As the sports industry faces rapid transformation, the European Sports Business Program (ESBP) brings together leading institutions and professionals to shape its future through strategy and collaboration.

How can research help improve struggling schools? At ResearchEd Scandinavia 2026, CELE researcher Ema Demir presented new insights on school turnaround and leadership.

On March 20, 2026, Camille Korschun successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Why We Own Together: Family Ownership Purpose in Family-related Ecosystems.” The defense took place in the new lecture hall at the House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics.

A disruption thousands of miles away in the Strait of Hormuz sent a clear warning to Europe: its energy system remains too fragile, even after it moved away from Russian supplies. SITE researchers Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva show how the February 2026 shock exposed the risks of relying on global gas markets - and why that dependence threatens not just energy security, but Europe's entire decarbonization pathway.

Welcome to a seminar on Thursday, 2 April, 2026, with Victor Johansson, Postdoc in Education, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Division of Education and Adult Learning, Linköpings University.

Economic inequality is not just a moral issue – it directly affects how markets function and grow. New insights from Jesper Roine, Deputy Director at SITE, show why understanding inequality as a combination of flows of income and ownership of wealth is key to understanding modern economies.

On March 17th, Ruilin Huang successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, titled "Autonomy and Control in Post-Pandemic Distributed Work".

Sanctions are tightening the pressure on Russia’s war economy, even if official figures still suggest resilience. At a recent seminar hosted by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), argued that the real test is not whether sanctions end the war overnight, but how much they weaken the Kremlin’s ability to finance it.

March has been an active and inspiring month for CIVICA at SSE, marked by international collaboration, student engagement, and new opportunities.

We are looking for a highly motivated predoctoral research assistant to join our international research team. The research assistant will assist in research projects that study healthcare provision and the role of digitization. This is an exciting opportunity to shape new directions for the projects, work with novel microdata, and refine the skills needed for empirical research.