On Thursday, November 16, the Center for Sports and Business organised the third edition of its partner day at the Stockholm School of Economics for its sports partners. The theme was "Insights from the Global Stage - International Perspectives Linked to Innovation and Sustainability". The partner day featured Paolo Aversa (Jonas Persson Visiting Professor at SSE), Juliane Reinecke (SHL Visiting Professor at SSE), and Jonas Persson (CEO, Commercial Sports Media).

Swedish elite sports are in a crisis. In just three years, 20 elite clubs in six different sports have vanished from the elite leagues. Responding to this in Swedish television (Sportspegeln on SVT), Professor and Director for the Center for Sports & Business at the SSE, Martin Carlsson-Wall notes: "I believe we are at a turning point."

On September 27, the Center for Sports & Business had the pleasure of hosting Noa Bachner, distinguished sports journalist from Swedish newspaper Expressen, at SSE. Bachner discussed his latest book, "Den Sista Utposten" (The Last Outpost), in an event jointly organised by SSE Sport Initiative and SSE Literary Agenda.

The Center for Sports & Business is very happy to share the news of a new student-led initiative - the CSB Sports Committee, which officially launched this week. The aim of the committee is to promote awareness of the benefits of sports for well-being, as well as gaining insight into the sports industry from a CFO and investor perspective.

On Wednesday, June 14, the Center for Sports & Business organised a professor fika in the Heckscher-Ohlin room at the Stockholm School of Economics in order to celebrate Center Director Martin Carlsson-Wall's appointment as professor at the SSE, as well as introduce our new Jonas Persson Visiting Professor, Paolo Aversa.

On June 13, members of the Center for Sports & Business at the Stockholm School of Economics were invited to the inauguration of the KTH Center for Sports Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology's newest research center.

On Monday, May 29, the Center for Sports & Business held a joint webinar together with the Spanish Football League LaLiga about the history of financial regulation in football. This webinar featured Tomas Hjelström, Assistant Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, as well as Javier Gómez, Chief Corporate Officer at LaLiga.

On Tuesday, May 23, the Center for Sports & Business organised an educational partner day at the Stockholm School of Economics for its sports partners. The theme of the day was The Role of Sports in Society - Combining Narratives and Measurement for Maximum Impact.

On Monday April 17, the Center for Sports & Business held a very successful event together with Art Initiative at the Stockholm School of Economics about professional wrestling, art and sport. The panel for the event included the professional wrestler Fabian Puregger (CEO Svensk Wrestling), the curator Ashik Zaman, the Center for Sports & Business's Lennart Asensio Nitz, as well as Art Initiative's Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe.

March 22, 2023 marked a key milestone for the Center for Sports & Business as we hosted the event Celebrating Football for All - Finding a Joint Way Forward for the Development of European Football. Prominent speakers featured in the event included Lars-Christer Olsson (Honorary President European Leagues and Swedish Professional League), Lena Gustafson Wiberg (SLO, Djurgården Football), Karl-Erik Nilsson (Vice Chair UEFA and Chair of the Swedish Football Association), and Jonas Eriksson (Investor and Former FIFA Referee). The highlight of the event was the delivery of the final summary by the LaLiga President Javier Tebas, who traveled to Scandinavia for the first time to join us during this event.