Women’s academic careers diverge sharply from men’s after their first child. A large study on academics in Denmark shows mothers are significantly less likely to stay at universities, publish research or reach tenure – largely due to unequal childcare responsibilities.

Workplace sexual harassment is not just a personal violation - it can also reshape the labor market. This new policy brief analysis by Olle Folke, researcher at SITE, uses evidence from Sweden to show how harassment influences where people work and helps sustain gender inequality.

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.

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.

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

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

Around 120,000 students are finishing compulsory school in Sweden this month—many of them with limited information about future career and educational options. Preliminary findings from an ongoing study at the Stockholm School of Economics show that adolescents tend to overestimate the salaries of electricians and real estate agents, while underestimating earnings by hairdressers and programmers. The researchers are now looking for more career professionals and schools to get involved in the study.

SSE graduates Marie Ehrling and Gunilla Arhén have been conferred knighthoods by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.