Europe in the post COVID-19 world
14 June 2021
How will countries in Eastern Europe, the Baltic Sea region, and the Caucasus region handles the opening of their respective borders and what is the next step in the socioeconomic aspects?
Donations from UK alumni are increasing
18 May 2021
The UK Friends of SSE is a charitable organization based in the UK, which works closely with the Stockholm School of Economics to provide opportunities to engage and support the alumni network in the UK. Since its inception in 2018, the UK Friends of SSE has received a generous amount of charitable donations from the alumni in the UK, which were granted to support SSE.
All the bottles in one basket? Evaluating the effect of intra-industry diversification on risk
15 April 2021
A new method to evaluate the effect of product portfolio composition on risk. Richard Friberg publishes new article in Long Range Planning.
India's new National Education Policy: Evidence and challenges
13 April 2021
Could India's new education policy help deal with the "learning crisis" where gains in schooling have not translated into basic skills.
Abhijeet Singh (with Karthik Muralidharan) publishes new article in Science.
New publications by faculty at the Department of Economics
06 April 2021
Windfall gains increase stock market participation, US social security have large depressing effect on married women’s employment and there is no association between the 2D:4D digit ratio and self-employment.
The SSE MBA Executive Format is launching a new curriculum
30 March 2021
The SSE MBA Executive Format is launching a new curriculum, designed to meet current and future requirements for management in international organizations.
In our endeavor to always stay relevant and up to date, we continuously evaluate and update the curriculum of our degree programs. Now we are making a major re-design for our Executive MBA, the SSE MBA Executive Format.
The Department of Economics welcomes five new faculty and researchers to SSE
29 March 2021
We are delighted to welcome five new researchers to the Economics Department, including three new Assistant Professors (tenure-track) and two postdoctoral researchers (fixed term).
What motivates whistleblowers to come forward with information?
26 March 2021
Wall Street Journal mentions SITE researcher Giancarlo Spagnolo's research study on "Motivating Whistleblowers". A study that shines light into what motivates people to come forward with information about wrongdoing.
Insightful teaching in Advanced Math awarded Outstanding Pedagogical Achievement Autumn 2020
19 March 2021
Jörgen Weibull, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics, receives the award for Outstanding Pedagogical Achievement Autumn 2020. Congratulations!