In recent decades, a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. What do we know about these "Spin Dictators"?

SIR Research Award is an annual award introduced in 1992 to draw attention to people who actively and clearly contributed to research and how research is disseminated to the society. Long term...

We are screening Amin Zouiten´s film Schibah, Nils, Katrine from 2025 on the big screen in the atrium during late November and December 2025. The screening is part of an project by Zouiten called...

Alexandra Polivanova on political repressions in Russia and the work of Memorial, Russian civil society organization and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

During the holiday season we were reached by the sad news that Professor Claes Göran Alvstam passed away on the 27 December.

Fulsommar brinn, 2023, by the Swedish artist Jeff Olsson is screened in the atrium of SSE during March 2024.

March 8, 2017 marked the official launch of a new platform - Swedish Alliance for Women in Sport (SAFWIS) - founded by representatives from the Cruyff Institute, Elitfotboll Dam, GIH, Girls in Sport...

During febrary 2018 we screen the film Cirque Calder by Alexander Calder

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Robert Östling, Professor of Economics at SSE, is one of six members on Finansministerns ekonomiska råd (the Minister for Finance's economic council). The economic council will provide Sweden’s...