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25 MSEK to research about school segregation
The past decades school segregation has become increasingly common in Sweden. Today Vetenskapsrådet (the Swedish Research Council), published information on which projects will get funding for five ye
Selling pictures. Pictorial Economy and Commoditization 1820–2020
This project will place the current discussions concerning AI-generated images in a historical context, comparing it to two previous technological breakthroughs that have affected the use of pictures for commercial purposes.
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Revisiting the Cavity-method Threshold for Random 3-SAT
Journal Version Physical Review E 99 Abstract A detailed Monte Carlo study of the satisfiability threshold for random 3-SAT has been undertaken. In combination with a monotonicity assumption we find tha
Domain-specific tightness: Why is Sweden perceived as tighter than the United States?
Current research in ecological and social psychology, vol 3 Abstract The tightness of a society is defined as the strength of social norms and the degree of sanctioning within the society. However, a so
Anandi Hattiangadi: Philosophical aspects of implicit bias
Anandi Hattiangadi, Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University. ABSTRACT Recent empirical work on implicit cognition has revealed that many of us display biases in behaviour which are unavailable t
Gustaf Arrhenius appointed as new director of the Institute for Futures Studies
Gustaf Arrhenius, Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, is known for his research on our moral obligations to future generations and on issues in democratic theory. On November th
Pathlength scaling in graphs with incomplete navigational information
2011. Physica A 390:3996-4001. The graph-navigability problem concerns how one can find as short paths as possible between a pair of vertices, given an incomplete picture of a graph. We study the navigab
World Values Survey
World Values Survey is a global research network studying trends in values all over the world. Their secretariat is located at the Institute for Futures Studies.
Do poorer youth have fewer friends? The role of household and child economic resources in adolescent school-class friendships
Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript. Published online before print August 21, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.08.013 Poverty among children and adolescents attracts con
