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01 January, 2010

Information dynamics shape the sexual networks of Internet-mediated prostitution

2010. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:5706-5711. Abstract Like many other social phenomena, prostitution is increasingly coordinated over the Internet. The online behavior affects the offline activity; the r

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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06 February, 2024

Research seminar with Claes Lernestedt: Frankenstein's Heirs

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Claes Lernestedt, Professor of Law, Stockholm University.Register hereAbstract This resear, has (at least formally) yet to start. The project might be thought of as interdisciplinary, with a base in law (I’m a criminal law professor),  Thoughts presented will be very tentative, and I welcome any kind of input.

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08 June, 2017

A basic income for all: crazy or essential?

OUPblog, Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World. Shouldn’t society provide a safety net for all in modern society? The radical idea of ensuring a regular stream of cash paym

Type of publication: Other |
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10 March, 2016

Of Malthus and Methuselah: does longevity treatment aggravate global catastrophic risks?

Physica Scripta 89 128005 (7pp) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Abstract  Global catastrophic risk is a term that refers to the risk of the occurrence of an event that kills at least millions of people

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim
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05 May, 2023

Climate policy in British Columbia: An unexpected journey

Frontiers in Climate 4 Abstract Since introducing a path-breaking carbon tax in 2008, the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has attracted significant attention from climate policy schola

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , & Ekaterina Rhodes
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19 December, 2016

Hilary Greaves: The collectivist critique of effective altruism

Hilary Greaves: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford.  The previous topic "Reductionism about personal identity, prudential value and

Hilary Greaves: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford.
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10 April, 2017

Basic income: A tool for justice or an unfair redistribution of resources?

What does it really mean when scientists and politicians are talking about basic income? Basic income is comparable to a general and unconditional income guarantee. Such an income guarantee is based o

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04 November, 2013

25 MSEK to research about school segregation

The past decades school segregation has become increasingly common in Sweden. Today Vetenskapsrådet (the Swedish Research Council), published information on which projects will get funding for five ye

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