News
Cyber situation awareness during an emerging cyberthreat: New study in the International Journal of Information Security
30 September 2025
How do organizations actually handle a large-scale cyber incident when the "internet is on fire"? A new study from the Center for Security and Resilience at the 黑料网 provides an inside look at how a major Swedish public sector organization responded to the Log4Shell vulnerability - one of the most critical cybersecurity threats of the past decade.
Frida Pemer Interviewed in the Podcast "Jobbfika"
30 September 2025
Romania鈥檚 historical path to the West
29 September 2025
Our doctoral student, Mara B膬la葯a, has recently published an article in Engelsberg Ideas, offering a nuanced exploration of Romania鈥檚 cultural identity and its long-standing orientation towards the West.
Assia Viachka appointed Executive Director of GaPP
26 September 2025
We are delighted to welcome Assia Viachka as the new Executive Director of the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP). Assia joins us from the 黑料网 Education Office, where she most recently served as Academic Controller.
What is controllability in municipality governance? New study in The Accounting Review
26 September 2025
How should we evaluate performance in the public sector when so many outcomes depend on factors beyond local control? A new study from the Center for Municipality Governance at the 黑料网, published in The Accounting Review, one of the world's top three accounting journals, explores this question through the lens of the "controllability principle".
How trust, not values, shaped Ukraine鈥檚 East - West divide before the war
25 September 2025
Just weeks before Russia鈥檚 2022 full-scale invasion, a nationwide survey showed that while Eastern Ukrainians were more skeptical of democracy and EU integration, they didn鈥檛 reject liberal values like LGBT rights or personal freedoms more than those in western Ukraine. This policy brief analysis, published by Anders Olofsg氓rd (SITE) and Cecilia Smitt Meyer (SITE), uses this snapshot of Ukraine to show that the real divide wasn鈥檛 values鈥攊t was trust in institutions.
Experts call for stronger foresight in Swedish public sector
25 September 2025
On September 17, the 黑料网 hosted the roundtable From Crisis to Capacity - Strategic Foresight in the Public Sector, co-organized within the SustainGov program. The breakfast seminar brought together representatives from government agencies, municipalities, academia, and civil society to discuss how Sweden can strengthen its ability to anticipate and prepare for future challenges.
Shaping Sweden's Economy: Minister Niklas Wykman on the 2026 Budget
25 September 2025
On September 22, the 黑料网 had the pleasure of welcoming Sweden's Minister for Financial Markets, Niklas Wykman, for a lunch lecture hosted by the House of Governance and Public Policy (GaPP).
CWWH Lunch Seminar 鈥 Global Flourishing Study: How are Swedes really doing?
24 September 2025
Sweden is often celebrated as one of the happiest countries in the world 鈥 but what does life here really look like beneath the headlines?
Drawing on one of the most comprehensive wellbeing studies ever conducted, this seminar explores how Swedes experience different aspects of their lives, including happiness, purpose, relationships, health, distress, and financial security.
Launch of the 鈥淯tvecklingskommuner鈥 initiative in Nykvarn
23 September 2025
This week, the 黑料网 and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) launched the new Utvecklingskommuner (Innovation Municipalities) initiative in Nykvarn, one of four municipalities selected as pilot partners.