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09 June, 2017

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

Wayne Sumner, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.
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05 May, 2021

On Frogs, Monkeys, and Execution Memes: Exploring the Humor-Hate Nexus at the Intersection of Neo-Nazi and Alt-Right Movements in Sweden

Television and New Media. Special issue: Nationalisms and Racisms on Digital Media. Volume: 22 issue: 2,page(s): 147-165 Abstract This article is based on a case study of the online media practices of th

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina
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12 September, 2018

NEW DATE! Avner de-Shalit: Cities and immigrants: Should cities have the power to decide who can settle in them?

Avner de-Shalit, Professor of Political Science and Max Kampelman Chair of democracy and human rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Abstract All over the world immigrants move to cities, rather

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26 June, 2018

Friendship trust and psychological well-being from late adolescence to early adulthood: A structural equation modelling approach

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Volume: 45 issue:3, pp.244-252. doi.org/10.1177/1403494816680784 Abstract Aims:This study explored the sex-specific associations between friendship trust and the p: The findings suggest that young people do not benefit from trustful social relations to the same extent as adult populations. Young women who express impaired well-being run a greater risk of being members of networks characterized by low friendship trust over time.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , , Alexander Miething, Ylva B. Almquist & Mikael Rostila Rydgren, Jens , , Alexander Miething, Ylva B. Almquist & Mikael Rostila
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16 February, 2023

POSTPONED, NEW DATE PENDING: Research seminar: Co-hosted with Rutgers University

THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED, NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED Place: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm or onlineResearch seminar co-hosted with Rutgers University.ABSTRACTMore i

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19 August, 2022

Procreation and the climate crisis: Is it wrong to have kids? (in Swedish)

Campbell, Tim. 2021. I Klimat och moral - nio tankar om hettan, Magnus Linton (red.) Natur & Kultur: Stockholm Abstract

Type of publication: Chapters | Campbell, Tim
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18 March, 2019

Wendy Nelson Espeland: What Rankings Have Wrought

Wendy Nelson Espeland, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. Abstract Media rankings of universities are a relatively recent development. I will discuss the mostly unintentional effects of ra

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28 August, 2015

Rae Langton: How our attitudes accommodate injustice

Rae Langton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University ABSTRACTWhat we do with words can help or hinder justice in ways that exploit rules of accommodation: a process of adjustment that tends to

Rae Langton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University
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05 December, 2019

POSTPONED. NEW DATE PENDING.Nicole J. Hassoun: Aiding the Poor in Present and Future Generation

Postponed. New date pending. Nicole J.Hassoun, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Binghamton University.Abstract This paper discusses and brings together two lines of research on global justice – one

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17 June, 2019

Generosity pays: Selfish people have fewer children and earn less money

Journal of personality and social psychology. Abstract Does selfishness pay in the long term? Previous research has indicated that being prosocial (or otherish) rather than selfish has positive conseque

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , & Simpson, B. Vartanova, Irina , & Simpson, B. Eriksson, Kimmo , & Simpson, B.
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