Misum has been rewarded research finance for projects on Shared Value (funded by Skandias forskningsstiftelser with 2 MSEK over two years) and Green Financing (funded by Vinnova with 1,95 MSEK over two years.

Jonas comments on the credibility in crowdfunding platforms.

The Center for Retailing at the Stockholm School of Economics is pleased to announce a fully funded PhD position financed by the Swedish Food Retailers Federation (Svensk dagligvaruhandel).

The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) organises its annual academic conference on the unfinished transition 25 years after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Among already confirmed speakers are Gerard Roland, Konstantin Sonin, Jeffrey Sachs, Anders Åslund, Ruben Enikolopov, Helena Schweiger, John Earle, Guido Friebel, Ina Ganguli and Leonid Polischuk.

Sara is commenting on the impact of influencers on brands.

Professor Ingalill Holmberg is among the 20 new inducted members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, provides an analysis on the depth of Russia’s oil dependence.

Sara Rosengren is Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. She is also a board member of SIR and the European Advertising Academy. Since 2014 Sara is Head of Research at SSE's Center for Retailing (CFR).

Svenne Junker kommer att under ett år arbeta för OECD i Paris. Han ska forska på hur hållbart företagande styrs av internationella åtaganden och beslut som är tagna utanför landets gränser. Svenne arbetar normalt i forskningsprogrammet Misum och tar nu chansen att genom satsningen Mistra Fellows få möjlighet att arbeta inom en internationell organisation.

The Mistra Financial Program at SSE and The Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology (CESIS-KTH, Stockholm) in cooperation with the Department of Economics, Sogang University, Seoul, invites submissions of unpublished papers on finance, innovation and green growth.