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15 October, 2012

Government quality, egalitarianism, and attitudes to taxes and social spending: a European comparison

European Political Science Review, Vol 5 (2013), pp 363-80. First published online July 16, 2012, doi:10.1017/S175577391200015X. The paper analyses how perceptions of government quality – in terms of i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Svallfors, Stefan
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30 March, 2023
Digital development and educational outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Digital development and educational outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A recipe for inclusive development or deepening divides?

A project on how the spread of digital information and communication technology in Sub-Saharan Africa has affected educational outcomes and inequalities.

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01 January, 2010

Who is an Immigrant?

Pp. 47-74 in Bo Bengtsson, Per Strömblad and Ann-Helén Bay, (Eds.), Diversity, Inclusion and Citizenship in Scandinavia. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Abstract This chapter suggests

Type of publication: Chapters | Gunnar Myrberg
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09 April, 2019

Extended Preferences and Interpersonal Comparisons of Well‐being

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Published online 7 November 2016. doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12334 Abstract An important objection to preference‐satisfaction theories of well‐being is that these the

Type of publication: Journal articles | Greaves, Hilary , & Harvey Lederman
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12 December, 2014

Human enhancement and technological uncertainty

Defending the dissertation Human enhancement and technological uncertainty. Essays on the promise and peril of emerging technology by Karim Jebari. Dissertation in Philosophy at KTH in Stockholm. Opponent

Defending the dissertation Human enhancement and technological uncertainty. Essays on the promise and peril of emerging technology by Karim Jebari.
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29 December, 2005

Rural Population Growth in Sweden in the 1990s: Unexpected Reality or Spatial-Statistical Chimera

This article addresses the matter of “urban spillover” in rural population development, i.e. how urban localities tend to push a ring of diffuse urban growth outwards as they expand in area. The data

Type of publication: Working papers | Jan Amcoff
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10 December, 2024

In defense of value incomparability: A reply to Dorr, Nebel, and Zuehl

Noûs Abstract Cian Dorr, Jacob Nebel, and Jake Zuehl have argued that no objects are incomparable in value. One set of arguments they offer depart from a principle they call ‘Strong Monotonicity’, which

Type of publication: Journal articles | Risberg, Olle , & E. Carlsson
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11 July, 2019

In Sweden we shake hands – but are we really?

Sociologisk Forskning, vol 54, no 4, pp 377–381. Abstract Motivated by a recent controversy over handshaking, a survey of the personal networks of young Swedes (n=2244) is used to describe greeting prac

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , & Anton Andersson Rydgren, Jens , & Anton Andersson
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04 April, 2024

Cultural traits operating in senders are driving forces of cultural evolution

Proceedings of the royal society Biological Sciences Abstract Cultural evolution typically studies how ideas and behaviours spread and change depending on how we learn and from whom. A new model suggest

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jansson, Fredrik , Enquist, Magnus; Ghirlanda, Stefano & Jérôme Michaud
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03 May, 2019
Wlodek Rabinowicz

Wlodek Rabinowicz

I am senior professor of practical philosophy at Lund University. After defending my doctoral dissertation in Uppsala in 1979, I remained there as associate professor in practical philosophy. 1994-95  and a former editor of and .

Senior Professor, Practical Philosophy
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