CIVICA has been selected by the European Commission as one of the pilot European Universities. A total of 48 applications were received, of which 17 have been selected and awarded funding, as announced on June 26 by the Commission. The application of CIVICA received 92/100 points.

SSE ​is at the intersection between academia, the business community and society. At Almedalen we will contribute with expertise, ideas and innovative thinking to these three spheres. It is an opportunity to build on our relationships within all three domains. With representatives from organisations, opinion-makers and policiticans present, it is the perfect place to work on our mission - to strengthen Sweden's competitiveness through scientific teaching and research.

Handelshögskolan i Stockholm är ett av 36 svenska lärosäten som anslutit sig till ett nytt klimatramverk initierat av Chalmers och KTH. Målet med ramverket är sänkta egna utsläpp och större effekt på samhällets omställning.

SSE ​is at the intersection between academia, the business community and society. At Almedalen we will contribute with expertise, ideas and innovative thinking to these three spheres. It is an opportunity to build on our relationships within all three domains. With representatives from organisations, opinion-makers and policiticans present, it is the perfect place to work on our mission - to strengthen Sweden's competitiveness through scientific teaching and research.

Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) Executive Education is now launching The Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance Executive Program – an international executive program focusing on green lending, green bonds and sustainable finance. The program is specifically designed to support banks in emerging markets in their transition to sustainable financing – a must to reach the global climate goals. The program is an international collaboration between several of the world's leading financial institutions: initiated by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, co-developed with International Capital Market Association (ICMA), and featuring program design by the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX).

Last week Dagens Industri TV invited our Director Torbjörn Becker, where he commented on Russia's current economic situation and the impact it has on the rest of the world.

Academy of Management Journal has nominated a paper by House of Innovation researcher Mark Conley as finalist for the Best Paper Award 2018. The paper is one of three nominated in the prestigious category.

Today marks the launch of a new accelerator program called Activate from the SSE Business Lab, the incubator unit at the Stockholm School of Economics. Activate can be used by students and alumni who want to develop a prototype and begin commercial sales over a summer. The program provides ambitious entrepreneurs the support they need to quickly get to market.

On June 12 the student group SSE Students for Climate Action presented a report with 90 bullet points on how sustainability could be further integrated into SSE’s bachelor programs.

The annual EGOS conference is just around the corner, and we congratulate Misum´s professor Mette Morsing whose paper is one of three short-listed for the EGOS best paper award.