Through journalism efforts in preparation for, among other things, a podcast to be released shortly, new details have emerged regarding the connections between Jeffrey Epstein and the Female Economist of the Year scholarship.

The blog Ekonomistas was founded by six researchers in economics in 2008. The blog writes about economics and economic policy for researchers who are passionate about factual public debate and economic research. Several of the researchers behind the blog have been affiliated with SSE at some point.

Today SSE introduced its new recycling pilot project featuring the latest AI waste management technology. SSE is making conscious choices to reduce waste and to increase sustainability at the school. The machines from Smart Bins we are trying out will hopefully increase the waste we recycle at SSE and this pilot will be evaluated after six weeks.

Last year, the Stockholm School of Economics and their venture incubator SSE Business Lab launched Ideate, a new entrepreneurship initiative meant to get more students to start companies. Now the program reaches new levels, as the Stockholm School of Economics and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology join forces, making it possible for students from both of these prestigious schools to participate and start businesses together.

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) has signed an agreement with Akademiska Hus on the acquisition of the building “Studentpalatset” (the Student Palace) and are thereby expanding the campus area. Studentpalatset opens up new opportunities to create an inspiring environment for education and research.

SSE students Markus Nilsson and Lovisa Bergdahl have been awarded the Gun and Einar Larsson Scholarship 2022 (GELS) for their project “Support for Entrepreneurs in Ghana,” respectively.

Debate article by Lars Strannegård in Dagens Nyheter: When art borrow things from the legitimacy of science, the result can be magnificent fiction. But if researchers start inventing, then we are in trouble. The confidence in science must constantly be reproduced - by the researchers themselves - by not letting go of the demands on scientificity, says Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics.

As of January 1, 2022, Appleton Capital, Arctic Securities, Max Sievert and Slättö join over 100 other leading companies in the SSE Corporate Partnership Program.

From January 2022, Jessica O’Mary has been appointed Vice President of External Relations at SSE. The previous Vice President, Katarina Hägg, has been appointed the new CEO of SSE Executive Education and is moving on to that position.

Katarina Hägg has been appointed CEO of SSE Executive Education. From January she is taking over from Anders Richtnér, who is moving on to new challenges outside of SSE. Katarina will be moving on from her current position as Vice President of International Affairs and External Relations at SSE.