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.

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.

On March 23rd, the Stockholm School of Economics had the pleasure of welcoming Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), more commonly known as the Norwegian Oil Fund, who discussed what Sweden and Norway could learn from each other regarding education, entrepreneurship, and business.

On March 21th and 22th, the Swedish Golf Association spent two days at the Stockholm School of Economics. For many years, the Swedish Golf Association has been a partner to the Center for Sports and Business.

On March 10th and 11th, the second MLEA (MicroLearning Entrepreneurship for Athletes) meeting took place at the Stockholm School of Economics. The two-day visit, gathering partners in the ZŠEM-led project from Sweden, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Croatia, included both a visit to and meeting at SSE, as well as to the Swedish Sports Confederation.

On March 9th, the Stockholm School of Economics had the honor of welcoming Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden. During their visit, they learnt more about the school’s activities and met researchers as well as students. As part of this, Martin Carlsson-Wall, the Director for the Center for Sports and Business, presented the Center for the Crown Princess Couple.

On March 8th, the Stockholm School of Economics had the pleasure of welcoming Croatia’s first female President, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, to a special event in the Aula where she shared her thoughts on global leadership, sports, politics, and business.

On February 24th, Martin Carlsson-Wall, the Director for the Center for Sports and Business and Course Director of the new elective course Investments and Value Creation in Global Sports on the master level received the Outstanding Pedagogical Achievement Award for autumn 2021.

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The Stockholm School of Economics’ Center for Sports and Business is embarking on a new collaboration with Parasport Sweden to help boost the organization during its journey of change. In the long term, the ambition is for elite parasport athletes to perform at a higher level and for the organization to become more profitable.