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09 March, 2016

Fairness-based retributivism reconsidered

Criminal Law & Philosophy, pp. 1-18, Online först. Abstract In this paper, I defend fairness-based retributivism against two important objections, the no-benefit objection and the social injustice o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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02 September, 2016

Marc Fleurbaey: Is social progress around the corner? Insights from IPSP

Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University and Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values ABSTRACTThe International

Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies
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26 September, 2023

Researcher & assistant to SEMI, a research project on integration of youth in Sweden

The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Stockholm, is appointing one or two researchers (sociologist/social scientist), or one researcher and one assistant, to the project SEMI, for a one- or two-ye

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11 January, 2016

Completed: Policy professionals in the welfare state

This project examines so called "policy professionals", people who are employed in order to affect policy and politics. What is the impact of them, rather than elected officials, gaining more influence over politics?

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11 April, 2023
Wicked problem governance

Wicked problem governance

By investigating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change on the interaction between science, policy and the public, this project aims to solve how public governance can better deal with severe crises in the future.

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21 January, 2021

Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

Richard Arneson is a political philosopher with a special interest in theories of social justice.  AbstractDo plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving?

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19 December, 2017

Researchers wanted for a project on children's living conditions

The Institute for Futures Studies (IF), Stockholm, is appointing one or two researchers (sociologist/social scientist) to the projects: YOUNG: Children’s living conditions in a changing society: SocioeYOUNGWORK: Early labour market outcomes of young adults

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08 May, 2024
Gustav Nilsonne: Pathways to an Open Science System. Replacing Academic Journals

Gustav Nilsonne: Pathways to an Open Science System. Replacing Academic Journals

Open science enables cumulative knowledge and facilitates discovery. The transition to an open science system is underway, but important roadblocks remain. A decentralised, evolvable network of platfo

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04 March, 2016

The Reverse Gender Gap in Ethnic Discrimination: Employer Stereotypes of Men and Women with Arabic Names

International Migration Review, s. 1-28. DOI: 10.1111/imre.12170 Abstract We examine differences in the intensity of employer stereotypes of men and women with Arabic names in Sweden by testing how much

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , , Mahmood Arai & Lena Nekby
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18 August, 2023

Gustav Nilsonne: Pathways to an open science system: Replacing academic journals

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, and onlineREGISTERResearch seminar with Gustav Nilsonne, Associate Professor of neuroscience. He is active in meta-sciencOpen science enables cumulative knowledge and facilitates discovery. The transition to an open science system is underway, but important roadblocks remain. A decentralised, evolvable network of platforms interconnected by open standards, and governed by the scientific community, is technically feasible. However, academic researchers remain tied to traditional journals not least because assessment of merit is tied to the venue of publication. Ways forward can include redirection of funding from legacy publishing models to new infrastructure and the development of new methods to assess scientific contributions. Concerted action by stakeholders needs to be combined with pluralistic experimentation on policies and interventions to further open science practices.

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