How should businesses respond when cyberattacks, disinformation, and AI-generated fraud increasingly overlap? That was the central question when the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted an open lecture with cybersecurity expert Mary Prokhorova at the Stockholm School of Economics on May 25.

On May 11, 2026, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) hosted its first Management and Control Research Day at the Stockholm School of Economics, bringing together faculty, affiliated researchers, and researchers and practitioners from partner organizations to present and discuss projects within CfSR’s research portfolio on management and control.

What does it take for a former tech activist to become one of the world’s most influential digital policymakers? New research from the House of Innovation shows how storytelling and strategic communication helped Taiwan’s first digital minister Audrey Tang turn outsider ideas into mainstream government policy.

On May 5, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics hosted a breakfast seminar with Leandro S. Pongeluppe from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The seminar explored how terrorism reshapes the geography of multinational corporations and what this means for resilience, investment, and global business operations.

The Stockholm School of Economics and Nynäshamn Municipality are exploring deeper collaboration to strengthen municipal total defense capabilities in Sweden. The initiative brings together academia and local government to support more resilient communities that can manage crises and wartime conditions.

The latest HoSS Academic Insight, coauthored by House of Sustainable Society affiliate Irina Gazizova, reveals that firms tend to improve their CSR profiles following environmental disasters caused by other firms – but mostly through visible, low-cost actions rather than changes that reduce environmental harm.

At the Sweden Security & Competitiveness Summit 2026, hosted by the Center for Security and Resilience at SSE together with McKinsey, leaders from business, government, and the military gathered to discuss how innovation, education, and industrial capacity are becoming central to Sweden's deterrence strategy in a changing geopolitical landscape.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is already affecting Sweden. Around 2,000 ships are currently waiting in the Persian Gulf, delaying deliveries of oil, fertilizer, medicines, and industrial components. For Swedish households and companies, the effects are visible in rising energy costs, supply uncertainty, and higher prices.

Sports can create opportunities for connection, but integration depends on what happens beyond participation – through everyday interactions and shared responsibility.

How can municipalities and local actors work together more effectively to support digital integration? A new Nordic pilot project aims to develop a research-based model for multi-stakeholder collaboration.