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Sport/Art Talk: Wrestling My Case

17 April 2023
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.

Milestone Event: Celebrating Football for All - Finding a Joint Way Forward for the Development of European Football

22 March 2023
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.

Future Proofing Swedish Sports - How to Become a More Inclusive and Competitive Sport Nation?

08 March 2023
On March 8th, on International Women's Day, the Center for Sports & Business held an event on the topic of future proofing Swedish sports - how to become a more inclusive and competitive sport nation? The event featured prominent speakers from the world of sports, media, business and politics, including Petra Noreback, Karin Torneklint, Åsa Edlund Jönsson, Linda Wijkström, Caroline Strand, as well as Jonus Bartholdson.

AIK, Djurgården and Hammarby Panel Discussion

10 February 2023
On Friday, February 10th, representatives from AIK, Djurgården and Hammarby football clubs visited the Stockholm School of Economics to jointly hold a panel discussion regarding the issue of managing a sports club.

LaLiga Representative at Sports & Business Week

08 February 2023
On Wednesday, February 8th, Juan Fuentes Fernandez, LaLiga Delegate in the Nordic countries, visited SSE to hold an inspirational lecture in connection with the Sports & Business Week that the Center for Sports & Business organises together with the Student Association's Sports Committee.

Anders Sewerin from the Center for Sports & Business at SEF Network Arena

27 January 2023
On Friday January 26th, Anders Sewerin from the Center for Sports & Business attended the 5th edition of Swedish Elite Football's (SEF) Network Arena in Amsterdam to talk about the Management Diploma for Athletes Program.

21st Century Sports: How Technologies will Impact Sports in the Digital Age

25 January 2023
On Wednesday January 25th, the Center for Sports & Business at SSE held its 2nd joint alumni event together with the ESSEC Business School and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. The theme of this digital event was 21st Century Sports: How Technologies will Impact Sports in the Digital Age and the keynote speech was given by Professor Sascha Schmidt from WHU.

Global Sports - When Dreams and Dark Sides Collide

07 December 2022
On Wednesday December 7th, the Center for Sports & Business at SSE held a joint alumni event together with the ESSEC Business School and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. This digital event was a collaboration with the Germany SSE Alumni Hub. It was the first time that these three leading European sports centres hosted a joint event.

Center for Sports & Business Partnership Day

29 November 2022
On Tuesday, November 29th, the Center for Sports and Business held a partnership day at the Stockholm School of Economics. The day covered a broad array of topics such as an external environment analysis and trends we see globally, strategic challenges for Swedish sports, strategic development as well as operational focus and measuring of sustainability. During this successful day, representatives from Sweden's major sports, hockey, football, golf, trot racing and skiing as well as key individuals from the political sphere gathered and had insightful discussions.

Sports/Author Talk: Olof Lundh and his new book Templet i Öknen

11 November 2022
On November 11, we had the pleasure of welcoming the celebrated sports journalist Olof Lundh to a lunch event to talk about his brand new book Templet I Öknen (The Temple in the Desert). The event was co-organized by SSE Sport Initiative and SSE Literary Agenda.