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President of the Swedish Sociological Association
Professor Stefan Svallfors was elected President of the Swedish Sociological Association for the years 2014-2016. Read more about Stefan Svallfors.
Peter Hedström has been appointed Associated Sociology Editor
Peter Hedström has been appointed Associated Sociology Editor of the newly started journal BSP: Behavioral Science & Policy.Read more www.behavioralpolicy.org/bsp_journal.html.
World Values Survey Association seeks a part time administrative assistant to Stockholm
The main purpose of this work is to assist the secretariat in administrative matters including maintaining the web site, the Facebook and the Twitter accounts, organising events, editing the Newslette Fund-raising is a substantial part of our work and the person we’re seeking will also be asked to assist in this work (complete the forms, submit the paperwork and follow up on behalf of the association). All communication will be in English. The person we are looking for will be placed at the Institute for Future studies in the very centre of Stockholm.
Edward Page: Addressing future loss and damage associated with climate change
Edward Page, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Warwick ABSTRACTClimate change, by damaging the quality of life of populations already suffering from acute vulnerability and hardshi the adoption of measures of mitigation and adaptation and a ‘second-order injustice’ if the associated losses and damages arise as of these measures. Both forms of injustice involve ‘losses and damages’ arising that would not have occurred but for climate change but raise distinct normative problems given their diverging origins. This research seminar explores some key normative puzzles raised by the new ethics and politics of ‘loss and damage’ as it relates to both first-order and second-order climate change injustice. In particular, the lecture focuses on which normative principles should guide measures seeking to address first-order and second-order climate change injustices experienced by states and how (if at all) new forms of policy can be designed that respect these principles.
Do we need dual-process theory to understand implicit bias? A study of the nature of implicit bias against Muslims
in: Poetics AbstractPsychological dual-process theory has become increasingly popular among sociologists. The dual-process framework accounts for two types of thinking; a fast, associative, automatic o
Anandi Hattiangadi: Philosophical aspects of implicit bias
Anandi Hattiangadi, Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University. ABSTRACT Recent empirical work on implicit cognition has revealed that many of us display biases in behaviour which are unavailable t
How does political discussion frequency impact political moral opinions? The moral argument theory of opinion dynamics
Frontiers in Psychology Abstract Discussions of political issues may influence people's opinions. Is there any systematic difference in opinions between those who discuss frequently and those who do notnn
Do income and marriage mediate the relationship between cognitive ability and fertility? Data from Swedish taxation and conscriptions registers for men born 1951-1967
I: Intelligence, Vol. 84 AbstractRecent evidence suggests a positive association between fertility and cognitive ability among Swedish men. In this study we use data on 18 birth cohorts of Swedish men t
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
Housing and First Births in Sweden, 1972-2005
The aim of this study is to explore to what extent housing is a constraint for first births in Sweden 1972-2005. Three characteristics of housing are studied: housing type, tenure, and size of dwellin