in: Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 45, 292-303. AbstractGroup differences in average grades prior to and after a step-wise introduction of blinded examinations at Stockholm Un

Professor Stefan Svallfors gave a lecture on December 11 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. He discussed the terms and conditions of research from the individual researcher to the research team

Nature Climate Change To date, values are not widely acknowledged or discussed within physical climate science. Yet, effective management of values in physical climate science is required for the benef

Who are the policy professionals? Do they pose a threat to democracy? Welcome to a seminar where the results of a research project are presented and discussed. The seminar will be entirely in Swedish. R

The goals of growth and competitiveness as promoted by the European Union are discussed in the context of forecasts claiming the European population to be declining in size and growing increasingly ol

Research and ideas for a brighter future - part 2

What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter future ahead? This is part two of the seminar "Research and ideas for a brighter society"

Research and ideas for a brighter future - part 1

What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter future ahead? This is part two of the seminar "Research and ideas for a brighter society"

Modelling as a basis for decisions with Joe Roussos

Policymakers often rely on models in order to help them plan ahead - this has been frequently discussed during the corona pandemic where new facts have changed the prerequisites for the healthcare sys

Urbanisation, education, mobility and communication technology were all supposed to weaken people’s identification with “primordial” ethnic or religious groups. This has not occurred. Why this is and w

Housing, Theory and Society 36(2): 149–166. doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1459826. Abstract The term social housing has been characterized as a “floating signifier”, i.e. a term with no agreed-upon meanin