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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.

Magali Bancel, Marie Wik, and Xin Li have been awarded the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ MBA Carl Silfvén Scholarship 2024. The scholarship is presented to the next generation leaders to promote the competitiveness of Swedish-based business in an international market. They are all grateful for the many new opportunities the scholarship offers.

Astrid Viktorsson, an alumn of the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication’s Applied History course, shares how the Spring 2022 course shaped her academic path from attending the Kissinger Summer Academy to pursuing a master’s at Johns Hopkins University.

The 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ (91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ) recently strengthened its academic leadership by welcoming Professors Valentina Tartari and Stefan Haefliger to the House of Innovation. The Professorial Installation Ceremony at Stockholm City Hall, which also celebrated the graduation of eight PhD scholars, highlighted 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ’s commitment to advancing research that bridges academia, industry, and societal impact.

91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ has made significant strides in Financial Times’ ranking of the top 100 Master in Management programs in the world. 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ moved from the 19th place in 2023 to the 15th place in 2024, thereby re-entering the prestigious ranks of first tier business schools.

91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. The MSc program in Finance has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program curriculum and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct within the program.

For the 18th consecutive year, a scholarship is being awarded for Executive MBA studies at the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ. The scholarship of SEK 645,000 is announced by Swedish financial newspaper Dagens Industri in cooperation with the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and Keystone Education Group and recognizes the next generation of leaders, with the purpose of strengthening Swedish competitiveness.

Digital tablet-based tests may offer a more accurate picture of student achievement in Indian schools than traditional paper-based tests. A new study, conducted by Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, shows that tablet tests significantly reduce cheating and provide reliable data for education policy reforms.

Last week, the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ (91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ) welcomed 48 participants from 15 prestigious Executive MBA programs worldwide for the Nordic Entrepreneurship course. We had representatives from AIM, Berkeley Haas, EGADE, ESMT, FGV EAESP, Fudan, IE University, IMD, NUS, Oxford Saïd, Strathmore, UNSW, Yale, 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Riga, and 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Research on school improvement shows multiple factors aid turnarounds at underperforming schools. Using qualitative comparative analysis of 77 Swedish schools over 12 years, no single solution was found. Instead, different factor combinations work, depending on the local context. This has implications for school improvement research and education policy.