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02 April, 2025

The scope and limits of implicit bias training: An experimental study with Swedish social workers

Social Science Information Abstract Implicit bias reduction has become an increasingly popular feature of so-called ‘diversity training’ in both public and private organizations. It remains popular, des

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa
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03 November, 2021

Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training: The mediating role of school performance

Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, 15, 100873 Abstract Mental health problems are associated with a greater risk of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) during young adu

Type of publication: Journal articles | Plenty, Stephanie , , Magnusson, C. & S. Brolin Låftman
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12 May, 2020

POSTPONED. NEW DATE PENDING. Moa Bursell: Can implicit bias be reduced through training? (Webinar)

Online seminar Can implicit bias be reduced through training? Individual and group-level effects among Swedish social workers Moa Bursell is postdoctoral researcher in sociology. Her research concerns im

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14 June, 2023

A research agenda for the study of social norm change

Philosophical transactions A. Royal Society Publishing Abstract Social norms have been investigated across many disciplines for many years, but until recently, studies mainly provided indirect, implicitresearch may move beyond unequivocal praising of social norms as the missing link between selfinterestedbehaviour and observed cooperation or as the explanation for (the lack of) social tipping. It provides the toolkit to understand explicitly where, when and how social norms can be a solution to solve large-scale problems, but also to recognize their limits. This article is part of the theme issue ’Emergent phenomena in complex physical and socio-technical systems: from cells to societies’. 

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , & Eva Vriens
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26 August, 2021

Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) among males and females: The mediating role of school performance

SSM - Population Health, Volume 15, 2021 AbstractMental health problems are associated with a greater risk of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) during young adulthood. Yet evidence

Type of publication: Journal articles | Plenty, Stephanie , ; Charlotta Magnusson; Sara Brolin Låftman
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25 November, 2013

World Values Survey Association seeks a part time administrative assistant to Stockholm

The main purpose of this work is to assist the secretariat in administrative matters including maintaining the web site, the Facebook and the Twitter accounts, organising events, editing the Newslette Fund-raising is a substantial part of our work and the person we’re seeking will also be asked to assist in this work (complete the forms, submit the paperwork and follow up on behalf of the association). All communication will be in English. The person we are looking for will be placed at the Institute for Future studies in the very centre of Stockholm.

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16 September, 2024

Limited and Mixed Evidence for System-Sanctioned Change to Protect the Environment: A Replication Study

International review of social psychology, vol 37:1 Abstract Feygina and colleagues (2010, Study 3) reported that people who prefer the status quo can be encouraged towards pro-environmental responses w

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Kim, I., Stanley, S.K. & N. Badullovich
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12 September, 2011

Dropping out in Scandinavia. Social Exclusion and Labour Market Attachment among Upper Secondary School Dropouts in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

Most researchers in the field are in agreement that a diploma from apprenticeship-based vocational training gives a smoother school-to-work transition than a diploma from school-based vocational train

Type of publication: Working papers | Olof Bäckman, Vibeke Jakobsen, Thomas Lorentzen, Eva Österbacka & Espen Dahl
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04 July, 2016

How religiosity is transmitted to new generations and what inequality has to do with it

Many things that we deeply care about are related to the topic of religion: gender norms, sexual morals, work ethics but also altruism, charity and community. It is therefore an important question to Contrary to what you might expect, religion continues to play an important role in countries all over the world, as the figure shows.

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10 April, 2017

A future without Down syndrome? Ethical reflections on the development of technology

Have you used prenatal testing to determine if the fetus you or your partner is carrying has Down’s syndrome? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The interest in genetic screening for Down’s synd

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