Recently, flows of refugees in Europe and elsewhere have dominated the public discourse. A few days ago it was as if a collective alarm clock rang. People’s imaginations of the horrors of war became...

Today the Board of Directors of Stockholm School of Economics appointed Professor Lars Strannegård president. Lars Strannegård will take office as president on June 1, 2014, succeeding Karl-Olof...

Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at SSE, is one of the researchers who has studied if lottery tickets can be an incentive to practice safe sex as a means to...

On March 23, the United Nations University UNU-WIDER and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) will host a WIDER Annual Lecture by Professor Martin Ravallion, a leading economist in...

Can happiness be a foundation for national development? The Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness (CWWH) and Bhutan's Royal Institute for Governmental Strategy and Studies are collaborating to...

Have you seen the vulture sitting high up in one of the corridors on the ground floor of the main building on Sveavägen 65? The vulture surveys all who pass beneath it. Vultures are among nature's...

I am a rebel is an orange hand-knotted rug designed by the Swedish contemporary artist Dan Wolgers. In the motif, Wolgers draws inspiration from children's humorous, often drastic answers on school...

During the first weeks of April 2026, American artist Mark Dion transformed Room 138 in the SSE main building into an installation that turns the classroom itself into a subject of inquiry. The space,...

Research results that cannot be replicated are a problem in all fields of research. In an international project, researchers at the Stockholm School of Economics have now demonstrated that betting on...

Making decisions for your business in the midst of a global crisis can undoubtedly feel daunting – so why not lean on research? We’ve gathered some useful research, case studies and concrete tips to...