At the beginning of June, the Center for Sports and Business was invited to the 4th Edition of Swedish Elite Football’s (SEF) Network Arena, a 2-day conference that took place in Berlin, Germany.

SSE Executive Education is climbing Financial Times’ prestigious rankings and is now in tenth place in the world for open programs. For the 22nd year running SSE Executive Education continues to top the Nordic and Baltic rankings.  

On May 2nd, the Center for Sports and Business was invited to a partner event organized by Hammarby Football at Biblioteket Restaurang & Bar where Center Director Martin Carlsson-Wall held a lecture on the topic Life after COVID-19: How to become a winner? for Hammarby’s partners. The day was wrapped up by watching Hammarby’s home game against Malmö at Tele2 Arena.

A century’s worth of history and celebrated architecture meets modern art and the future in tech; The historical premises of the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) are about to get a facelift, thanks to a generous donation from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

On April 6th, the Director for the Center for Sports and Business, Martin Carlsson-Wall, had an interesting and interactive art talk with the artist Fathia Mohidin where they discussed how art relates to sports.

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.

What is the biggest problem with imposing sanctions on autocracies? How are the cost of sanctions shared across the sanctioned party? Jonathan Lehne, Assistant Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), talks about the "Fortress Russia" strategy and how the Russian economy's exposure to sanctions has changed since 2014.