Sweden liberalized labour migration policy in 2008 to allow third-country nationals to enter Sweden for entrepreneurship, not only for work. This unique element — a residence permit for entrepreneurship — was introduced by changes in the migration law. But has it been successful? CSR-affiliated researcher Aliaksei Kazlou took a closer look at the matter together with fellow researcher Susanne Urban.

Professor Emeritus Lars-Gunnar Mattsson has been involved in academic research and education since the 1960’s. Over the decades, his research has covered aspects of industry and distribution structure and dynamics, industrial marketing and internationalization with a focus on interorganizational relationships. More recently, he has begun to focus on sustainable development as dependent on interaction between market governance and state governance.

"The market can make the interest rate to go up, but only to the extent that the central bank allows it, says CSR researcher Max Jerneck in a debate article in Dagens Industri, regarding the political turmoil in the UK.

CSR Professor Örjan Sjöberg will take part in the panel discussion on sustainability and city life on October 26.

If "Cirkulära Öster" ("The Circular East") can lead to that the people of Nyköping are consuming less, and that less goods are being produced, it’s good for the environment, according to a researcher. And that may lead to new job opportunities as well.

With a background rooted in urban planning and sustainability from the Royal Institute of Technology and a specialization in management from Karolinska Institute, Ph.D student Saman Amir’s work at SSE revolves around sustainability with focus on the circular economy. She is passionate about sustainability both from the environmental and socio-economic justice standpoint and is now investigating the circular supply chains from a sustainability, business strategy and operations perspective.

Fredsaktivister och miljökämpar utmanar nu storbolagen på deras egen spelplan. Men går det att förändra världen genom att köpa aktier?

Susanne Sweet at Center for Sustainability Research is presenting a report on ‘Det Hållbara Svenska Modeundret’ at a webinar arranged by Entreprenörskapsforum’s 23 September, 12:00-13:00.

Privata aktörer behövs för att lösa problemen med utanförskap. Internationellt stöds framväxten av privat social finansiering avEU, OECD och Världsbanken. Men Sverige ligger långt efter flera OECD-länder. Det skriver forskaren Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall i Di Debatt.

Tisdag 14 september kl 8.30–10.00 presenteras rapporten "En svensk social finansmarknad växer fram" av Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall.