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14 March, 2018

An Egalitarian Argument Against Reducing Deprivation

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 20, Issue 5,  pp 957–968, doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9842-x. Abstract Deprivations normally give rise to undeserved inequality. It is commonly thought that one

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mosquera, Julia
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02 February, 2017

Social selection in formal and informal tracking in Sweden

in: Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison, Reds.: H-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, J. Skopek och M. Triventi, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, s.165-180. From an interna

Type of publication: Chapters | Rudolphi, Frida , and Robert Erikson
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26 October, 2013

Democratic revolutions as institutional innovation diffusion: Rapid adoption and survival of democracy

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 80, Issue 8, October 2013, Pp. 1546–1556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.02.002 Abstract Recent ‘democratic revolutions’ in Islamic countries

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fredrik Jansson, Patrik Lindenfors, Mikael Sandberg
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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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08 May, 2018

Katie Steele: The real paradox of supererogation

Katie Steele, Associate Professor, Australian National University. Abstract It is a feature of our ordinary moral talk that some acts are supererogatory, or beyond what is required. But ‘beyond’ in what

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30 November, 2022

Population growth - how great are the risks and what factors affect risk levels?

The global population has increased dramatically since the year 1900 from approximately 1,6 billion to today's 8 billion. The UN estimates that world population will reach 11 billion by the year 2100.

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20 December, 2022

New book to further the legacy of Derek Parfit

In the new book “Ethics and Existence - The legacy of Derek Parfit”, several of the most prominent scholars on the issues raised by Derek Parfit, contributes 20 completely original articles. "­Derek r

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