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Uncivil speech in the social media: Democracy, Political liberalism, and the virtue of Public Reason
Constellations Introduction Initial hopes of the democratizing potential of the internet are increasingly replaced by fear that a fragmented and unedited public sphere unleashes the destructive forces o
Peter Hedström elected to the board of the Swedish Research Council
Peter Hedström was elected to the board of the Swedish Research Council (VR) on the 4th of December for the period of 2012–2015. The researcher Christofer Edling was elected to the Scientific Council
Peter Hedström elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
On the 6th of May, Peter Hedström was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities was founded in 175
Gustaf Arrhenius elected to a council which will help government with sustainability
During the Swedish politician's week in Visby, the government decided to appoint a scientific council for sustainable development. The council will strengthen the link between politics and academia. Th
Completed: Good and just allocation of health-related resources
How should health-related resources be allocated at the population-level? This project explores some problems with conventional approaches and presents a new one.
Environmentalism around the globe. An introduction to the 2020 ISSP environment module and selected country-level findings
International Journal of Sociology Abstract Environmental problems such as climate change, air and water pollution, and biodiversity loss affect humans globally. The International Social Survey Programm
Toward a hybrid theory of how to allocate health-related resources
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Abstract How should scarce health-related resources be allocated? This paper argues that values that apply to these decisions fail to always fully determine what we sh
Reducing populations' vulnerabilities to mis-disinformation related to scientific content
The purpose of this project is to develop evidence-based strategies to address populations’ vulnerabilities to scientific mis-disinformation.
Is Early Retirement Encourage by the Employer? Labor-Demand Effects of Age-Related Collective Fees
The objective of this paper is to examine how employers’ non-wage costs for their workforce affect voluntary early retirement, using the case of the Swedish private sector. The results show that a 1 p
President of the Swedish Sociological Association
Professor Stefan Svallfors was elected President of the Swedish Sociological Association for the years 2014-2016. Read more about Stefan Svallfors.
