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29 May, 2018

Investigating sequences in ordinal data: A new approach with adapted evolutionary models.

Political Science Research and Methods, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 449-466. doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2018.9 Abstract This paper presents a new approach for studying temporal sequences across ordinal variables. I

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lindenfors, Patrik , , Fredrik Jansson, Yi-ting Wang and Staffan I. Lindberg.
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28 September, 2018

Acceptance of homosexuality through education? Investigating the role of education, family background and individual characteristics in the United Kingdom.

Social Science Research, 71, 109-128. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.12.006 Abstract Higher educated people tend to be more accepting of homosexuality than lower educated people. This has inspired clai

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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16 January, 2025
Cogito Machina

Cogito Machina - Investigating the emergence of artificial general intelligence

Is AGI emergent? In order to know, several questions need to be answered and this project aims to provide the answeres. What is AGI? What is required for a system to have it, and how might we know whether AGI is emergent in a system. 

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08 June, 2017

The quality of compliance: investigating fishers’ responses towards regulation and authorities

Fish and Fisheries, Early view: doi:10.1111/faf.12197. Abstract A substantial amount of scientific effort goes into understanding and measuring compliance in fisheries. Understanding why, how and when f

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11 September, 2018

Consumption-based emissions accounting: the normative debate

Environmental Politics, published online doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1507467          Abstract The normative debate surrounding consumption-based emissions accounting, conceived of as a method for constructing

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran , & Fredrik D. Hjorthen
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14 December, 2008

The Importance of Age for the Reallocation of Labor: Evidence from Swedish Linked Employer-Employee Data 1986-2002

Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy from 1986 to 2002, this paper examines how job- and worker flows have been distributed across age groups. It finds that the flows vary b

Type of publication: Working papers | Marie Gartell, Ann-Christin Jans and Helena Persson
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16 January, 2025
Ambivalence: A new unified theory

Ambivalence: A new unified theory about its nature, grounds, and application to normative conflicts

Having mixed feelings about something can help us to deal with conflicts. Since this view on ambivalence challenges traditional approaches that see ambivalence as a flaw, this project aims to develop a new theory of ambivalence.

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18 March, 2021

Acceptance of group‐based dominance and climate change denial: A cross‐cultural study in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Sweden

in: Social Psychology Of Climate Change: Special Issue AbstractDespite the importance of overcoming the persistent delay in climate action, almost no research has investigated the psychological underpin

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Tam, Kim-Pong & Taciano L. Milfont
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13 November, 2024

The effect of trusting contexts in social dilemmas with collective and individual solutions

Scientific Reports 14 Abstract Trust encourages members of communities to cooperate and provide public goods. However, the literature has yet to fully investigate how high and low trusting communities de

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , Sergio Lo lacono & Burak Sonmez
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24 November, 2017
Completed: Climate ethics and future generations

Completed: Climate ethics and future generations

What should the current generation do about climate change when our decisions do not only affect how future generations will live, but also who and how many people will exist?

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