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Yesterday at Skolriksdagen 2025, Ema Demir and Stefan Arora-Jonsson from the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP) at the Stockholm School of Economics presented new research on how to improve academic outcomes in schools with persistently low performance.

On May 7, the SSE Sport Initiative brought energy and inspiration to campus with a unique training session led by Olympic judoka and current SSE MBA student Sami Chouchi.

Russia's car market is struggling under the weight of war, sanctions, and inflation—and it's starting to show deeper cracks in the country’s economy. A new policy brief from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) reveals how the decline in new car sales tells a broader story about weakening household finances and growing financial risks.

It's during times of turmoil that leadership really comes into focus. To whom do we give our vote of confidence and why? And how do they wield the power that they're given? Professor Emma Bell was recently interviewed by Emmylou Tuvhag, at Svenska Dagbladet, about charismatic and narcissistic leaders, Nordic leadership and informal leaders – from Trump to Thunberg.

Family business conflict goes far beyond personality clashes—it is shaped by history, power, overlapping roles, and emotional ties that blur the line between home and work. A new study by House of Innovation researcher Marco Mismetti published in the Journal of Family Business Strategy offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how conflict arises and unfolds in family firms, with important implications for researchers and practitioners alike.

Emma Bell has been appointed H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Chaired Professor in Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). A leading researcher in leadership and organisation studies, Professor Bell will focus on how leadership is performed, perceived, and shaped by societal expectations.