Social norms may be enforced by individuals informally punishing each other for norm transgressions. But how does society really perceive these informal punishers?

Dreamers

Why are educational inequalities by gender and immigrant background not those we would expect given students’ aspirations, confidence, and stress?

Journal for the scientific study of religion Abstract Secularization theory has been challenged by research showing religious persistence and upswing in contexts across the world. In Europe, particularl

Did the COVID-19 pandemic change our social norms?

As you might remember, a lot of our social behaviors changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we perceived the behaviors of others. What was once deemed acceptable behavior became scrutinized, wi

Stephanie Plenty

My work sits at the nexus of psychology and sociology, addressing inequalities in adolescents’ and young adults’ well-being, and the importance of social contexts for positive development. Specific ar

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 12 at 10:00-11:45 (CET)Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Palle Dahlstedt, Professor in In

Big generative AI - Implications for creativity, art, and artists

Research seminar with Palle Dahlstedt, Professor in Interaction Design at Gothenburg University. In this lecture, Palle Dahlstedt will share a pragmatic, critical, and visionary view of what machine l

What is the future of work in terms of justice and equality? At a big conference at the Institute for Futures Studies which included 17 speakers, this question was discussed by researchers from politi

Social Epistemology Abstract According to contextualism, a gender term such as ‘woman’ does not invariantly refer to a specific social orbiological kind. Instead, gender terms have different extensions dincludingexcluding

Conservatism as a distinctive political ideology was born out of Edmund Burke’s critique of the French revolution. Despite its significant influence in society and research, there exists no unified un