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On December 12, 2024, the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØ Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted a public seminar featuring Professor Simon Johnson, co-recipient of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The event centered on international sanctions against Russia and strategies to curtail its capacity to wage war in Ukraine.

In the annual thesis competition organized by the Swedish Competition Authority, students from the Department of Economics at SSE were recognized for their work. The first prize in the economics category was awarded to Agnes Erlandsson and Erik Leiditz Thorsson for their thesis on declining firm markups in Sweden. Meanwhile, Marcus Hagman, also from the Department of Economics at SSE, received the second prize for his thesis on collusion and price transmission in the German retail gasoline market.

Erik Modig has been named one of the most significant figures in the marketing industry by the magazine Resumé. The list highlights individuals who have influenced and advanced the field through challenges such as the AI revolution, economic downturns, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a media landscape in flux.

The º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØhas appointed Isabel Keulen the new CEO of its fund SSE Ventures and startup incubator SSE Business Lab. The change in leadership is happening at the same time as the incubator and the fund will move into the School’s new premises at Norrtullsgatan. The plan is to build a new hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.

On Monday, December 2, a new group of 43 professionals began their 18-month Executive MBA journey. This transformative program is tailored to equip participants with the skills to build, lead and develop organizations on the global stage.

The U.S. presidential election doesn’t just have a huge impact on Americans – it affects wellbeing across Europe as well. A new study from the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØshows that happiness, life satisfaction, and optimism in Europe all shifted in response to the election outcome, mirroring American trends.

A new large-scale replication project of online social science experiments showed a replication rate of about 50%. Anna Dreber Almenberg and Magnus Johannesson, Professors at the Department of Economics at SSE, and co-authors publish a new article in Nature Human Behaviour.

Dr Maja Fjaestad, senior advisor to SSE’s Center for Resilient Health is representing the center and Swedish perspectives in PHSSR EU Expert Advisory Group on sustainable healthcare financing in the EU.

On November 11, 2024, SITE hosted journalist Peter Pomerantsev for a seminar exploring the Kremlin's propaganda vulnerabilities. Pomerantsev highlighted internal fractures within Russian society and outlined strategies for countering authoritarian narratives and support Ukraine’s resistance.

New research from Lars Ljungqvist, Professor at the Department of Economics at SSE, and co-authors show that tax reforms impact singles and couples differently. The study finds that earned income tax credits (EITC) are more effective than negative income tax (NIT) policies in supporting lower-income people when their primary labor supply decisions are made at the extensive margin, i.e., whether or not to work. It highlights how tax incentives influence career choices, savings, and social welfare.