Katja Einola represented the SSE Center for Responsible Leadership at the Ephemera Theory & Politics in Organization conference, held on May 12–13 at Copenhagen Business School.

Trust is eroding, young people are losing hope, and liberal democracies are under threat. But Nordic countries can be a lighthouse in turbulent times. That was the message from Iceland’s president Halla Tómasdóttir during a state visit to the Stockholm School of Economics on Thursday.

It's during times of turmoil that leadership really comes into focus. To whom do we give our vote of confidence and why? And how do they wield the power that they're given? Professor Emma Bell was recently interviewed by Emmylou Tuvhag, at Svenska Dagbladet, about charismatic and narcissistic leaders, Nordic leadership and informal leaders – from Trump to Thunberg.

Elena Sinico, PhD student at the Department of Management of the University of Bologna, will visit the Center for Responsible Leadership December 2024 to May 2025.

We are glad to announce that our Misum Affiliate Laurence Romani, together with professor Andrea Voyer and Dr. Paolo Velásquez have secured a 6 million SEK in funding from Riksbankens Jubileumfond for their new research project on “Solving the integration challenge of high-skilled migrants: the central role of merits”.

The MERITA project in the CIVICA Public Lecture Series Tours d'Europe on 26 June 2024, 7-7:45pm CEST.

Miguel Morillas, PhD graduate at the Department of Management and Organization, will visit the Center for Responsible Leadership on May 30 and 31.