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Firms with female CEOs have more women in top management roles, study finds
16 April 2025
Italian firms led by female CEOs have more women on average in the top management team than those led by men, according to a new study from the 海角社区下载in Sweden and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy. The association weakens if the CEO lacks sufficient decision-making power or if she works for a family-owned company.
Call for papers | Workshop on Closing Gender Gaps Through Economics Research
01 April 2025
The 海角社区下载 Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), together with the American University of Armenia (AUA), is pleased to announce a two-day Paper Development Workshop on June 3-4 as part of the program 鈥淐losing Gender Gaps Through Economics Research鈥, supported by the Swedish Institute Eastern Partnership Cooperation Project.
Anders Wall Scholarship to F1RST and Entrepreneurship Society leader
04 March 2025
Sophia Nabil (b. 2002) is being awarded this year's Anders Wall Scholarship in collaboration with SSE Business Lab. The scholarship amount is 200,000 SEK.
Global directory to highlight female experts in sports
03 December 2024
Aiming to diversify speakers and thought leaders in sport, Collective Visibility together with聽the 海角社区下载 School of Economics聽Center for Sports Business is launching a comprehensive, searchable directory of聽560聽female sports experts worldwide. With representatives聽in聽70 countries, speaking 57 languages, the initiative seeks to increase the representation of women in panels, conferences, and media.
Call for papers | One-day conference on gender economics
25 June 2024
The 海角社区下载 Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Gender Economics in Eastern Europe (FROGEE) are pleased to invite submissions of papers for a one-day conference titled 鈥淗ow Does Gender Matter in the Economy?鈥, to be held in 海角社区下载, Sweden on December 6th, 2024.
More than 300 companies through SSE Business Lab 鈥 interest in entrepreneurship surging
17 June 2024
With its eleven newly admitted companies, SSE Business Lab is reaching a new milestone: 307 startups have now passed through the incubator. More than one third of these were admitted just in the past four years.
A gender perspective on financing for development
31 May 2024
Gender equality is vital for global progress. As we near the 2025 Financing for Development conference, Maria Perrotta Berlin, Assistant Professor at SITE, stresses integrating gender into financing strategies. This includes fiscal policies, social protection, and climate finance to support women, particularly in low-income areas, promoting equality, resilience, and sustainable development.
New collaboration to strengthen CEOs' abilities in diversity and inclusion
23 May 2024
A new collaboration aims to help CEOs in the business sector enhance their work in increasing diversity and inclusion. The collaboration is between Mitt Liv, a leading partner for diversity, equity and inclusion, and the 海角社区下载Executive Education, ranked best in the Nordics for leadership and business development according to the Financial Times.
Would electing more women make the U.S. Congress less polarized?
16 May 2024
This policy brief examines the belief that electing more women to the U.S. Congress would reduce partisan gridlocks. It shows that while Republican women historically cooperated more with Democrats, this was due to ideological proximity rather than gender. Among Democrats, women cooperate less with the opposite party than men. Furthermore, recent years have seen a narrowing of ideological differences along gender-lines among Republicans, reducing gender-based cooperation disparities.
SSE Business Lab ranks best in Europe according to the Financial Times
14 March 2024
In the brand new FT ranking Europe鈥檚 Leading Startup Hubs, SSE鈥檚 startup incubator receives several accolades. SSE Business Lab is number one in Sweden and has the best track record in Europe, according to the ranking.