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03 September, 2020

Insecurity and political values in the Arab world

Democratization, vol 27, issue 5, p. 699-716 Abstract Within a few years of the historic Arab uprisings of 2011, popular mobilization dissipated amidst instability in many Arab countries. We trace the r

Type of publication: Journal articles | Vartanova, Irina , , Cammet, Melani & Ishac Diwan
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15 December, 2022

Predicting how US public opinion on moral issues will change from 2018 to 2020 and beyond

Royal Society Open Science, vol. 9, issue 4 Abstract The General Social Survey, conducted every 2 years, measures public opinion on a wide range of moral issues. The data from the 2020 survey are expect

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , Vartanova, Irina , Eriksson, Kimmo
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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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01 June, 2012

Exploiting Temporal Network Structures of Human Interaction to Effectively Immunize Populations

2012. PLoS ONE 7, e36439. AbstractDecreasing the number of people who must be vaccinated to immunize a community against an infectious disease could both save resources and decrease outbreak sizes. A k

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12 March, 2019

Peter Edlund: Constructing an Arbiter of Status: A Study of the European Research Council's Emergence in the Field of Science

Peter Edlund, Researcher at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University. Abstract In my presentation, I will develop a theoretical account that centers on how certain actors are constructed i

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14 December, 2022

Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022, vol. 20, pp. 1–32. Abstract In this study, we provide an account of mortality levels in Sweden in 2020, focusing on both excess mortality and mortality due t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Drefahl, Sven, Wallace, Matthew & Gunnar Andersson
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16 January, 2025
Cogito Machina

Cogito Machina - Investigating the emergence of artificial general intelligence

Is AGI emergent? In order to know, several questions need to be answered and this project aims to provide the answeres. What is AGI? What is required for a system to have it, and how might we know whether AGI is emergent in a system. 

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