The Stockholm School of Economics and Nynäshamn Municipality are exploring deeper collaboration to strengthen municipal total defense capabilities in Sweden. The initiative brings together academia and local government to support more resilient communities that can manage crises and wartime conditions.

A new Master program will strengthen Sweden’s voice and the Nordic perspective in Europe. The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is taking a historic step, launching its first Master program in Public Policy. The MPP, starting in 2027, will prepare the next generation of decision-makers to address complex societal challenges in Sweden and internationally.

At the Sweden Security & Competitiveness Summit 2026, hosted by the Center for Security and Resilience at SSE together with McKinsey, leaders from business, government, and the military gathered to discuss how innovation, education, and industrial capacity are becoming central to Sweden's deterrence strategy in a changing geopolitical landscape.

Sports can create opportunities for connection, but integration depends on what happens beyond participation – through everyday interactions and shared responsibility.

How can municipalities and local actors work together more effectively to support digital integration? A new Nordic pilot project aims to develop a research-based model for multi-stakeholder collaboration.

On April 17, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) hosted a seminar on civil society resilience during war. We welcomed Noomi Weinryb and Zhanna Kravchenko from Södertörn University, who presented insights from their newly published book on the topic.

On April 13, SustainGov and the Center for Resilient Health at the Stockholm School of Economics hosted a roundtable discussion on prevention and investment logic. The seminar brought together 35 participants from government, regions, municipalities, academia, civil society, innovation, and industry.

Two of the Nordic region's leading business schools, the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), have joined forces to launch a pioneering collaboration on security and resilience.

A new podcast episode based on research from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) makes findings on the cost of decarbonizing steel production accessible to a wider audience. The 11-minute episode builds on an academic article by Mara Bălașa, PhD student at SSE, and Rickard Sandberg, professor at SSE.

On Wednesday, March 26, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) hosted another Preparedness Dialogue (Beredskapssamtal) at the Stockholm School of Economics. The discussion focused on home preparedness, shifting the perspective from “What should households do?” to “How do we build systems that make the right behavior easy?”