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Gender as an Employment Criterion?
As other fields, the academic sector is gender-segregated. While some disciplines are dominated by female students and researchers (especially in the humanities), others are dominated by male students
AI och makten över besluten
Allt fler offentliga beslut fattas av algoritmer. Automatiserade processer kan numera till exempel avgöra vilken skola dina barnhamnar i, vad du ska få för vård och om du har rätt till bidrag eller in
Population Geography Perspectives on the Central Asian Republics
The main traits of the population geography of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistanare are outlined, and attempts are made to establish if par
What is a social pattern? Rethinking a central social science term
Theory & Society Abstract The main aim of this article is to start a discussion of social pattern, a term that is commonly used in sociology but not specified or defined. The key question can be phrsociologicalconcept of social pattern may look like. A useful and theoretically solid concept of social pattern can in our view be constructed by basing it on Weber’s concept of social action. This means thatboththe behavior of the actorsandthe meaning these invest their behavior with must be taken into account. The article ends with a brief discussion of how to use the concept of social patterns in an effective way and what may endanger such a use.
CANCELED. Escaping Network Gravity: Lessons from Dynamic Network Research for Change and Innovation
Balazs Vedres, Central European University
Kristian Lasslett
Kristian is an investigative criminologist specialising in the study of elite networks involved in the organisation of serious economic crime. His research focuses thematically on grand corruption, kl
The Future of the end of Ideology
Main speaker: Mark Lilla. The seminar will be held in English in central Stockholm. Read more about Mark Lilla on Wikipedia.
Anders Sandberg: The Survival Curve of Our Species: Handling Global Catastrophic and Existential Risks
Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University ABSTRACTHow likely is humanity to be severely damaged by a global disaster, or go extinct? How bad would it be? This talk will review wo
Do poorer youth have fewer friends? The role of household and child economic resources in adolescent school-class friendships
Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript. Published online before print August 21, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.08.013 Poverty among children and adolescents attracts con
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence
IOS Press. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (series) Preface This volume presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI 20
