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We are happy to announce a Research Fellow position open for application at the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) at º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØ School of Economics. The fellow program is a collaboration with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).

Yesterday at Skolriksdagen 2025, Ema Demir and Stefan Arora-Jonsson from the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP) at the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØpresented new research on how to improve academic outcomes in schools with persistently low performance.

Russia's car market is struggling under the weight of war, sanctions, and inflation—and it's starting to show deeper cracks in the country’s economy. A new policy brief from the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØ Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) reveals how the decline in new car sales tells a broader story about weakening household finances and growing financial risks.

It's during times of turmoil that leadership really comes into focus. To whom do we give our vote of confidence and why? And how do they wield the power that they're given? Professor Emma Bell was recently interviewed by Emmylou Tuvhag, at Svenska Dagbladet, about charismatic and narcissistic leaders, Nordic leadership and informal leaders – from Trump to Thunberg.

Family business conflict goes far beyond personality clashes—it is shaped by history, power, overlapping roles, and emotional ties that blur the line between home and work. A new study by House of Innovation researcher Marco Mismetti published in the Journal of Family Business Strategy offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how conflict arises and unfolds in family firms, with important implications for researchers and practitioners alike.

Emma Bell has been appointed H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Chaired Professor in Leadership at the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØ(SSE). A leading researcher in leadership and organisation studies, Professor Bell will focus on how leadership is performed, perceived, and shaped by societal expectations.

On Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 15.00, the book The First and Last Bank: Currency, Climate Change, and a New Carbon Commons will be presented by Gustav Peebles, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Anthropology, º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØ University. After the presentation Score will offer refreshments and music. A warm welcome!

º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØis proud to congratulate Assistant Professor Diogo Mendes for being awarded for his exceptional contribution to the Corporate Finance course within the MSc in International Business program at SSE.

Kristina Tamm Hallström's ongoing research on small shops and businesses in º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØ has been receiving attention in the magazines "Market" and "Fastighetsägaren".

Sweden has shifted its climate policy from carbon taxes to big investments in nuclear energy, but this new approach may create financial and environmental risks. A new SITE policy brief analysis explores why carbon pricing and green industrial policy should work together—not separately.