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David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica
David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter
Modeling bacterial attenuation in onsite waste-water treatment systems using the active region model and column-scale data
Environmental Earth Sciences 74(6), pp. 4827-4837, doi: 10.1007/s12665-01 Abstract Bacterial attenuation in porous media is often higher in columns than in the field. This study investigates whether this
Episodes of Regime Transformation Dataset (v4.0) & Codebook. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project
CODEBOOK and data documentation. Episodes of Regime Transformation (ERT) dataset Find the pdf-file here More information here
Victor Galaz: Big Money, Big Change – Exploring the Links Between Tax Havens and Global Sustainability
Victor Galaz, deputy director and associate professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.AbstractThe role of “tax havens” in the global economy has gained increasing attention in recent years. The dis
"Try to Balance the Baseline": A comment on "Parent-teacher meetings and student outcomes: Evidence from a developing country" by Islam (2019)
European Economic Review Abstract Islam (2019) reports results from a cluster randomized field experiment in Bangladesh that examines the effects of parent–teacher meetings on student test scores in pri
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Fredrik Jansson
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics/Applied Mathematics I am a senior lecturer in mathematics/applied mathematics at Mälardalen University and a research affiliate at the Centre for Cultural Evolution at Stockho.
The Institute for Futures Studies is appointing a researcher
The Institute for Futures Studies is appointing a researcher to the project Children’s living conditions in a changing society: Socioeconomic and ethnic inequality. Deadline for applications is March 16. Ad (pdf-file)
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Instructions for subscribing to IFFS calendar with your Apple account In the calendar choose File > New Calendar Subscription A pop-up appears, in it apply this URL: https://calendar.google.com/calend
Digital development and educational outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A recipe for inclusive development or deepening divides?
A project on how the spread of digital information and communication technology in Sub-Saharan Africa has affected educational outcomes and inequalities.
