NEW RESEARCH | How social innovations work to save the environment

Most social innovations are developed to address social inequalities or to bring marginalized groups into the labour market. More rarely do we hear about social initiatives designed to save the environment and climate. What characterizes them?
Voices on the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill 2024: MATS BENNER “I would have liked a bolder approach”


He is a sociologist and professor of research policy at Lund University.
Mats Benner has previously been Director of the Research Policy Institute and Rector of the School of Economics at Lund University.
Minister on the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill 2024: “A powerful step up”


At the end of 2024, the Research and Innovation Bill will be presented, which will form the basis of the government’s research, innovation and higher education policy for the next four years.
What can we expect?
Esbri asks the Minister for Education, Johan Pehrson.
Voices on the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill 2024: BIRGITTA BERGVALL-KÅREBORN “Higher education institutions need a bigger budget for a long-term perspective”


She is a professor of informatics and has conducted research on digital platforms and crowdsourcing.
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn has worked in academia her entire career – today she is Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology.
Voices on the upcoming 2024 Research and Innovation Bill: EUGENIA PEREZ VICO – “The world is not necessarily better off with more excellence”


Eugenia Perez Vico is an associate professor of information science at Halmstad University and an expert on research policy.
She studies the role of research and researchers in societal transitions, something she has also worked with specifically at several authorities – including the innovation agency Vinnova.
BOOK TIP | Government and capitalism in the same boat


Can the business sector, government and society at large work together to tackle global challenges such as climate change, cybersecurity, disease, food security and education? In the book Venture Meets Mission, the authors argue that it is possible.
Emotional intelligence – one of the most important assets as an entrepreneur


During an ESBRI-organized webinar last week, Professor Dean Shepherd presented some key practical advice you should follow to become a successful entrepreneur.
Cultivating your emotional intelligence, for example, seems to be crucial for entrepreneurial success.
BANKRUPTCY: Professor’s 6 tips for small business owners in tough times


In the first half of 2024, around 6,000 Swedish companies went bankrupt – an increase of almost 40% compared to the previous year.
Professor Marie Karlsson-Tuula believes that many of these bankruptcies could have been avoided.
Here, she offers her top tips for small business owners to get through difficult times.
NEW RESEARCH | How student entrepreneurs learn from each other


Social interactions are good for learning entrepreneurship.
This is shown by former Norsi doctoral student Ragnhild Nordeng Fauchald in her doctoral thesis where she has studied the learning that takes place when experienced student entrepreneurs supervise less experienced student entrepreneurs.
HELLO THERE! Emma Lappi – recipient of the Young Researcher Award 2024


Among other things, she has conducted research on how the experience of owning a business affects the subsequent career of the individual. Emma Lappi, PhD in Economics at Aarhus University, is the recipient of the Entrepreneurship Forum’s Young Researcher Award 2024 with a prize sum of SEK 150,000.