People

Meet the team, board, and research affiliates of the House of Sustainable Society. 

Group photograph of the House of Sustainable Society research affiliates and core team.

The House of Sustainable Society (HoSS) runs on a dual leadership model, consisting of a center director and an executive director. They are supported by an international board that consists of members from both academia and business. Research is organized across four platforms, led by platform directors. The HoSS core team coordinates outreach, communication, and administration.

Center Director

Martina Björkman Nyqvist

Carl Bennet & Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Professor in Economics
Department of Economics
Stockholm School of Economics

Martina.Bjorkman.Nyqvist@hhs.se

Portrait photograph of Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Center Director for the House of Sustainable Society.

Executive Director

Therese Lindahl

Affiliated Researcher
Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

Therese.Lindahl@hhs.se

Board

Chair of the HoSS Board

Viveka Hirdman-Ryrberg

Board professional and member of the Advisory Committee, WISE, and former Head of Corporate Communication & Sustainability, Investor AB 

Board Members

Lars Strannegård, President of SSE

Tore Ellingsen, Professor at the Department of Economics at SSE

Ella Persson, Project Leader SASSE Sustainability Group

Eva Halvarsson, CEO Andra AP-fonden (AP2) 

Mia Horn af Rantzien, Member of the Board of directors for the Nobel Prize Outreach, the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), and STINT 

Carl Folke, Professor and Director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Minna Halme, Professor of Sustainability Management at Aalto University and Director of Aalto Sustainability Hub

Vanessa Butani, Head of Sustainability Volvo Cars

Fredrik Gunnarsson, Mistra representative

Anna Carlström, Kamprad representative

Group photo of the HoSS Board
The House of Sustainable Society Board

Affiliated researchers

Development and Environmental Economics Platform

Accounting Frameworks Platform

Business Models and Innovation Platform

Affiliated PhD students