The SIR Office will be closed from December 22 to January 5. Season's greetings from SIR!

Christina Garsten, Professor of Social Anthropology, delivered a keynote on 4 December 2025 titled Editing Climate Futures: Think Tanks and the Ecology of Ideas. During the lecture, she presented her research on how think tanks and policy experts influence climate policy through future scenarios and knowledge production.

A subtle change in how climate risk is communicated—mentioning a person’s local area—can significantly increase attention to disaster preparedness messages, according to a new study by researchers at the Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard University, published in Nature Human Behaviour. The findings offer a practical, low-cost strategy for governments, insurers and local authorities seeking to boost climate resilience in vulnerable communities.

The Stockholm School of Economics is pleased to announce a major five-year research fellowship in trust-based management, made possible through dedicated funding from Carl Bennet AB. The initiative will be led by Louise Bringselius, one of Sweden's foremost experts on trust, organizational culture, and public management.

Associate Professor Kristina Tamm Hallström has published a study on old stores. The book was presented to an enthusiastic audience at SCORE (Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research), a center initiated jointly by SSE and Stockholm University, to which Tamm Hallström is also affiliated. It was written together with three colleagues from SCORE and KTH.

Welcome to a seminar on Thursday 11 December 2025 with Émilie Biland-Curinier, Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po, Center for the Sociology of Organizations (Paris, France).

Ranjula Bali Swain gave a talk on Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Science, and the SDGs: Pathways to Sustainable Transformation in Africa, at the Fifth International Biennial ARUA Conference, Kampala, Uganda, on 29 October 2025.

Torsdag 20 november 2025 kl. 15.00 presenteras boken Kampen om stadsrummet. Äldre butiker som urbana och sociala gemenskaper av författarna Sofia Wiberg, Kristina Tamm Hallström, Jenny Lindblad och Ingrid Gustafsson Nordin. Efter presentationen, som slutar runt 16.30, bjuder Score på förfriskningar. Varmt välkomna!