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30 June, 2013

Pitfalls in Spatial Modelling of Ethnocentrism

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 16 (3) 2 http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/16/3/2.html Abstract Ethnocentrism refers to the tendency to behave differently towards strangers based only on

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fredrik Jansson
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06 March, 2020

Mistake is to Myth What Pretense is to Fiction: A Reply to Goodman.

Philosophia 45(3): 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9812-5. Abstract In this reply I defend Kripke’s creationist thesis for mythical objects (Reference and Existence, 2013) against Jeffrey Go). I argue that Goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. Contrary to Goodman I show that, as well as how, Kripke’s theory consistently retains the analogy between creation of mythical objects and creation of fictional objects, while also explaining in what way they differ.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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10 November, 2021

A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union

Journal of European Integration Abstract The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Agains

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef , , Akaliyski, P. & C. Welzel
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08 June, 2023

Emergence of specialized third-party enforcement

PNAS, Vol. 120, No. 24 Abstract The question of how cooperation evolves and is maintained among nonkin is central to the biological, social, and behavioral sciences. Previous research has focused on exp

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mohlin, Erik , & Simon Weidenholzer Rigos, Alexandros , & Simon Weidenholzer
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23 September, 2024

Chapter 26: The evolution of legal positivism: Reflections on continuity and discontinuity in the positivist tradition

In Zaluski, W., Bourgeois-Gironde, S. & A. Dyrda (eds.) Research Handbook on Legal Evolution. Elgar Abstract This chapter maps the evolution of legal positivism (LP) with an eye to both continuous and

Type of publication: Chapters | Mindus, Patricia
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07 January, 2019
Karin Bäckstrand

Karin Bäckstrand

I am a Professor in Environmental Social Science at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University. My research revolves around global environmental politics, non-state actors in climate

Professor, Environmental Social Science
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10 May, 2022
Sofiya Voytiv

Sofiya Voytiv

My research interests include gender and social networks, the Russian-Ukrainian war and its effects on migrant and diasporic individuals (conflict deterritorialization), and mixed methods perspective

PhD, Sociology
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07 March, 2024
Markus Furendal

Markus Furendal

Markus Furendal is a researcher at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm Unviersity, and at the Institute for Futures Studies. He conducts resarch on topics at the intersection of politics,

PhD, Political Science
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31 March, 2017

Making sense of corruption

Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting it detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profou

Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting it detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, which makes it difficult to come to terms with the problem.
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19 February, 2025

Quill R. Kukla: Healthism, Neurodiversity, and Respectability Politics

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Quill R. Kukla, Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University and fellow at the SOCRAAbstract

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