How does living under institutionalized uncertainty shape everyday life? In her award-nominated dissertation, Sarah Philipson Isaac examines how Sweden's asylum policies reshape everyday life, access to work, and conditions of belonging.

Why is Sweden’s pension system under increasing pressure? Johanna Wallenius, Professor at the Department to Economics, explains in Tidningen Näringslivet.

Can modern slavery exist in high-income welfare states? In a recent episode of the ESGpresso podcast, CMIR Director Lin Lerpold and Danske Bank's Oshni Arachchi discuss how migration regimes, labor markets, and corporate practices interact in the Global North.

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.

On Thursday 18 December 2025, John-Erik Bergkvist successfully defended his PhD dissertation "Behavioral foundations of grand challenge partnerships: Essays on control, coordination, channelization, & crowdsourced search in conditions of absent formal authority" at the Stockholm School of Economics.

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.

On September 15th, Jonathan Schunnesson defended his doctoral dissertation in a packed KAW on the subject of young professionals and their navigation of work life.