14:00

Welcome and introduction

Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Executive Director Misum

Lars Strannegård, President, Stockholm School of Economics

Session 1 – The rise of Inequalities (?)

14:10

Healthcare utilization during the pandemic – lessons learned from earlier pandemics and new evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care utilization of vulnerable population in emerging markets.

Anders Olofgård 

Associate Professor, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, SSE

Affiliated Researcher, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

Martina Björkman Nyqvist

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, SEE

Executive Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

14:30

Global educational loss during the pandemic: What we know about the pandemic's impact on children's education in vulnerable regions and lessons learned from restarting schools in India.

Abhijeet Singh

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SSE

Affiliated Researcher, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

Dr. Rukmini Banerji

CEO, Pratham India

14:50

Exploring COVID-19 impacts on entrepreneurship and business development.

Professor Sarah Jack

Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, SSE

Platform Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

Dr Kautsar Ramli

Postdoctoral Researcher, Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK

Professor Mattias Nordqvist

Professor, House of Innovation, SSE

15:10

Panel Discussion and Questions from Audience

15:30

Session 2 – Decrease in Strategic Investments (?)

15:30

How COVID-19 played out in the capital markets: evidence that sustainability builds stock and company resilience in crisis.

Emma Sjöström

Research Fellow, Department of Marketing and Strategy, SSE

Affiliated Researcher, SSE Institute for Research (SIR)

Initiative Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

Torkel Strömsten

Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, SSE

Platform Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

15:45

Conversation with industry #1: How did COVID-19 affect firms' ability to continue with long-term sustainability projects?

Tony Sandberg

Director, Research and Innovation, Scania

Torkel Strömsten

Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, SSE

Platform Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

Linda Ingolfsdottir 

Global Strategy Lead, Fair Jobs, H&M

16:00

Conversation with industry #2: How do investors balance the tension between short- and long-term horizons, in light of the pandemic?

Hans Fahlin

Chief Investment Officer (CIO), AP2 Fund

Emma Sjöström

Research Fellow, Department of Marketing and Strategy, SSE

Affiliated Researcher, SSE Institute for Research (SIR)

Initiative Director, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets

16:10

Panel Discussion and Questions from Audience

16:30

Event close