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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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28 October, 2015

Beyond Operation Protective Edge

The most recent conflict in Gaza – Operation Protective Edge – brought to the fore crucially important debates in both international law and the ethics of war. In November this year, a group of intern

The most recent conflict in Gaza – Operation Protective Edge – brought to the fore crucially important debates in both international law and the ethics of war. In November this year, a group of international experts from different areas, met to discuss legal and moral issues. The results from this discussion, will now be presented at a breakfast seminar.
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24 October, 2016
Beyond Operation Protective Edge

Beyond Operation Protective Edge

This is a seminar on international law and war ethics, taking Operation Protective Edge as an example. The seminar was held at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm 2015. Participants: He

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26 September, 2018
The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations

The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations

Martin Hamilton, Centre for International Law and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University: "The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations." A talk on how the military

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16 January, 2017

The Origins and Maintenance of Female Genital Modification across Africa

Bayesian Phylogenetic Modeling of Cultural Evolution under the Influence of Selection Human Nature, 27(2), 173-200. DOI 10.1007/s12110-015-9244-5 Abstract We present formal evolutionary models for the oristratification appear to play a more important role in the cross-cultural distribution of FGMo. To explain these cases, one must consider cultural evolutionary explanations in conjunction with behavioral ecological ones.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study for policies designed to end the practice of FGMo.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Ross, Cody T., Paige Ericksen, Karen, Lindenfors, Patrik & Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
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24 August, 2023

Dark side of resilience: systemic unsustainability

Frontiers in Sustainability vol 4 Abstract Resilience is often presented as a championing solution for tackling the multi-level environmental, security, health, and financial threats facing the whole hum

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , , Lyytimäki, J, Teperi, A-M., da Silva Vieira, R. & E. Mervaala
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15 September, 2022
Kirsty Gover: Aboriginality and Alienage: Legal Pluralism at the Australian Border

Kirsty Gover: Aboriginality and Alienage: Legal Pluralism at the Australian Border

Research seminar with Kirsty Gover, Professor at Melbourne Law School. Abstract The landmark Australian High Court case of Love-Thoms (2020) raised the possibility of constitutionalised Indigenous-sett

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11 April, 2025

Logistics, Power, Possible Futures: A Teach-in Connecting the Nordics, Europe, and the Middle East

Venue: Biblioteket, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhusFor more information och information på svenska, visit the Facebook event here > Why should we care about logistics? How do we connect struggles around

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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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29 April, 2021

CUSP: Controlling Corruption. The Social Contract Approach

Welcome to the first lecture in the new series CUSP - Critically Urgent Societal Problems - that we arrange in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala. At this first

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