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Emergent Cultural Differences in Online Communities’ Norms of Fairness
Games and Cultures, doi.org/10.1177/1555412018800650 Abstract Unpredictable social dynamics can dominate social outcomes even in carefully designed societies like online multiplayer games. According to
Klemens Kappel: The Epistemic Significance of Convergence in Ethical Theory
Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, StockholmResearch seminar with Klemens Kappel, Professor at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen.Join us on sit
The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity
PLOS Computational Biology Abstract Social learning is common in nature, yet cumulative culture (where knowledge and technology increase in complexity and diversity over time) appears restricted to huma
Marte Mangset: Subtle shifts in sectorial power and party affinities: Post-ministerial careers in Norway 1965-2021
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online Research seminar with Marte Mangset,Director at Centre universitaire de Norvège à Paris andAssociate professor, Department
Marte Mangset: Shifts in sectorial power and party affinities: Post-ministerial careers in Norway
Research seminar with Marte Mangset, Director at Centre universitaire de Norvège à Paris and Associate professor, Department of sociology and human geography, University of Oslo. Abstract The paper ex
Religion and Fertility: A Longitudinal Register Study Examining Differences by Sex, Parity, Partner’s Religion, and Religious Conversion in Finland
European Journal of Population, vol. 40:9 Abstract We use longitudinal data on religious affiliation in Finland to examine childbearing behavior. All analyses are based on detailed fertility information
Emergent hierarchical structures in multiadaptive games
2011. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106: 028702. We investigate a game-theoretic model of a social system where both the rules of the game and the interaction structure are shaped by the behavior of the agents. We ca
Health Care Developments in EU Member States Regressing Trends and Institutional Similarity?
The purpose of this paper is to perform a diachronical cross-national analysis of health care services and raise questions of decline and convergence of European health care systems. Contrary to previ
Pension Systems and Pension Reform in an Aging Society
After having illustrated both theoretical and empirical sides of the debate on the ability of a pension system to fulfill its aim with an aging population, the paper makes two main claims: the debate
Ann-Sofie Isaksson: Internet Connectivity and Child Learning: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and