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The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is excited to welcome GS1 Sweden to its Corporate Partnership Program. GS1 is recognized for its pioneering work in creating a global standard for retail checkout barcodes, which has been widely adopted globally.

We are delighted to welcome a new researcher to the Economics Department, Jaakko Meriläinen, who will start as an Assistant professor at the department after the summer.

”Sustainability is a focus area for research at both HEC and SSE, and in combination with our corporate networks participants in this program will get access to outstanding research and practice in an international context”, says Katarina Hägg, CEO at SSE Executive Education.

Klara Strömberg received a diploma for the best essay during the Applied History course in 2021. In the interview, Klara discusses her main findings and the impact the course had on her outlook, and shares her current pursuits in pursuing a master’s degree in economics and international economic policy.

The Swedish Gender Equality Agency's thesis competition was organized for the first time in 2021. The content related criterion for participation in the competition is that the essay contributes to knowledge about gender equality policy or social development based on the ambitions of gender equality policy.

The prize was established in 1983 as a tribute to Professor Gunnar Myrdal on his 85th birthday. The Myrdal Prize is awarded each year by Swedbank for the best article of the year in the Swedish Economic Association's journal Ekonomisk Debatt.