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Socioeconomic Persistence Across Generations: Cognitive and Noncognitive Processes
Kapitel 3. http://www.russellsage.org/publications/parents-to-children Abstract This chapter analyses the role of cognitive ability, personality traits, and physical characteristics in transmission of so
Interdisciplinary workshop: Contemporary perspectives on conservatism
Conservatism as a distinctive political ideology was born out of Edmund Burke’s critique of the French revolution. Despite its significant influence in society and research, there exists no unified un
Completed: Algorithms in public decision-making. Social construction in change
How can we ensure the transparency required in a democracy and still make us of new AI technology in the public sector?
Unique research project on climate ethics and future generations
What should we do about climate change? This issue is at the heart of the six-year research project "Climate ethics and future generations" at the Institute for Futures Studies, which will gather worl
Using big data to achieve better public health - new project
How can we in a systematic way understand what is causing better health in people? And how can we most efficiently use the resources of the public sector to turn around the development towards greater
Breakfast seminar: Cultural heritage in war
The destruction of cultural property in war zones is of pressing concern. The recent and on-going conflicts in the Middle East have featured both the deliberate, symbolic destruction of cultural artef
Completed: Violent threats and internal security. Canadian-Swedish bilateral research collaboration on organized violent threats
Both Canada and Sweden experience serious problems with violent groups. This project aims to answer a range of questions about these groups, and to initiate a national network for researchers studying internal security.
Marc Fleurbaey: Is social progress around the corner? Insights from IPSP
Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University and Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values ABSTRACTThe International
Moulding Parents’ Childcare? A Comparative Analysis of Paid Work and Time with Children in Different Family Policy Models
Pp. 207-230 in Drobnic, S. and Guillén, A. (eds.) M. Work-Life Balance in Europe – The Role of Job Quality Palgrave Publishers Ltd. Abstract We analyze the relationships between parents’ paid work and act
Uxorilocal Marriage as a Strategy for Heirship in a Patrilineal Society: Evidence from Household Registers in early 20th-Century Taiwan
The History of the Family Abstract In pre-industrial Taiwan, an uxorilocal marriage, in which a man moved in with his bride’s family, was a familial strategy used to continue family lineage and to enhan
