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What happens to a text when the author writes the word "I"? Is a sense of sincerity formed, or rather an obstruction between the text and the reader? How does it work differently across different genres? In some sense, when the "I" enters the text, the person writing becomes an object of scrutiny her- or himself – "What happened in me at that point? How? Why?"

On October 30th in the Marie-Louise Ekman room, the Literary Agenda together with the Center for Philosophies of Markets hosted an afternoon seminar on the market of the book and bestsellers.

How might a big money laundry scandal lend itself to theatre?

On Tuesday, September 2, the Stockholm School of Economics hosted the launch of Byråkratpoesi (Bureaucrat Poetry) - a unique collection of poems written by senior public servants. The evening combined poetry readings, panel discussions, and reflections on how creative expression can reveal the human side of bureaucracy.

Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), has been named the most influential person on Sweden’s art scene in 2025 by Barnebys Magazine. The recognition reflects the commitment by the SSE Art Initiative, spearheaded by Strannegård and its Executive Director Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe, to integrate the arts into all aspects of academic life.

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication is pleased to announce the publication of Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict: Communication in Diplomacy, Statecraft, and War.

In recent decades, a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. What do we know about these "Spin Dictators"?

The anthology with student essays from SSE's course in Applied History is now in print.

Policy brief: The recently declassified proceedings of the Swedish Academy shed new light on why it awarded Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn the literature prize in 1970. His novels reflected unique experiences of many prisoners. The Academy characterized his work as a renewal of the great Russian literary tradition. However...

Policy brief: As time passes and archives open, ever more topics in Russian military-economic history can be studied with primary sources. One such theme is the colossal evacuation of industrial enterprises and equipment from July 1941 onwards. Thousands of railway cars and lorries carried equipment, raw materials, as well as personnel from Ukraine, the Baltics, and western regions of the Russian Federation to the Urals and beyond.