Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum)

Winter Greetings from Misum ❄️ 🌟 As the year winds down, we at Misum would like to extend our warmest wishes to our community of researchers, partners, and stakeholders. Stay connected with us and explore the latest updates on our research, events, and activities in our Winter Newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/deUv9gts To stay updated about our future research and activities, register for our newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/d4sDvnQN Wishing you all a joyful winter break and a great new year! ✨

🌟 Upcoming research on integration of migrants in Sweden 🌟 Misum is glad to announce that affiliate Prof. Laurence Romani, along with Prof. Andrea Voyer and Dr. @Paolo Velásquez, have secured 6 million SEK in funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for their new research project on “Solving the integration challenge of high-skilled migrants: the central role of merits”. ✨ This interdisciplinary study explores knowledge gap related to the integration of high-skilled labor migrants in Sweden. It challenges the idea of “meritocratic integration,” investigating how migrants' skills and qualifications are defined and valued. 🔮 Stay tuned for insights from this work! 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dQfkwDnc

🌟 New Research Grant! 🌟 We are glad to announce that Misum Platform Director Mattia Bianchi, Affiliate Suvi Nenonen, and Kathleen Burke (formerly a postdoc at SSE) have secured 7 million SEK in funding from Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for their 4-year research project: "Making Markets for Forest Ecosystem Services: Investigating Novel Technologies and Business Models." 🌳✨ Congratulations and best wishes to the team for a successful project!

🌍 Sustainability in Business Education: Leading the Way 🌍 We’re proud to see the Stockholm School of Economics featured in the recent Financial Times article on Europe’s and Sweden's leadership in sustainability education. A special shoutout to Anna Dibble MSc Finance student and Head of ESG at Alight, for showcasing how SSE equips students to integrate ESG principles into real-world business challenges. Her work on “double materiality” highlights the Nordic region’s innovative, hands-on approach to sustainability. 🌱

✨ Justice blind to algorithms? - Find out more about one of the most promising projects of the year! MISUM is excited to announce that the research project by affiliates Magnus Mähring and Anna Essén has been recognized as one of the most promising of the year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)! 🌟 Algorithms increasingly guide public sector decisions, yet their impact on fairness is often overlooked. Researchers from Misum and House of Innovation at SSE have examined how public institutions may ignore the injustices of algorithmic decision-making. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ddsD4nRx

💡New Misum Academic Insight: Foreign aid and female empowerment. ❓ Can foreign aid impact female empowerment? Can gender-focused aid enhance impact? Impact of foreign aid on female empowerment is under-explored with most studies focusing instead on economic growth, a few major donors or project-specific impact. This study by Misum affiliates Maria Perrotta Berlin, Anders Olofsgård & co-author Evelina Bonnier offers a first assessment of the community-level impact of foreign aid projects on female empowerment✨ The authors examine the effect of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes in rural Malawi. Beyond aid in general, the authors also estimate the impact of gender-focused aid. The study uses geo-coded data from Malawi Government’s Aid Management Platform, covering projects from 2004 to 2010. Data of 44,420 individuals in the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey is analyzed. Key Findings: 👉 Aid has a positive, though modest, impact on several dimensions of female empowerment. 👉 Gender-targeted aid provides amplified benefits. 👉 However, prevailing community characteristics can modulate the effect of aid. In patrilinear communities, positive impact disappears. 🔮 These findings highlight the need for gender-focused investments and tailored project design and placement that account for the local community context. ➡️ Read the Academic Insight here: https://lnkd.in/dH93s5_W ➡️ Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/daSxcpRB

☕️ Breakfast Seminar on Living Wages 🍞 Yesterday, SSE Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) team & Misum (Accounting Frameworks Platform) had the pleasure of co-hosting a breakfast seminar with the UN Global Compact Network Sweden, focused on implementing living wages across supply chains. The discussion centered on practical steps companies can take to integrate living wages into their operations, with insights on setting clear goals, evaluating current wage levels, and addressing challenges within global supply chains. 🗝️ Key takeaways included: ➡️ Setting Clear Living Wage Goals: Establishing and communicating specific targets to support transparency and accountability. ➡️ Understanding Supply Chain Complexities: Recognizing the diverse factors influencing wage structures across different regions. ➡️ Practical Tools and Collaboration: Utilizing available resources and fostering partnerships to drive meaningful change. Many thanks to Vide Richter and Kirti Lickfett from UN Global Compact Network Sweden, Johan Genneby from H&M Group and Sandra Granath from Quizrr, Torkel Strömsten & Yiwen Lu from Misum for your valuable insights! Thank you to all who participated! We look forward to hosting more such events in the future. 🔗 Click here to learn more about SSE PRME: https://lnkd.in/dA2eWNfK 🔗 Click here to learn more about Misum: https://www.hhs.se/misum

❔ Interested in climate risk accounting and expertise? Join us for a Misum Open Seminar on “Navigating Expertise in a Changing Climate” with Dr. Tanya Fiedler, University of New South Wales, Sydney. 🗓️ December 11, 2024 ⏰ 13:00-14:30 📍 Stockholm School of Economics Drawing on insights from interviews with global reporting and auditing professionals, Dr. Fiedler will explore how conceptualization of climate-related expertise is evolving in accounting. ➡️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/d8Czmqdm ➡️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dRbjrz4V

🌟 Misum is proud to announce that Friederike Döbbe, our affiliate and PhD graduate, has been awarded the prestigious Oscar Sillén Award for best doctoral thesis in business administration. 🌍 Her work reveals a growing trend of placing responsibility for sustainable practices on consumers, a shift that can hinder effective climate action by focusing on individual choices rather than institutional or collective changes. Döbbe is currently at the University of Bath. 🎉 We extend our congratulations to her and remain committed to working together to achieve our mission of sustainable markets! https://lnkd.in/eGDWnfk3

📢 Register Soon for Our Event on Living Wages! 🌍💼 Join us for an insightful session on advancing living wages through research, policy, and company initiatives. 🗝️ Key Highlights: ➡️ Introduction to the UN Global Compact's work on living wages ➡️ Academic insights on living wage research ➡️ Real-world case studies from H&M and QuizRR 🎙️ Speakers: ➡️ Vide Richter & Kirti Lickfett, UN Global Compact Network Sweden ➡️ Torkel Strömsten, Associate Professor, Stockholm School of Economics ➡️ Johan Genneby, Global Sustainability Area Lead, H&M ➡️ Sandra Granath, Head of Learning, Quizrr 📅 Date: 12 November, 2024 ⏰ Time: Breakfast from 07:45; presentations start at 08:15 🏫 Venue: Stockholm School of Economics Secure your spot here: https://lnkd.in/dqMf3A6H