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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The research network World Values Survey has explored people's values since the 1980s in six waves of interviews in a total of 100 countries. The latest survey was completed in 2014 and the result has

World Development, vol. 182 Abstract Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help reduce stunting or impaired growth among childre