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10 January, 2025

Changes in Immigrant Population Prevalence and High Violent Crime Rates in Swedish Municipalities

Journal of International Migration and Integration Abstract Global evidence indicates minimal connection between immigration and crime. Nordic research, however, has  been generally carried out on indiv

Type of publication: Journal articles | Sarnecki, Jerzy , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin Beckley, Amber , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin Mondani, Hernan , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin Rostami, Amir , Sofia Wikman, Lars Westfelt, My Lilja, Emy Bäcklin
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01 January, 2011

Voting for the Radical Right in Swedish Municipalities: Social Marginality and Ethnic Competition?

2011. Scandinavian Political Studies34: 202-225.

Type of publication: Journal articles | J. Rydgren, P. Ruth
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20 March, 2023
Evaluated by a robot. A study of the automation of the recruitment process in a Swedish municipality

Evaluated by a robot. An experimental-ethnographic study of the automation of the recruitment process in a Swedish municipality

In a unique project the researchers will study the differences between an AI-based interview robot's and human recruiters' evaluations of jobseekers in a Swedish municipality during a year.

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24 September, 2021
Jerzy Sarnecki - Immigration and crime development at the national and municipal levels

Jerzy Sarnecki - Immigration and crime development at the national and municipal levels

Research seminar with Jerzy Sarnecki, senior professor of criminology at Stockholm University and researcher at Institute for Futures Studies. A large number of Swedish studies show that immigrants ar

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07 September, 2021

Jerzy Sarnecki - Immigration and crime development at the national and municipal levels

Research seminar with Jerzy Sarnecki, senior professor of criminology at Stockholm University and researcher at Institute for Futures Studies. Register here to get a meeting link. Full titleImmigration a

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19 December, 2012

Where are newcomers going to live? Perspectives from Malmö and Århus on Swedish and Danish refugee dispersal policies

Institute for Futures Studies, IFFS Report 2012/3, 82 p. During the last decade, Denmark and Sweden have become increasingly dissimilar in terms of migration policy. While Sweden has remained relativel

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Gunnar Myrberg
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13 February, 2015
Success factors for effective labour market projects

Success factors for effective labour market projects

Success factors for effective labour market projects. A comparative study of fifteen Social Fund financed projects.Research report 2014/7, 96 p. For decades, the Swedish municipalities have had a major

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Clara Lindblom
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05 October, 2021

Completed: The home care service interviews residents and relatives – two-way communication with vulnerable groups

The spread of COVID-19 has been high among the elderly and risk groups. This study aims to develop methods for knowledge acquisition, focusing on vulnerable groups.

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10 January, 2019

G.Finnveden, P.Hagbert, Å.Svenfelt: Futures beyond GDP growth

Göran Finnveden, Professor of Environmental Strategic Analysis and Vice-president for sustainable development at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.  Pernilla Hagbert, Post Doc researcher at the division

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11 January, 2016

History of the Institute

Throughout history, people have consulted everything from oracles to crystal balls in order to predict the future. But it was not until the 1960s that interest developed in a more systematic study of

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