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.

On April 22, the House of Innovation and Circular Transparency hosted the launch of AI for Resilient Retail, a white paper co-authored by Nina Shariati, Founder of Circular Transparency, and Associate Professor Rickard Sandberg, Director of the Center for Data Analytics at the House of Innovation.

How can local, national, European, and private actors collaborate to accelerate and effectively govern the green transition? That question brought together researchers, policymakers, business leaders, and innovation experts at the Stockholm School of Economics on 10 February.

Interest in careers within the European Union is growing, yet Swedish graduates remain underrepresented in EU institutions. To help bridge that gap, Therese Hartman Liungman and Lovisa Areskoug Eriksson, both second-year students in the Bachelor in Business & Economics program, work as EU career student ambassadors.

Rising tensions between the US and China are changing how companies design global supply chains in strategic industries such as semiconductors and rare earths. New research shows firms are no longer just reacting to trade rules – they are proactively redesigning supply chains to reduce political risk and secure access to critical technologies.

The United States’ new sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil are reshaping global energy flows and testing Europe’s political unity. This new policy brief analysis by Maria Perrotta Berlin (SITE) and Chloé Le Coq (CRED) explains why these measures matter and how they could redefine the future of EU sanctions.

As CIVICA Ambassadors, Estrid Kaarme and Simon Warne aim to create engagement among students for current European civic issues: "AI and its impact on democracies is a particularly important matter right now."

Anna Breman, who holds a PhD in Economics from SSE, becomes the first ever female Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank.

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.

A new digital portal launched today provides a comprehensive, research-driven overview of the effect of international sanctions imposed on Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Designed to help policymakers, researchers, journalists, and the public navigate the complexities of economic sanctions and their consequences, the portal offers a data-rich, systematic examination of one of the most significant tools in modern geopolitics.