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Intrinsic motivation and outer sanctions as drivers of prosocial behaviour

Why do we cooperate? This project studies drivers of cooperation, generosity and pro social behaviour.

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Nature Human Behavior Abstract Liberals and conservatives often take opposing positions on moral issues. But what makes a moral position liberal or conservative? Why does public opinion tend to become m

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Data-driven innovation i welfare services and public priority setting with Karim Jebari

Presentation from the workshop "AI and autonomous decision making" at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, October 2017.

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Social norms are the glue that holds society and people together. But how can we change poor, destructive norms? Giulia Andrighetto is using theory and experiments in her search for new knowledge. Amo

The socially sustainable society

A socially sustainable society is a society where people live well and feel safe. But such a society is constantly faced with challenges, from organized crime, differences in values and scarcity of resources, but also from ideas we have about each other that are not even conscious but can still affect the way we shape our society. This is our most comprehensive theme.