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Lunch & Learn with Eva Lindström: How evaluation and audit shape trust in public institutions
02 December 2025
How do we know if public money is well spent? And why do evaluation and audit matter for democracy and accountability? Former European Court of Auditors member Eva Lindström shared her experience with SSE students in a packed Lunch & Learn session hosted by the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP).
Building public sector capacity: From fragmentation to system shift
26 November 2025
Sweden's public sector is under growing pressure to tackle complex challenges - from climate adaptation to social inclusion. But does it have the capacity to deliver? A new SSE-led study suggests not yet. On 24 November, the Stockholm School of Economics hosted a symposium to explore how system innovation could help close that gap.
Meet SSE's two new CIVICA Ambassadors, Estrid and Simon
21 November 2025
As CIVICA Ambassadors, Estrid Kaarme and Simon Warne aim to create engagement among students for current European civic issues: "AI and its impact on democracies is a particularly important matter right now."
CWWH Happy Hour Research Seminar – The Stockholm Wellbeing Index: “The New GDP?”
17 November 2025
What if wellbeing growth became a formal societal target — measured, tracked, and used to guide decision-making? In this seminar, we explore the first results of the Stockholm Wellbeing Index, a new quarterly index aiming to understand how wellbeing is developing across the city.
Economics for the social good: Meet researcher Patrick Agte
26 October 2025
Meet Patrick Agte in the second part of GaPP's new Research Portrait series, where we meet our researchers who bring fresh perspectives to major societal challenges.
When missions miss the local mark: How innovation arenas overlook regional solutions
21 October 2025
Mission-driven innovation projects are meant to solve society's biggest challenges. But new research from the Stockholm School of Economics shows that the way these projects are organised risks directing attention away from local and regional needs - limiting their potential for real-world impact.
How public and private sectors build big ideas - and how you could too
16 October 2025
What do new hospitals, universities, and transport networks have in common? They often exist thanks to partnerships between the public and private sectors. At GaPP's Lunch & Learn on October 8, students got a behind-the-scenes look at how these collaborations, and the people behind them, make large-scale public projects happen.
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.
SSE graduate Anna Breman to lead the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
07 October 2025
Anna Breman, who holds a PhD in Economics from SSE, becomes the first ever female Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank.
A Dramatized Baltic Banking Scandal
03 October 2025
How might a big money laundry scandal lend itself to theatre?