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11 July, 2019

In Sweden we shake hands – but are we really?

Sociologisk Forskning, vol 54, no 4, pp 377–381. Abstract Motivated by a recent controversy over handshaking, a survey of the personal networks of young Swedes (n=2244) is used to describe greeting prac

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , & Anton Andersson Rydgren, Jens , & Anton Andersson
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14 March, 2023
Amber L. Beckley

Amber L. Beckley

Amber is Associate Professor in Criminology at Stockholm University and Senior Lecturer at Örebro University. Her research focuses on how developmental factors influence criminal offending and victimi

Associate Professor, Criminology
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19 December, 2016

Camilla Nothhaft: Lobbying - Systems and People

Camilla Nothhaft is a researcher and lecturer at Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication. ABSTRACT This seminar will present results from a study on how lobbyists and politicians meet in

Camilla Nothhaft is a researcher and lecturer at Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication.
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07 November, 2016

Schools and segregation – a positive example

The importance of socio-economic background will become increasingly important for school success. But segregation in the school area is steadily growing and inequality is increasing, a development tha

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02 February, 2024
Helena Hammarskiöld

Helena Hammarskiöld

I am the initiator and project manager of the project Expanding minds - together. I run an organization for cross-sector collaboration projects as a way to foster innovation among both organizations and

Artistic researcher
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31 August, 2022

Completed: METAKLUBB

What happens in a nightclub that only exists in a virtual reality? What happens to interaction and intimacy in a world where physical contact is not possible?

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06 September, 2022
Social norms and collective threats

Social norms and collective threats

Do social norms help dealing with collective threats? This project studies the behavior of people in the face of risk, and asks how social norms can motivate people to cooperate.

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26 January, 2021

Carina Gunnarson: Crossing boundaries - Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden 

Carina Gunnarsonsresearch has primarily focused on social trust, and how this can be promoted in difficult environments through school and civil society. Empirically, her research is about the fight a

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11 January, 2016
Gustaf Arrhenius

Gustaf Arrhenius

I am the Director of the Institute for Futures Studies. I am also Professor of Practical Philosophy. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from University of Toronto and my FD in practical philosophy from

Director and Professor, Practical Philosophy
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11 January, 2016

About us

Welcome to the Institute for Futures Studies. We are an independent research foundation for interdisciplinary research on issues that are of great importance for how we shape our future society. Why we

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