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Stability of College Rankings. A Study of Relative Earnings Estimates Applying Different Methods and Models on Swedish Data
This study investigates how stabile the ranking system of Swedish universities is in relation to future incomes of their alumni. Amongst the findings, the ranking of colleges varies both across method
Ilja Viktorov: The rise of collateral-based finance under state capitalism in Russia
Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. Ilja Viktorov, researcher at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University. RE
The new inequality and the redistributive politics that disappeared
Katalys in cooperation with the Institute for Futures Studies and ABF Stockholm invite you to a lecture by political scientist and Professor Keith Banting of Queen's University, Canada. Professor Keith
The new inequality and the redistributive politics that disappeared
Professor Keith Banting har studerat den nya ojämlikheten i Kanada – framförallt dess politiska inramning och vilken betydelse den har för fördelningspolitiken. Han lyfter tre förståelser av den växan
Wendy Nelson Espeland: What Rankings Have Wrought
Wendy Nelson Espeland, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. Abstract Media rankings of universities are a relatively recent development. I will discuss the mostly unintentional effects of ra
Rethinking intimacy: Semi-anonymous spaces and transitory attachments in Argentine tango dancing
Current Sociology, 66(3), pp. 356-372. doi.org/10.1177/0011392116681385 Abstract Although intimacy is an area characterized by great variety and complexity, both popular and academic discourses have tra
Ghost Platform at September Sessions: Dirty details of the clean startup chime
Place: Institute for Futures Studies, 4th floor, Holländargatan 13, 111 36 Stockholm Listening Session And Drinks The Institute for Futures Studies hosts the premiere of a new 15-minute sound work. Regist
Anna Lührmann: Walking the Talk. Which Parties Threaten Democracy?
AbstractThe recent increase of democratic declines around the world -- what Lührmann and Lindberg(2019) have dubbed "third wave of autocratization'' -- has sparked a new generation of studies on the t
Anna Lührmann: Walking the Talk. Which Parties Threaten Democracy?
The recent increase of democratic declines around the world has sparked a new generation of studies on the topic. Scholars agree that these days the main threat to democracy arises from democratically
After the algorithms: A study of meta-algorithmic judgments and diversity in the hiring process at a large multisite company
Big Data & Society Abstract In recent years, both private and public organizations across contexts have begun implementing AI technologies in their recruitment processes. This transition is typicall
