Debates about the future of management education are intensifying, and researchers are increasingly asking whether business schools need new ways of seeing, sensing, and creating knowledge. At the House of Innovation, scholars and artists are exploring how art can shape knowledge creation, research methods, and imagination in higher education.

How can technology be used not only to build successful businesses, but also to address some of society’s most pressing environmental and social challenges? The SSE Tech Initiative’s “Let’s talk about impact!” series brings together entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry leaders working at the intersection of technology, business, and positive impact. Through talks, seminars, and discussions, the series explores how technology can help rethink existing systems, create new forms of value, and contribute to more sustainable and resilient societies.

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.

Students from SSE have been recognized with the Boroli Prize for their work in a CIVICA multicampus course. Their projects address timely European challenges – from political polarization to AI governance – and reflect the value of cross-border collaboration.

Anna Essén, Associate Professor at the House of Innovation, has spent years studying how organizations overlook uncomfortable information. Her latest research examines the infamous Macchiarini case at Karolinska Institutet to explain a phenomenon she calls “sustained ignoring work.”

Staff and faculty at the House of Innovation are working with students to strengthen technology education across the School. A meeting between the SSE Tech Initiative and the student-led SASSE Tech Committee highlights a shared focus: more hands-on learning opportunities for students.

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

On April 24, the House of Innovation and Stockholm Music Week co-hosted “The Future of Music,” bringing together music executives, artists, technology leaders, researchers, and policymakers to examine how AI, shifting platform economics, and new models of rights and ownership are reshaping one of Sweden's most globally significant industries.

Serial entrepreneur, SSE alum, and Practitioner in Residence at the House of Innovation, Stefan Krook, shared the ideas behind his new book, "The Laghum Economy" – an argument for redesigning the global economy around natural limits.

A new podcast episode based on research from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) makes findings on the cost of decarbonizing steel production accessible to a wider audience. The 11-minute episode builds on an academic article by Mara Bălașa, PhD student at SSE, and Rickard Sandberg, professor at SSE.