Swedish House of Finance
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 100 000 000 |
| Project duration | December 2020 - December 2025 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Venture | Center for Financial Market Research |
| Call | Center for Financial Market Research - National Center |
Purpose and goal
The goal is to place the Swedish House of Finance among the five foremost institutions for financial research in Europe and share its knowledge with society at large. We aim to achieve this by: 1. Creating and maintaining a physical research infrastructure shared by researchers in Sweden 2. Manage and develop a national data center and a doctoral course program in finance 3. Organize open seminars, conferences and host guest researchers 4. Support the recruitment of international researchers to Swedish institutions 5. Secure financing from the financial industry and foundations
Expected effects and result
The fundamental concept behind this project is: 1) To strengthen financial research in Sweden 2) To assemble strength and obtain benefits of scale that enable future expansion 3) To share positive external effects with the private, public and academic sectors in Sweden
Planned approach and implementation
Swedish House of Finance achieves this through the following: *A common physical research infrastructure *A national center for financial data *The launch of a doctoral course program in finance available to all doctoral students in Sweden *Programs for research interaction: to provide open seminar series, invite guest researchers, and arrange conferences The focus is to: *Support research and the recruitment of international researchers to Swedish institutions *Share research infrastructure with Swedish researchers *Obtain research funding from Swedish trade and industry