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Exploring EU careers and studies: Inspiring afternoon with the College of Europe
15 October 2025
How do you build a career at the heart of Europe? Yesterday's event at the Stockholm School of Economics brought together students, experts, and EU professionals to explore that very question.
StratCom lunch with former Foreign Minister Tobias Billström
13 October 2025
The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication hosted a StratCom Lunch with former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrƶm to discuss diplomacy, European cooperation, and global power shifts.
Balancing green regulation and competition in Europe
06 October 2025
On October 3, the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP) and the Swedish House of Finance (SHoF) co-hosted a seminar on Europe's green industrial transformation.
Call for Papers: The economics of inequality and the environment
06 October 2025
The Forum for Research on Eastern Europe: Climate and Environment (FREECE) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) invite paper submissions from economics, political science, and related fields for a one-day workshop at the Stockholm School of Economics on Friday, November 28, 2025.
Civil society as a bridge: Ukrainian CSO's advocacy efforts in the Nordic-Baltic region
02 October 2025
Ukrainian civil society groups across Northern Europe are doing vital, but often invisible, work to support both displaced Ukrainians and advocacy for Ukraine. A new policy brief by Anna Anisimova (SITE) and Alina Zubkovych (NUF) explore how these groups operate, where they struggle, and how governments could better support their efforts.
Preparing for crisis: Lessons from Ukraine and challenges for Sweden
01 October 2025
What can Sweden learn from Ukraineās wartime resilience - and when must we find our own answers? On September 26, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics hosted its second Academic Insights Breakfast Seminar, focusing on crisis preparedness and the role of municipalities in civil defence.
Romaniaās historical path to the West
29 September 2025
Our doctoral student, Mara BÄlaČa, has recently published an article in Engelsberg Ideas, offering a nuanced exploration of Romaniaās cultural identity and its long-standing orientation towards the West.
How trust, not values, shaped Ukraineās East - West divide before the war
25 September 2025
Just weeks before Russiaās 2022 full-scale invasion, a nationwide survey showed that while Eastern Ukrainians were more skeptical of democracy and EU integration, they didnāt reject liberal values like LGBT rights or personal freedoms more than those in western Ukraine. This policy brief analysis, published by Anders OlofsgĆ„rd (SITE) and Cecilia Smitt Meyer (SITE), uses this snapshot of Ukraine to show that the real divide wasnāt valuesāit was trust in institutions.
Shaping Sweden's Economy: Minister Niklas Wykman on the 2026 Budget
25 September 2025
On September 22, the Stockholm School of Economics had the pleasure of welcoming Sweden's Minister for Financial Markets, Niklas Wykman, for a lunch lecture hosted by the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP).
Launch of the āUtvecklingskommunerā initiative in Nykvarn
23 September 2025
This week, the Stockholm School of Economics and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) launched the new Utvecklingskommuner (Innovation Municipalities) initiative in Nykvarn, one of four municipalities selected as pilot partners.