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31 May, 2018

Rethinking intimacy: Semi-anonymous spaces and transitory attachments in Argentine tango dancing

Current Sociology, 66(3), pp. 356-372. doi.org/10.1177/0011392116681385  Abstract Although intimacy is an area characterized by great variety and complexity, both popular and academic discourses have tra

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15 April, 2019

The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

The British Journal of Sociology 2019, Volume 70, Issue 2 Abstract Research on privilege and education often focuses on institutions that are elite in a rather traditional way, for example schools that i

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07 July, 2025
Serious recreational sports as health and wellness promotion activities at work

Serious recreational sports as health and wellness promotion activities at work

The overall purpose of our project is to investigate the consequences of demanding forms of sports and recreational races as health and wellness promotion activities at work. What norms, conditions and prerequisites surround them? 

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24 February, 2016

Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals

“Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals”, Politics & Policy Vol 44 (1), 2016, pp 56-73. This paper focuses on a specific category of political actors – “pol

Type of publication: Journal articles | Svallfors, Stefan
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17 December, 2018

Postdoc to do research on social norm change

Norms can be a driver for change, so in order to understand how our societies will develop over time it is important to understand how norms form and change. We are now searching for a postdoc with extra interest in studying this with us at the Institute for Futures Studies!

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21 March, 2017

Thomas Sommer-Houdeville: Remaking Iraq

- Neoliberalism and a System of violence after the US invasion, 2003-2011 Dr Thomas Sommer-Houdeville, Stockholm University, Department of Sociology. ABSTRACT After the invasion of Iraq and the destructi

Dr Thomas Sommer-Houdeville, Stockholm University, Department of Sociology.
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