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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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24 August, 2023

Dark side of resilience: systemic unsustainability

Frontiers in Sustainability vol 4 Abstract Resilience is often presented as a championing solution for tackling the multi-level environmental, security, health, and financial threats facing the whole hum

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , , Lyytimäki, J, Teperi, A-M., da Silva Vieira, R. & E. Mervaala
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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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02 April, 2024

Saved by the Dark Forest: How a Multitude of Extraterrestrial Civilizations Can Prevent a Hobbesian Trap

The Monist, Volume 107, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 176–189 Abstract The possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) exists despite no observed evidence, and the risks and benefits of actively sea

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Asker, Andrea S.
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28 September, 2005

A Leap in the Dark. From a Large Actor to a Large Approach: The Joint Committee of the Nordic Social Democratic Labour Movement and the Crisis of the Nordic Model

This paper examines the Nordic Social Democratic parties’ own efforts to manage the inner and outer challenges of the so-called Nordic welfare model, i.e. how it is described, legitimized, and what ro

Type of publication: Working papers | Urban Lundberg
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04 July, 2016

How religiosity is transmitted to new generations and what inequality has to do with it

Many things that we deeply care about are related to the topic of religion: gender norms, sexual morals, work ethics but also altruism, charity and community. It is therefore an important question to Contrary to what you might expect, religion continues to play an important role in countries all over the world, as the figure shows.

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10 January, 2014

Family dynamics of immigrants in Sweden

Kirk Scott, the Institute for Futures Studies and Lund University Union formation and entry into parenthood are perhaps the most important transitions to adulthood. While much is known about the family

Kirk Scott, the Institute for Futures Studies and Lund University
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24 March, 2014

Unemployment more important than immigration status for risk of divorce

The elevated risk of divorce among certain immigrant groups can be explained by socioeconomic factors. Stress due to immigration status does not seem to elevate the risk for divorce. These are some of

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15 February, 2016

Completed: Agenta

Ageing Europe: An application of National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for explaining and projecting trends in public finances (AGENTA). The AGENTA project aims at explaining the past and forecasting the fu

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16 April, 2018

Four decisions that actually matter for climate change

Did you take part in Earth Hour last month? On the 24th of March each year a big part of the earth’s population in the most energy consuming countries turn the lights off for one hour to stress the en

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