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Demokratiseminarium: Decemberöverenskommelsen
The professors Sverker Gustavsson and Torbjörn Tännsjö discuss "Decemberöverenskommelsen" together with Sanna Rayman and Daniel Suhonen. The seminar will be entirely in Swedish. For more information abo
Makt utan mandat. De policyprofessionella i svensk politik
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
Debunking and Disagreement
Noûs, (Early View), DOI: 10.1111/nous.12135. Introduction A familiar way of supporting skeptical doubts about the beliefs in some area, such as ethics orreligion, is to provide a “debunking argument” agaiway is to appeal to the disagreement that occurs in the area.2 These types of challenge areoften treated separately and there is not much overlap in the literature they have given rise to.Yet, as they pursue the same conclusion—that the target beliefs are not (fully) justified andthat we should reduce our confidence in them—one might well wonder how they are related.Are they entirely independent or do they interact in non-trivial and interesting ways? That isthe question I shall explore.
Poverty trends during two recessions and two recoveries: Lessons from Sweden 1991—2013
IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5:3. DOI 10.1186/s40174-016-0051-8. Abstract We study cross-sectional and long-term poverty in Sweden over a period spanning two recessions, and discuss changes in th

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
The Role of Education for Intergenerational Income Mobility: A comparison of the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden
Social Forces, Volume 96, Issue 1, pp. 121–152, doi.org/10.1093/sf/sox051 Abstract Previous studies have found that intergenerational income persistence is relatively high in the United States and Brita
The scope and limits of implicit bias training: An experimental study with Swedish social workers
Social Science Information Abstract Implicit bias reduction has become an increasingly popular feature of so-called ‘diversity training’ in both public and private organizations. It remains popular, des

Rojan Karakaya
I work as a research engineer in two projects. In the project Ethnic stereotypes over time - a Nordic comparison, I implement and develop machine learning methods to investigate implicit bias in Swedis, I develop and maintain the entirety of the data collection infrastructure and I contribute to the quantitative analysis.
Thomas Christiano: The Tension between the Nature and the Norm of Voluntary Exchange
Thomas Christiano, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona ABSTRACTI argue we can make a great deal of progress in understanding the promise and the perils of voluntary exchange by elabora
CANCELLED Robert B. Talisse: The Problem of Polarization
Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee Abstract Democracy is such an important social good that it seems natural to think that more i