Dissertations
SSE Alumni webinar: Designing for Disruption with or by AI
3/16/2026, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for this webinar hosted by the American Friends of SSE in collaboration with the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce New York.
Industry event | Family offices and entrepreneurial investments - 17 Mar 2026
3/17/2026, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Family offices play a distinctive and increasingly influential role in entrepreneurial finance, deploying long-term oriented capital shaped not only by financial returns but also by industry expertise, active engagement, and family-driven priorities. This breakfast seminar examines the drivers and consequences of direct entrepreneurial investments by family offices, and what these investment practices imply for founders, co-investors, and the broader innovation ecosystem. Please register below to secure your seat.
Public defense: PhD dissertation by Ruilin Huang
3/17/2026, 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Ruilin Huang will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Autonomy and Control in Post-Pandemic Distributed Work” on March 17.
An Evening Conversation on Global Development Finance in London
3/17/2026, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Welcome to an evening conversation and networking reception exploring how global development finance is evolving in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape.
Research seminar | From belief to behaviour: How CEOs’ political ideology shape supplier-induced ESG controversies - 18 Mar 2026
3/18/2026, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
We are pleased to invite you to a research seminar at the House of Innovation by Professor Byung-Gak Son, who is visiting us from Bayes Business School. Register now to secure your seat.
Seminar on Asia - Center for Asian Studies
3/19/2026, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
"Building Strategic Leverage in the Emerging New World Order: Challenges and Opportunities for India"
with Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India
Public defense: PhD dissertation by Camille Korschun
3/20/2026, 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Camille Korschun will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Why we own together: Family ownership purpose in family-related ecosystems” on March 20.
Happy Hour Lunch Research Seminar: Marc Schulz – The Good Life
3/25/2026, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM
The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) invites you to a Happy Hour Research Seminar with Dr. Marc Schulz, Associate Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. In this talk, he will share insights from the world’s longest-running scientific study of wellbeing and discuss why relationships are a key foundation of the “good life.”