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On the Limits of the Precautionary Principle
Risk Analysis, Published online first, doi.org/10.1111/risa.13265 Abstract The precautionary principle (PP) is an influential principle of risk management. It has been widely introduced into environmental
Kimberly Nicholas: From Population to A Child: Personalizing Future Generations and Climate Change
Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University in Sweden. ABSTRACT Based on questions from high school students, Seth Wynes and I set out to identify which personal
Using Register Data to Estimate Causal Effects of Interventions: An Ex Post Synthetic Control-Group Approach
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 45, pp.50-55. Abstract Aims:It is common in the context of evaluations that participants have not been selected on the basis of transparent participation criteria,
Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz: What Do Happiness Data Mean? Evidence from a Survey of Happiness Respondents
Daniel J. Benjamin, Professor (Research) of Economics, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern CaliforniaOri Heffetz, Associate Professor of Economics, Cornell University, Samu
Democracy's problems and possibilities
Despite the historically great success of democracy, today we can see a decline. There is also the doubt that democracy is able to tackle the most important problems of our time. In this area, the real threats to democracy are examined, as are the ways in which democracy can develop.
Erez Maggor: Bidenomics, Industrial Policy, and the Twenty-First Century American Developmental State
Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Research seminar with Erez Maggor, Assistant Professor at Ben-Gurion University. He studies the political economy of industrial policy and innovation. Register here &
The Naturalistic Fallacy Intuition
Kimmo Eriksson, Mälardalen University According to social intuitionist research, moral (or “injunctive”) norms are often not rationally motivated. Where do these norms come from then? We propose that o
European Court of Justice influenced by politics
On the 4th of October we welcomed Daniel Naurin to our research seminar. Daniel Naurin is associate professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg and at the seminar he presented new r
On algorithmic mediations
European Journal of Social Theory Abstract In this article, the main focus will be to analyze the notion of mediation in an attempt to apply it to one of the major topics of our time: the increasing imp
Is risk aversion irrational? Examining the “fallacy” of large numbers
Synthese, doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-01929-5 Abstract A moderately risk averse person may turn down a 50/50 gamble that either results in her winning $200 or losing $100. Such behaviour seems rational i
