How policy creates politics. Policy feedback in contemporary democracies

Why do political actors find it increasingly difficult to design effective policies and address pressing social problems. This project tries to find the answer in changes of the policy feedback mechanisms by using longitudinal datasets from 30 countries.

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Andreas Duit, Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Andreas Duit

This is an event organized in cooperation with Fri Tanke. Not too long ago, it was said that democracy had finally triumphed over totalitarian societal systems, and that long-term economic growth would

Language Dynamics and Change, 5(1), 1-51. DOI: 10.1163/22105832-00501005 Abstract Various theories have been proposed regarding the origin of creole languages. Describing a process where only the end res

Martin Ljunge, Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) ABSTRACTThe paper that will be presented finds significant private returns from trust. Individuals with high trust earn more. Greater trust lead

Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 421–427. Abstract To examine the evolutionary basis of a behavior, an established approach (known as the phenotypic gambit) is to assume that the b

Hilary Greaves

I am a Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Global Priorities Institute, at the University of Oxford. My current research focuses on various issues in moral philosophy. My interests include: fo.

In six months libraries and schools will once again be transformed into voting stations and the Swedish people will vote for the Sweden they want for the next four years. A question that has been on p

How can artistic narration, based on subjective perspectives, develop the documentary film? The project will spread knowledge and reach new arenas where artistic research is usually not portrayed.

World Values Survey Cultural Map

This animation tries to describe the change in values in different countries over a period of more than 30 years. Read more about the map at www.worldvaluessurvey.com. The animation is created in c