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Asymmetries in punishment propensity may drive the civilizing process
Nature Human Behaviour, volume 2, pp. 148–155, doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0278-z Abstract Norms about hygiene and violence have both shown a tendency to become increasingly strict, in the sense that the han
The Connection Between Moral Positions and Moral Arguments Drives Opinion Change
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
Group differences in broadness of values may drive dynamics of public opinion on moral issues
Mathematical Social Sciences, 77, 1-8. Abstract Here we propose the idea that the success of an argument in favor of an issue position should depend on whether the argument resonates with the audience’s

Hur går det för våra unga vuxna?
Vad gör unga vuxna i 19–20-årsåldern i Sverige idag? Vem arbetar, vem studerar och vem går arbetslös? Hur ser deras levnadsvillkor ut, hur trivs de med sin situation, och hur ser de på sin framtid?

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.
Offentliga samtal: Bilden av Sverige - en förebild eller ett land i kris?
På senare tid har fler beskrivit Sverige som ett land i kris. Inte sällan kopplas krisen till svensk integrationspolitik. Samtidigt får vi rapporter om att mycket överlag har blivit bättre i dagens Sv
Artificial intelligence and the changing sources of competitive advantage
Strategic Management Journal, 2022, 1-28 Abstract AI-based technologies increasingly substitute and complement humans in managerial tasks such as decision making. We investigate how such change affects
From Transfers to Individual Responsibility: Implications for Savings and Capital Accumulation in Taiwan and the United States
A demographically realistic model incorporating life cycle saving motives is used to simulate effects of changing a transfer-based old-age support to a funded system, applied to the cases of Taiwan an
The Dynamics of Democracy, Development and Cultural Values
PLoS ONE 9(6): e97856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097856 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097856 A short summary: Over the past decades many countries have experienced r
Whatever You Want: Inconsistent Results is the Rule, Not the Exception, in the Study of Primate Brain Evolution
PLoS ONE Abstract Primate brains differ in size and architecture. Hypotheses to explain this variation are numerous and many tests have been carried out. However, after body size has been accounted for