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19 June, 2024

Aid and child health: A disaggregated analysis of the effects of aid on impaired growth

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Isaksson, Ann-Sofie , Dick Durevall
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15 November, 2013

Agent-Based Modeling and Techno-Social Systems

Advances in Complex Systems, Vol. 16, Nos. 4 & 5, World Scientific Publishing Company. DOI: 10.1142/S0219525913030021

Type of publication: Books | Dirk Helbing, Thomas Grund (Eds.)
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23 September, 2024

Parental union dissolution and the gender revolution

Social Forces Abstract This study investigates two concurrent trends across Europe and North America: the increasing instability of parental unions and men’s rising contributions to household work. Beca

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & H. Eriksson
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11 January, 2016
Anders Ekholm

Anders Ekholm

I have had the position as vice president and advisor at the Institute for Futures Studies and before that I worked as head of analysis at the Ministry of Social Affairs, with research concerning our

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23 June, 2020
När använder vi artificiell intelligens (AI) och vad innebär det?

När använder vi artificiell intelligens (AI) och vad innebär det?

En effekt av coronakrisen är att alltfler både arbetar och träffas online. Redan innan krisen använde 78 procent internet i arbetet. Dock uppgav bara 16 procent att de nyttjade AI där. Detta tyder på

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12 December, 2018

The intelligence explosion revisited

Foresight, doi.org/10.1108/FS-04-2018-0042  Abstract PurposeThe claim that super intelligent machines constitute a major existential risk was recently defended in Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence and

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , & Joakim Lundborg
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19 September, 2017
Att förstå korruption, seminarium med Bo Rothstein

Att förstå korruption, seminarium med Bo Rothstein

Korruption utgör ett allvarligt hot mot välstånd, demokrati och välbefinnande, och de empiriska bevisen för dess skadliga effekter på samhället bara växer. Det har dock visat sig vara väldigt svårt at

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16 April, 2019

Parity and Mortality: An Examination of Different Explanatory Mechanisms Using Data on Biological and Adoptive Parents

European Journal of Population,  Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 63–85. doi.org/10.1007/s10680-018-9469-1 Abstract A growing literature has demonstrated a relationship between parity and mortality, but the explana

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & Kieron Barclay
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05 February, 2015

Robert Goodin: Structures of Complicity

Structures of Complicity: Consumers, Producers, Suppliers with Professor Robert E. Goodin, Australian National University AbstractUnder certain circumstances, businesses and consumers might be morally

Professor Bob Goodin, Australian National University
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05 May, 2015

The Future of Privacy with Bruce Schneier

Welcome to a seminar on personal integrity in the era of digitalisation, and Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath. The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. Main speaker:Bruce Sc

Welcome to a seminar on personal integrity in the era of digitalisation, and Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath. The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. Main speaker: Bruce Schneier
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