MISUM events and activities
Misum Seminar with Morgan Hardy, NYU Abu Dhabi
8/24/2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Welcome to the Misum Seminar: “Inclusive Enterprise Data Collection: An Examination of Public and Pilot Data from Sub-Saharan Africa” with Morgan Hardy, Asst. Prof. of Economics, NYU Abu Dhabi.
Misum Lecture: Decarbonizing institutional investor portfolios
6/14/2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Welcome to the spring 2023 Misum Lecture with Prof. Philipp Krueger, Professor of Responsible Finance at the University of Geneva (GSEM, GFRI) and Senior Chair at the Swiss Finance Institute.
Paper development workshop for the Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal
5/30/2023, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Scholars in the field of entrepreneurship and development were invited to a paper workshop for submissions to a Special Issue of the Journal Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. The theme of the issue was “Entrepreneuring and poverty at the margins: here, there and everywhere”.
The Economics of Biodiversity: Implications for policy and practice
5/2/2023, 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Misum, the Beijer Institute and the British Embassy in Stockholm hosted a high-level event on ‘The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review’ at the Stockholm School of Economics. The lead author of the influential Dasgupta Review, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta discussed progress on integrating biodiversity into economics.
Workshop | The economics of air pollution
12/2/2022, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The FREE Network together with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) invites academics to join a full day workshop session on the economics of air pollution at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). The workshop will provide presentations of the latest research on the economics of air pollution and will provide an in-depth look at how to conduct research on the topic.
Misum Forum 2022: The role and responsibility of business and industry in poverty alleviation
10/5/2022, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
On October 5, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) hosted the 2022 edition of the Misum Forum, a full day in-person conference at the Stockholm School of Economics. Industry leaders and international academics convened to discuss the role and responsibility of the business community in ending poverty - the first goal in the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
Gathering of Swedish scholars in entrepreneurship - June 9 & 10 2022
6/9/2022, 12:00 PM - 6/10/2022, 12:00 PM
This “campfire” event welcomed entrepreneurship scholars from within Sweden but also those with whom we are connected, invited us to come together and celebrate Sweden’s success in entrepreneurship scholarship while looking at how we can continue moving forward to build a global and sustainable future.
Special Guest Lecture with Prof. Leonard Wantchekon
5/10/2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Misum is delighted to host Professor Leonard Wantchekon from Princeton University who will give a special guest lecture at the Stockholm School of Economics.
IMF World Economic Outlook: A Greener Labor Market
5/9/2022, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
On 9 May, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) is hosting a seminar on the forthcoming April 2022 World Economic Outlook (WEO) chapter: “A Greener Labor Market: Employment, Policies, and Economic Transformation”. Niels-Jakob H. Hansen, Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) working on the WEO, will join us to present key findings from the chapter.
Stockholm+50: Linking the E, S & G in Sustainable Finance
4/28/2022, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Understanding the linkages and resolving the tradeoffs between the climate and environment, social dimensions, and governance challenges in sustainable development.