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A Weighted Configuration Model and Inhomogeneous Epidemics
2011. Journal of Statistics Physics 145:1368-1384. AbstractA random graph model with prescribed degree distribution and degree dependent edge weights is introduced. Each vertex is independently equipped
Stability of College Rankings. A Study of Relative Earnings Estimates Applying Different Methods and Models on Swedish Data
This study investigates how stabile the ranking system of Swedish universities is in relation to future incomes of their alumni. Amongst the findings, the ranking of colleges varies both across method
The Mental Health Advantage of Immigrant‐Background Youth: The Role of Family Factors
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 79, Issue 2, pp. 419-436. Abstract Children of immigrant background, despite problems with acculturation, poverty, and discrimination, have better mental health th
Symposium in logic and philosophy
On the 21st of October The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will arrange a seminar with and about The Rolf Schock Laureate in logic and philosophy, professor Derek Parfit. Other speakers include Gusta
Julia Nefsky: Expected Utility, the Pond Analogy and Imperfect Duties
Plats: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmResearch seminar with Julia Nefsky, Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto. Register hereAbstractThis talk brings to
We welcome Berit Högman to our board
The Swedish government has appointed Berit Högman to the board of the Institute for Futures Studies during 2017–2022. Berit Högman is Deputy Group Leader (SocDem) in the Swedish Parliament and has been
Social Assistance dynamics in Sweden: Duration dependence and heterogeneity
Social Science Research (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.07.005 Abstract This article uses data on all persons who ever received Social Assistance (SA) in Sweden 1991–2007 (N = 2,638,68
The not-very-rich and the very poor. Poverty persistence and poverty concentration in Sweden
Journal of European Social Policy, Published online before print June 17, 2015, doi: 10.1177/0958928715588707 We question the common description of poverty in Western countries as largely brief and tra
Women's rights in democratic transitions: A global sequence analysis, 1900–2012.
European Journal of Political Research 56: 735–756. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12201 Abstract What determines countries’ successful transition to democracy? This article explores the impact of granting civil
Near-repeat shootings in contemporary Sweden 2011 to 2015
Security Journal, Volume 31, Issue 1, pp 73–92, doi:10.1057/s41284-017-0089-y Abstract The concept of near-repeat patterns illustrates how crimes are clustered in space and time, with a crime event often s