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Fertility decisions – simulation in an agent-based model (IFSIM)
2009. New frontiers in Microsimulation Modelling, Part III. Eds A Zaidi, A Harding, P Williamson. Ashgate.
Wayne Sumner: The Harms of Hate Speech
Wayne Sumner, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. ABSTRACTFew people doubt that hate speech is capable of harming the minorities that it targets. This talk will explore the various ki
Cohort Effects on Earning Profiles: Evidence from Sweden
This paper estimates cohort size effects on earning profiles and whether these are affected by an individual’s position in the Swedish Baby Boom and Baby Busts. Amongst other, it is found that higher
Generationally Parochial Geoengineering: Early Warning-Signs of a Basic Threat
In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generationsvol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract ‘Geoengineering' has come to refer to massive technological inter
The Dangers of Ethnocentrism
Giangiacomo Bravo, professor at Linnéuniversitetet Humans often alter their behavior depending on the opponent's group membership, with positive (e.g., support of same-group members) or negative (e.g.,
Are animals needed for food supply, efficient resource use, and sustainable cropping systems? An argumentation analysis regarding livestock farming
Food Ethics, vol. 9 Abstract It has been argued that livestock farming is necessary to feed a growing population, that it enables efficient use of land and biomass that would otherwise be lost from the
Why are the home addresses of your friends causing greenhouse warming?
Kay Axhausen, ETH Zürich Transport planning has studied social networks as central element behind the location choice for residential locations and for leisure activities. The talk will introduce the o
Jules Holroyd: Holding each other accountable for implicitly biased behaviour
Jules Holroyd, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham. ABSTRACTMany of us will have implicit racial biases: dispositions to certain affective or cognitive responses

New Methods for Sharing Research Findings with Society
Finding new formats for presenting policy-relevant research results.
Simone Abram: Caring and sharing: Democratic imaginaries in question
Dr Simone Abram, Department of Anthropology, Durham University ABSTRACT Within the broad term 'democratic state' there is a messy set of imagined virtues, vices and possibilities. In this paper, I consi