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19 March, 2021

The Complexity of Mental Integer Addition

 in: Journal of Numerical Cognition, Volume 6 (1).  AbstractAn important paradigm in modeling the complexity of mathematical tasks relies on computational complexity theory, in which complexity is measur

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07 March, 2022
Gert Helgesson: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries

Gert Helgesson: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries

Research seminar with Gert Helgesson, Professor, Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics Abstract In the fall of 2020 a working group was appointed to deal with the historical heritage of Karolinska In

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07 July, 2017

Counterfactual Desirability

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), 2017: 485-533. Abstract The desirability of what actually occurs is often influenced by what could have been. Preferences based on such value de

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri , & Richard Bradley
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31 October, 2022

Bo Rothstein: Populism, Epistemic Democracy and the Quality of Government

Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. REGISTER for on site or online participation Abstract A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of

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13 January, 2023
Populism, Epistemic Democracy and the Quality of Government

Populism, Epistemic Democracy and the Quality of Government

Research seminar with Bo Rothstein, Professor of Political Science, and affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of the

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28 September, 2018

Acceptance of homosexuality through education? Investigating the role of education, family background and individual characteristics in the United Kingdom.

Social Science Research, 71, 109-128. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.12.006 Abstract Higher educated people tend to be more accepting of homosexuality than lower educated people. This has inspired clai

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17 June, 2019

Generosity pays: Selfish people have fewer children and earn less money

Journal of personality and social psychology. Abstract Does selfishness pay in the long term? Previous research has indicated that being prosocial (or otherish) rather than selfish has positive conseque

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , & Simpson, B. Vartanova, Irina , & Simpson, B. Eriksson, Kimmo , & Simpson, B.
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09 September, 2020

How does Birth Order and Number of Siblings Effect Fertility? A Within-Family Comparison Using Swedish Register Data

European Journal of Population Abstract This study examines how the sibling constellation in childhood is associated with later fertility behaviour of men and women in Sweden. Administrative register da

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & Morosow, Kathrin
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18 March, 2021

Acceptance of group‐based dominance and climate change denial: A cross‐cultural study in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Sweden

in: Social Psychology Of Climate Change: Special Issue AbstractDespite the importance of overcoming the persistent delay in climate action, almost no research has investigated the psychological underpin

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Tam, Kim-Pong & Taciano L. Milfont
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12 September, 2023

Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa

Journal of Development Economics 166 (2024) Abstract We investigate the long-run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting (FGC) in Africa. Our empirical analysis draws on historical data o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Isaksson, Ann-Sofie , , Congdon Fors, H. & A. Lindskog
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