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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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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