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25 May, 2021

Women's experience of child death over the life course: A global demographic perspective

AbstractThe death of a child affects the well-being of parents and families worldwide but very little is known about the scale of this phenomenon. We provide the first global overview of parental bere

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Alburez-Gutierrez, Diego & Emilio Zagheni
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04 April, 2024

Cultural traits operating in senders are driving forces of cultural evolution

Proceedings of the royal society Biological Sciences Abstract Cultural evolution typically studies how ideas and behaviours spread and change depending on how we learn and from whom. A new model suggest

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jansson, Fredrik , Enquist, Magnus; Ghirlanda, Stefano & Jérôme Michaud
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23 June, 2022

Episodes of liberalization in autocracies: a new approach to quantitatively studying democratization

Political Science Research and Methods, 1-20 Abstract This paper introduces a new approach to the quantitative study of democratization. Building on the comparative case-study and large-N literature, it

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lindenfors, Patrik
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04 October, 2019

Emilie Prattico

Formerly Director of Development at We Mean Business My work explores the role of democracy in enhancing climate justice by offering a critique of political discourse that aims to restore its moral dime

Ph.D., Philosophy
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30 October, 2017

Power, policy and profit – book launch

With intensified globalization of markets, the restructuring of provisions of welfare services and accumulation of private capital, opportunities for corporate influence in politics have multiplied. IWelcome to a seminar where some of the authors present and discuss the contents of the book.When: Friday December 15th, at 16.00 –18.00 including a mingleWhere: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in StockholmSpeakers:Christina Garsten, Professor of Social Anthropology, SCOREAdrienne Sörbom, Associate Professor of Sociology, SCOREAnna Tyllström, PhD in Business Studies, Institute for Futures StudiesStefan Svallfors, Professor in Sociology, Institute for Futures StudiesLiv Fries, PhD Management, Senior Advisor at Decigo The book will not be for sale at the seminar, but a flyer offering discount will be distributed.

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15 June, 2012

Political Integration through Associational Affiliation? Immigrants and Native Swedes in Greater Stockholm

2011. 37:99–115. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Abstract Theories of participation have been developed and tested almost exclusively on majority populations. While the relative underrepresentat

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gunnar Myrberg
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26 October, 2022

Just allocation of Covid-19 vaccines

BMJ Global Health 6: e004812. 2021 ABSTRACT Authorized COVID-19 vaccines must be distributed fairly. Several proposals have emerged offering guidelines for how to do this. However, insofar as the aim is A total of 182 countries have joined the facility so far, which has secured about US$2 billion for its advance market commitment (AMC). The AMC will allow 92 low-income and middle-income countries to obtain vaccine doses as they are approved or authorised. Currently, COVAX is set up so that in a first phase poor countries can vaccinate 3% of their populations, while rich countries can vaccinate up to 50%. Though the facility hopes to allow all members to vaccinate at least 20% of their populations by the end of 2021.Other proposals by theprioritising healthcare workers, the elderly and, those with comorbidities that put them at greater risk of severe illness if infected with COVID-19, people from certain high-risk sociodemographic groups and some teachers.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , ,Lederman, Zohar, Miller, Jennifer, Fleurbaey, Marc, Venkatapuram, Sridhar, Atuire, Ceasar, Eckenwiler, Lisa & Nicole Hassoun
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05 February, 2024
Ghost Platform: Generating the "Complex Image" of Data, Labour, and Logistics

Ghost Platform: Generating the "Complex Image" of Data, Labour, and Logistics

This project aims to create a platform that makes visible the conflicts in transport logistics that are mostly being concealed from public view.

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31 March, 2017

Making sense of corruption

Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting it detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profou

Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting it detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, which makes it difficult to come to terms with the problem.
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15 February, 2016

Completed: Agenta

Ageing Europe: An application of National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for explaining and projecting trends in public finances (AGENTA). The AGENTA project aims at explaining the past and forecasting the fu

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