In a recently published op-ed, Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, discusses why Russia must be forced to pay a higher price for its war in Ukraine. Sanctions should be directed at oil and gas exports, and it is also time to increase the pressure on the banking system. Frozen Russian assets in the West could later become a good basis for Ukraine's reconstruction.

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is establishing a new Chair in Entrepreneurship and Family Business with sponsorship from SEB. This lays the foundation for a new research center focused on a unique mix of Family Enterprise and Family Offices in the Nordic region.

On April 1st, the Vice Mayor of Sports Karin Ernlund (C) and her colleague Alice Vestin visited SSE and the Center for Sports and Business. This was a follow-up meeting after the visit at the City Hall on March 8th with President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

Former Swedish ambassador to Moscow and the OSCE Veronika Bard declares the OSCE project dead, calls for a Swedish-Russia strategy and warns against underestimating the Kremlin's political leadership.

Read the 2021 Misum Annual Report to learn about some ongoing research and engagement collaborations at Misum. We turn our focus this year on exciting partnerships with actors from the corporate and public sectors, the finance industry, and academia.

Misum researcher Anders Anderson together with colleagues from Misum and the Swedish House of Finance have been granted three-year funding for the project “En enkätundersökning om hållbarhet och privatekonomi” (A survey on sustainability and personal finances). The grant is offered by Vinnova as part of the call "Research on financial markets 2022-2024".

At SSE research center SITE, the war in Ukraine has not just hit close to home for research assistant Hanna Anisimova. It is literally devastating her hometown of Donetsk and threatening the lives of friends and family. But also creating rifts between them.

Between 25th and 26th March, the pre-eminent annual, international sports business conference Scorecard 2022 - Priorities and Potential for a New World of Sport took place in India. The Center for Sports and Business, represented by Martin Carlsson-Wall (Center Director) and Nick Andersson (Director Internationalisation), participated in this summit.

This week, SSE had the pleasure of welcoming Nicolai Tangen to the school. He is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), more commonly known as the Norwegian Oil Fund. Along with other guests such as the Ambassador of Norway, Aud Kolberg, faculty and staff from SSE discussed what Sweden and Norway could learn from each other regarding education, entrepreneurship, and business.

Against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Swedish financial support to Russia has become questioned. Anders Olofsgård, Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and Deputy Director at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), explains why we need to understand what that support is actually financing and what its purpose is.