What is FREE?

SSE’s overarching educational aims take as their point of departure that a successful decision maker of the future will approach the world with curiosity and confidence and who, as the philosopher Ingemar Hedenius said: “is free and alive in relation to the unknown”. That decision maker may well be outperformed cognitively by artificial intelligence, robots or machines. But the core competence of humans is to be human, and SSE’s educational aims takes this ad notam. A successful decision maker in the future will maximize the potential of being human. Hence, SSE has formulated its overarching educational aims through the acronym FREE. It stands for:

FACT AND SCIENCE BASED MINDSET
We are fundamentally a scientific institution, and facts are the basis for all critical and analytical thinking. An SSE graduate will make decisions based on facts and have the ability to differentiate between types of knowledge. This ability becomes particularly important in a world of alternative facts, "fake news" and filter bubbles.

REFLECTIVE AND SELF AWARE
The future will require more reflection and self-knowledge. SSE-trained individuals will be able to contemplate what role they play in the world, understand the impact they have on others, evaluate their personal preferences, and be aware of how their choices are determined.

EMPATHETIC AND CULTURALLY LITERATE
Empathy and cultural sensitivity are so far, something that artificial intelligence cannot accomplish. We are convinced that an empathetic person becomes a better leader and decision maker; thus we hope our students will be able to consider the perspective of others fully. Cultural literacy is also critical. To interact with someone from another background, expertise, or profession than one's own is a prerequisite for the future.

ENTREPRENEURIAL AND RESPONSIBLE
Students graduated from SSE will have an entrepreneurial and creative approach to the world. They will strive to create change in a responsible manner. They should not accept the status quo but seek improvement for society and the world at large.

FREE-activities

Here are some examples on activities to include in your event to make it more "FREE":

Offer your guests an art tour at SSE. Contact Tinni.rappe@hhs.se
Give your guests input from Literary Agenda
Have student artists from for example Music Society, performing at the event
If you are using one of the art classrooms, such as the Cabinet room, the Jacob Dahlgren room or the Lindgren room, contact Tinni.rappe@hhs.se to get an introduction of the art in the room.
Invite companies from SSE Business Lab, to pitch their business idea in front of the guests

Art Initiative

Art Initiative embeds art in the academic environment of SSE to make the school even more knowledge intensive. We work primarily with our permanent collection, screenings of video-based art and...

SSE Business Lab

SSE Business Lab is the startup incubator of the Stockholm School of Economics and works to encourage entrepreneurship among students, alumni and faculty.

Literary Agenda

The Literary Agenda gives SSE students the opportunity to participate in book circles and author’s talks led by faculty, staff and PhD students. We read seven selected books a year. The aim is to...