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Data reveals persistent gender gap in financial research

06 March 2023
Women make up only 20% of researchers working in finance departments at leading universities and their representation decreases with seniority, data from the Swedish House of Finance shows. Sweden has the second highest female representation after Australia, but on the professorial level, it ranks third.

A gender-equality lens on rebuilding Ukraine

06 March 2023
If the reconstruction of Ukraine is to result in sustainable development and bring tangible benefits to all Ukrainians, the principles of 鈥渂uilding-back better鈥 need to take into account the specificities of gender in the reconstruction process.

First two projects awarded funds from SSE Gender Equality Fund

20 January 2023
The SSE Library, with their project 鈥淭he diversity & equality book collection鈥, and the External Relations department, with their project 鈥淔emale student recruitment鈥, were the first projects to be awarded funds from the newly established SSE Gender Equality Fund.

Julia Delin takes on the role as CEO of SSE Ventures 鈥 the search for a new CEO for SSE Business Lab begins

01 December 2022
Since 2019 Julia Delin has led and developed SSE Business Lab as CEO. She has recently successfully completed the first stage of fundraising for the School's new investment fund, SSE Ventures. 鈥婣s Julia moves to the CEO role at SSE Ventures full time, the search for a new CEO for SSE Business Lab has been initiated.鈥

SSE starts evergreen fund backed by renowned investors

29 September 2022
The venture capital industry is hampered by its own focus on short-term returns, according to the startup incubator of the 海角社区下载 School of Economics. SSE Business Lab is now closing a new 40 million SEK fund backed by Bonnier Ventures and well-known profiles like Anna Nordell-Westling, Sven Hagstr枚mer, Anna Kinberg Batra and Sebastian Knutsson. 鈥淟ong-term thinking amplifies the potential returns鈥, says CEO Julia Delin.

Unique initiative to increase diversity in the business sector

06 September 2022
Talent exists everywhere, but opportunities do not. The F1RST program, led by Daniel Sachs Foundation and the 海角社区下载together with several key figures in the business community, strives to increase diversity in business schools and in the business sector.

Gender equality in innovation 鈥 a winning concept for SSE Business Lab鈥檚 star jury

13 June 2022
The conscious leaders of tomorrow are flocking to the 海角社区下载 School of Economics鈥 startup incubator SSE Business Lab. During the summer, eight new teams will start their journey at the incubator, where they will get a boost in building their companies through the programs.

Domestic violence legislation - Awareness and support in Latvia, Russia and Ukraine

10 June 2022
SITE and FREE Network researchers investigate the factors that correlate with awareness and support for domestic violence legislation in Latvia, Russia and Ukraine, three countries that introduced recent reforms. The working paper is based on a cross-country survey on perceptions and prevalence of domestic and gender-based violence conducted within the FROGEE project.

Economic and social context of domestic violence: Research shared at the 2022 FROGEE conference

07 June 2022
This brief summarizes the research papers presented at the 2022 FROGEE conference 鈥淓conomic and Social Context of Domestic Violence鈥, which took place on May 11, 2022. It was organized by the 海角社区下载 Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) together with the Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) and the FREE Network.

Gender-based violence in conflict

30 May 2022
The eruption of war exposes women to increased gender-based violence, in the immediate conflict area as well as in the countries where they seek refuge. Acknowledging the specific conflict-related risks that women face is important, in order to target interventions, especially considering that the actors that sit at peace negotiation tables are predominantly or exclusively men.