Two research teams from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) have been awarded prestigious multi‑year research funding from the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation’s 2025 call in Economic Sciences. Only three projects were selected from a total of 48 applications, making SSE the home to two out of three successful proposals.

International migration is an important phenomenon that impacts businesses and societies in multiple ways. Last term, students from SSE and SGH Warsaw School of Economics completed the course Governance and Key Actors in Migration – the very first digital joint course at the bachelor level within the CIVICA alliance. The collaboration between the two schools aimed to offer the students a unique multi-disciplinary learning experience.

When startups scale quickly, founders often make hurried hiring decisions that unintentionally disadvantage women, according to new study from the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden. The study shows how the pressures of rapid growth increase the likelihood that founders rely on mental shortcuts and make biased decisions.

10 December marks both Nobel Day and Human Rights Day - a time to reflect on how research helps build more equal, fair, and democratic societies. At the Stockholm School of Economics, researchers explore how education, migration, and democracy shape real opportunities for participation and human dignity.

In November, the Center for Responsible Leadership had the pleasure of welcoming academics from across the Nordics, Germany, the UK, and Cyprus to Stockholm for our workshop “New Directions in Leadership Research and Practice”.

Latvia is facing growing divisions over a political push to withdraw from the main international treaty to combat violence against women, as outlined in a new policy brief by Pamela Campa (SITE) and Kata Fredheim (SSE Riga). The brief explains how a debate over the word “gender” escalated into mass protests, political fractures, and concerns about Latvia’s international standing. Meanwhile, data show that violence against women in Latvia is a serious concern and societal support for legislation to combat it is high.

Three years after its launch, the Collective Visibility initiative has grown from a social media campaign into a global platform with more than 800 women speakers in 70 countries. A new study shows how shared purpose, digital amplification and an entrepreneurial mindset can transform equality in sport from talk into action.

Some governments are resistant to adopting gender quota laws that would force parties to promote more women on the ballot – but competition can nudge parties there. This new policy brief analysis, by Pamela Campa (SITE) and Perihan Saygin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), examines Turkey to show how one party’s push for gender equality pressured a rival to add more female candidates.

Professor Laurence Romani highlighted three common misconceptions about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in a Dagens Industri (DI) special insert on the topic.

When the Nobel Prizes are announced in October, all eyes turn to Stockholm. To celebrate – and understand – this year’s Nobel Prizes, Nobel Calling Stockholm invites the public to explore how research shapes society and everyday life. Join us for ten days of lectures, talks and activities across the city that inspire, enlighten and open new perspectives.