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11 January, 2024

Vaccine-hesitant people misperceive the social norm of vaccination

PNAS Nexus, 2023, 2, 1–11 Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is one of the main threats to global health, as became clear once more during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination campaigns could benefit from appeals

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , Vriens, E. & L. Tummolini
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19 March, 2021

Vaccine confidence is higher in more religious countries

Human vaccines and immunotherapeutics Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to global health, but it is not ubiquitous; depending on the country, the proportion that have confidence in vaccines ranges

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Vartanova, Irina
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14 June, 2023

A research agenda for the study of social norm change

Philosophical transactions A. Royal Society Publishing Abstract Social norms have been investigated across many disciplines for many years, but until recently, studies mainly provided indirect, implicitresearch may move beyond unequivocal praising of social norms as the missing link between selfinterestedbehaviour and observed cooperation or as the explanation for (the lack of) social tipping. It provides the toolkit to understand explicitly where, when and how social norms can be a solution to solve large-scale problems, but also to recognize their limits. This article is part of the theme issue ’Emergent phenomena in complex physical and socio-technical systems: from cells to societies’. 

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , & Eva Vriens
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14 April, 2021

Completed: Covid-19 effects on social norms and collaboration

Covid-19 has resulted in restrictions, school closures and quarantine, but how has the pandemic changed our social patterns and norms?

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17 October, 2023

Does your name impact your chances to get a job? Short answer: Yes

What significance does your name have for your chances of getting a job? We ask Moa Bursell, a sociologist and research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies, who has researched discrimination i

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