Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Affiliated Researcher at Misum, has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for a project studying social inclusion in private schools in India. His research project is one of only twelve in Sweden to receive the grant this year.

In this new Misum Academic Insight, affiliated researcher Ting Dong looks to understand more about the gender salary gap in the Auditing Profession, using the case study of Sweden.

Earlier this year, SSE student Agnes Engelbrektsson Carlson traveled to the United States for an internship at the Swedish Embassy. We asked her how the BSc elective course "Applied History: World Orders and Contemporary Challenges" helped prepare her for the task.

Mark Voorneveld, Associate Professor of Economics at Department of Economics at SSE, has been awarded MSc Teacher of the Year by the Education Committee, SASSE. Mark was awarded for being an incredibly engaging and thorough teacher that truly provided the students with guidance and care.

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) is hiring a Research Assistant on an hourly basis with start immediately.

In a combined effort to strengthen Sweden’s international competitiveness, the School’s startup incubator has partnered up with Microsoft Sweden. By supporting the incubator, the tech corporation wants to help SSE Business Lab’s startups accelerate their growth journeys. Through the partnership, the startups gain access to powerful development and productivity tools and become part of Microsoft’s global network of startups.

Sweden liberalized labour migration policy in 2008 to allow third-country nationals to enter Sweden for entrepreneurship, not only for work. This unique element — a residence permit for entrepreneurship — was introduced by changes in the migration law. But has it been successful? CSR-affiliated researcher Aliaksei Kazlou took a closer look at the matter together with fellow researcher Susanne Urban.

Why do highly skilled migrants encounter difficulties getting a skilled job? And at what point does being benevolent become discrimination? Professor Laurence Romani visits the podcast Sound Economy to talk about her research on skilled migrants in the workplace.

We caught up with Matilda Molander, alumna of the first edition of the course "Applied History: World Orders and Contemporary Challenges", which is offered by the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication.

Welcome to a Score Anniversary Seminar on Thursday 1 December 2022! Mikaela Sundberg, Professor of Sociology, will present the book Fraternal relations in monasteries: The laboratory of love. Commentators: Maria Törnqvist, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University and Nils Brunsson, Score. After the seminar Score offers refreshments and live music.