Breakfast seminar hosted by PRME and Misum at Stockholm School of Economics & UNGC Sweden
The Circular Economy holds promise as one of the most powerful shifts businesses can make to secure long-term competitiveness, resource efficiency, and innovation. Yet despite its clear potential, widespread adoption remains frustratingly out of reach. Why?
Join us for an insightful breakfast seminar where we will explore perspectives from the forefront of both research and practice. What’s holding companies back? What’s missing in terms of knowledge, skills, or incentives? And how can sustainability professionals become enablers of change within their organizations?
This seminar will combine academic insights and the realities of industry to unpack the root causes behind the slow uptake of circular practices. We’ll explore the opportunity at hand: how circular thinking can drive innovation, resilience, and long-term business value, if the implementation gap can be bridged.
When: 7th of October 2025, 8:30-10:00
Where: Stockholm School of Economics, Bertil Ohlins Gata 4, Stockholm
For whom: Sustainability professionals and circular economy practitioners
Language: English
A light breakfast will be served from 8:00.
If you have questions, please contact Albert Askeljung Andrée at albert.askeljung@globalcompact.se.
Speakers
Saman Amir
Circular Economy Researcher, Stockholm School of Economics
Saman Amir is a circular economy researcher and entrepreneur who is passionate about bridging the gap between theory and practice. With a background in engineering and business management, she is particularly well-versed in translating complex insights for sustainability challenges. She utilizes various pedagogical methods, including system modeling and business games, for learning and strategic thinking. Holding a PhD from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and with over a decade of experience, Saman specializes in circular business strategy and supply chains.
Michael Lieder
Circular Business Expert, Scania
Michael Lieder works at Scania R&D with focus on circular business. He has over 12 years of expertise comprising research, development of advanced analytics tools, roadmap development and formulation of circular business strategies for manufacturing companies. Michael holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, earned in 2017, focusing on simulation modeling of circular manufacturing systems. He has published several articles at the intersection of business model, product design and supply chain.
Pernilla Bolander
PRME Director, Stockholm School of Economics
Pernilla Bolander is the PRME Director at the Stockholm School of Economics and a faculty member in the Department of Management and Organization. Her research explores how HR-processes are enacted in practice, particularly how employees are categorized and quantified, and how these processes shape employees’ understandings of themselves, their work, careers and organizations. She also investigates managers’ work, identity and learning as well as what it means to be a responsible and ethical manager. As an educator, Pernilla emphasizes the importance of critical reflexivity for future leaders and professionals.
Linn Lindfred
Circular Economy Strategist and Founder of Circularista
Linn Lindfred is a circular economy strategist and founder of the circular consultancy Circularista. She has over eight years of experience leading circular innovation across sectors and was named one of Sweden’s top 33 young sustainability talents in 2023.