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16 January, 2017

The Origins and Maintenance of Female Genital Modification across Africa

Bayesian Phylogenetic Modeling of Cultural Evolution under the Influence of Selection Human Nature, 27(2), 173-200. DOI 10.1007/s12110-015-9244-5 Abstract We present formal evolutionary models for the oristratification appear to play a more important role in the cross-cultural distribution of FGMo. To explain these cases, one must consider cultural evolutionary explanations in conjunction with behavioral ecological ones.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study for policies designed to end the practice of FGMo.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Ross, Cody T., Paige Ericksen, Karen, Lindenfors, Patrik & Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
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31 March, 2020

Articles, videos and interviews on the corona pandemic

Our researchers comments the corona pandemic from their field of expertise. All the articles, videos and interviews are collected here. Is Sweden's soft lockdown working?Despite relatively high number

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06 October, 2022

Prioritarianism, timeslices, and prudential value

Australasian Journal of Philosophy ABSTRACT This paper shows that versions of prioritarianism that focus at least partially on well-being levels at certain times conflict with conventional views of prud

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , Andric, Vuko
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04 September, 2020

Lobbying the Client? The Role of Policy Intermediaries in Corporate Political Activity

Organization Studies Abstract Traditionally, CPA scholarship has either assumed away policy intermediaries completely, or depicted them as corporate mouthpieces. Meanwhile, research on policy intermedia

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tyllström, Anna , & Murray, John
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01 February, 2019

Thomas Sterner: Is there a climate crisis?

Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg The Guardian recently decided to change house style and start using terms like Climate Crisis instead o

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14 September, 2022

Significant but inconclusive evidence

Where:Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm Speakers: Richard Dawid (Stockholm), Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck), Wendy Parker (Virginia Tech), Joe Roussos (IFFS), Karim Thebault (Bristol) and William Wolf II (Oxford). P before October 7.

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