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Humanity - the biosphere's best hope?
Human activity often has a negative impact on the Earth's ecosystems. However, according to researchers Karim Jebari and Anders Sandberg, humans are still, in the long run, the best and actually the only
The climate ethics program: "Interdisciplinary at its best"
"Innovative, ambitious, and extremely well managed." A mid-term evaluation of the research program Climate Ethics and future generations praises it for being interdisciplinary at its best. Riksbankens
Social capital and leaving the nest: Channels and housing tenures
i Social Networks, Volume 65 AbstractYoung adults in Europe sometimes have trouble moving away from their parents and obtaining a home of their own, which is considered an important step in the transit
Daniel Waldenström: Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Daniel Waldenström, Professor of Economics and Director of the Taxes and Society research program a
Countering Protection Rackets Using Legal and Social Approaches: An Agent-Based Test
Hindawi, Volume 2018, Article ID 3568085, 16 pages, doi.org/10.1155/2018/3568085. Abstract Protection rackets cause economic and social damage across the world. States typically combat protection rackets
The Social Consequences of Poverty. An Empirical Test on Longitudinal Data
Social Indicators Research, May 2015, Open Access, DOI 10.1007/s11205-015-0983-9. Poverty is commonly defined as a lack of economic resources that has negative social consequences, but surprisingly lit
Avia Pasternak: Violent Protests and the Proportionality Test
Research seminar with Avia Pasternak, Associate Professor in Political Theory at University College London. REGISTER HERE TO GET A MEETING LINK AbstractViolent protestors against state injustice typical
How politically biased are you? New test on political biases
To what extent do you allow your political views influence your perception of reality? Do you trust facts regardless of whether they support your opinions or not? We may believe that we are impartial,
Global directions of change in moral norms: a test of the moral argument theory
Royal Society Open Science Abstract How and why are moral norms for various issues changing across the globe? Moral argument theory uniquely addresses these questions by positing that moral norm change
Conservative Opposition to Climate Policy May be Partially Threat-Based: A Test and Critique of the Integrated Threat Model of Climate Attitudes
Journal of Applied Social Psychology Abstract One explanation for the link between political conservatism and rejection of the science and solutions of climate change is based on perceived threats. Yet,NNN