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13 September, 2024

Continuity and catastrophic risk

Economics & Philosophy Abstract Suppose that a decision-maker’s aim, under certainty, is to maximize some continuous value, such as lifetime income or continuous social welfare. Can such a decision-

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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11 April, 2025

Logistics, Power, Possible Futures: A Teach-in Connecting the Nordics, Europe, and the Middle East

Venue: Biblioteket, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhusFor more information och information på svenska, visit the Facebook event here > Why should we care about logistics? How do we connect struggles around

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05 October, 2021
Modern Vikings in the East

Modern Vikings in the East. Sweden’s Role in 1990’s Russian Economic Reforms: Institutions, Elite Networks, and Informal Practices

What role did Swedish institutions, experts, and elites play in the economic and political development in post-Soviet Russia, with corruption, tax evasion and the emergence of the oligarchy as a result?

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02 April, 2013

Young Immigrants’ Internet Political Participation in Germany: Comparing German East Europeans and German Turks

2013. International Journal of E-Politics, Vol. 4 (1), 1-17.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spaiser, Viktoria
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21 January, 2014

New method brings clarity to global economic and political change

Researchers at the Institute for Futures Studies and Uppsala University have developed a new method for studying complex social processes. The method makes it easy to discover dynamical patterns and re

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04 September, 2020

False Choices: A Response to Michael Ignatieff's The Ordinary Virtues

King's Law Journal 30, 356-362 Abstract Part political journalism, travel memoir, political theory, sociology, anthropology, and moral psychology, Michael Ignatieff’s The Ordinary Virtues defies easy de

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15 April, 2019

Living Alone Together: Individualized Collectivism in Swedish Communal Housing

Sociology, first published online,doi.org/10.1177/0038038519834871 Abstract In this study, situated in urban Stockholm, communal housing stands out as highly individualized. The residents positively app

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01 October, 2020
Is it possible to reduce individual implicit bias in organizational settings?

Is it possible to reduce individual implicit bias in organizational settings?

A study of social assistance officers Implicit bias reduction is a popular form of antibias training when organizations engage their employees in diversity training. It remains popular, despite limite

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15 May, 2015

Disease prioritarianism: A Flawed Principle

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, May 2015. DOI 10.1007/s11019-015-9649-2 Disease prioritarianism is a principle that is often implicitly or explicitly employed in the realm of healthcare prioritiz

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim
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27 June, 2018

Using Register Data to Estimate Causal Effects of Interventions: An Ex Post Synthetic Control-Group Approach

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 45, pp.50-55. Abstract Aims:It is common in the context of evaluations that participants have not been selected on the basis of transparent participation criteria,

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bygren, Magnus , & Ryszard Szulkin
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