Professor Bo Rothstein, Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s semina

Calls for 2 PhD positions in a new research program Transformative Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Assessing synergies, effectiveness and legitimacy of United Nations Multi-stakeholder Partne.

Socio-Economic Review Abstract Ordoliberalism has been accused of being the ideational blueprint for Germany’s fiscal stance during the Eurozone-crisis. While the literature that debates the influence o

Political Science Research and Methods Abstract We experimentally explore the role of institutions imposing collective sanctions in sustaining cooperation. In our experiment, players only observe noisy

Mårten Schultz: Risk and responsibility

Legal responsibility comes in different forms. Private law deals with questions of responsibility for harm that someone causes another. The responsibility requires three things: That someone was harme

Gert Helgesson: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries

Research seminar with Gert Helgesson, Professor, Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics Abstract In the fall of 2020 a working group was appointed to deal with the historical heritage of Karolinska In

Did the COVID-19 pandemic change our social norms?

As you might remember, a lot of our social behaviors changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we perceived the behaviors of others. What was once deemed acceptable behavior became scrutinized, wi

Expertise in crises

Governments are now reevaluating their post-pandemic preparedness. The project analyzes how society can use expertise to develop science-based policies in times of crisis.

Serena Olsaretti, ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. ABSTRACT Questions about the rights and duties of procreators on the one hand, and about justice between (overlapping and

Mårten Schultz is professor of law at Stockholm UniversityAbstractLegal responsibility comes in different forms. Private law deals with questions of responsibility for harm that someone causes another.