AI och makten över besluten

Allt fler offentliga beslut fattas av algoritmer. Automatiserade processer kan numera till exempel avgöra vilken skola dina barnhamnar i, vad du ska få för vård och om du har rätt till bidrag eller in

What Future for Social Investment?

In a period of deep crisis, the question arises as to what kind of new strategies should be implemented to recover stronger growth, more and better jobs, and more equality and social cohesion. Reflexi

Futures: Politics and psychology - how to gain support for climate policies

Combating climate change means implementing policies that will encourage people to act in a more sustainable way. But how can policies be constructed and implemented in a way that is acceptable to the

Is it possible to reduce individual implicit bias in organizational settings?

A study of social assistance officers Implicit bias reduction is a popular form of antibias training when organizations engage their employees in diversity training. It remains popular, despite limite

Management and Organization Review, Volume 13, Issue 4 (Special Issue Celebrating and Advancing the Scholarship of Kwok Leung (1958–2015))  Abstract Violators of cooperation norms may be informally punis

Mikael Persson: Associate Professor (Docent), Political Science, University of Gothenburg ABSTRACTConnecting public opinion and implemented public policy is indeed an important endeavor that concerns t

2012. PLoS ONE 7, e36439. AbstractDecreasing the number of people who must be vaccinated to immunize a community against an infectious disease could both save resources and decrease outbreak sizes. A k

Success factors for effective labour market projects

Success factors for effective labour market projects. A comparative study of fifteen Social Fund financed projects.Research report 2014/7, 96 p. For decades, the Swedish municipalities have had a major

Institute for Futures Studies Research Report 2009/2, 101p. This report assesses the diversity feasibility, but also the relevance of the social investment strategy in Europe. What policies have been i

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