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02 February, 2017

Social selection in formal and informal tracking in Sweden

in: Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison, Reds.: H-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, J. Skopek och M. Triventi, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, s.165-180. From an interna

Type of publication: Chapters | Rudolphi, Frida , and Robert Erikson
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05 October, 2021
Modern Vikings in the East

Modern Vikings in the East. Sweden’s Role in 1990’s Russian Economic Reforms: Institutions, Elite Networks, and Informal Practices

What role did Swedish institutions, experts, and elites play in the economic and political development in post-Soviet Russia, with corruption, tax evasion and the emergence of the oligarchy as a result?

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22 April, 2014

Theoretically and empirically informed agent-based models

Johan Koskinen, University of Manchester Theoretically and empirically informed agent-based models and how it may be employed in Social Science.

Johan Koskinen, University of Manchester
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17 September, 2024

Problems for Moral Debunkers: On the Logic and Limits of Empirically Informed Ethics, written by Peter Königs

International Journal for the Study of Skepticism Review of Peter Königs,Problems for Moral Debunkers: On the Logic and Limits of Empirically Informed Ethics. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Pp.: 9783110750171.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Risberg, Olle
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10 October, 2017

Power and Social Ontology

Bokbox Förlag, 188 pages. What is social power? How does it fit into the world of institutions, practices, rules, and norms in which we live our lives? Of what does the authority of a president or the

Type of publication: Books | Burman, Åsa
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19 March, 2021

Social capital and leaving the nest: Channels and housing tenures

i Social Networks, Volume 65 AbstractYoung adults in Europe sometimes have trouble moving away from their parents and obtaining a home of their own, which is considered an important step in the transit

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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13 May, 2024

Urban Futures from Essentials to Experiences - The transformative role of marketplaces in 21st century cities

Place: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmRegister hereInformality is on the rise. From remote labour and services-on-demand to food trucks and pop-up shops, its transformat

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05 October, 2021

Completed: Cultural variation in social perceptions of norm-breakers and peer punishers

Social norms may be enforced by individuals informally punishing each other for norm transgressions. But how does society really perceive these informal punishers?

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11 September, 2020

A Life-Course Analysis of Engagement in Violent Extremist Groups

The British Journal of Criminology Abstract In this exploratory study, individuals’ processes of engagement in violent extremist groups are analysed by drawing from criminological life-course theory and

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rostami, Amir , & Jerzy Sarnecki Mondani, Hernan , & Jerzy Sarnecki Edling, Christofer , & Jerzy Sarnecki
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28 June, 2022

Becoming a business student: Negotiating identity and social contacts during the first three months of an elite business education

Institute for Futures Studies, working paper 2022:13, 23 pages. We know that informal networks explain differences in career success. Historical differences in business careers of men and women have fr

Type of publication: Working papers | Tyllström, Anna , , Gustafsson, Nils & Gergei Farkas
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