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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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20 September, 2024

Attitudes towards childbearing, population, and the environment: Examining prevalence and demographic and psychological correlates

Stockholm Research Reports in Demography 2024:41 Abstract Environmental concerns may influence personal fertility decisions and general opinions about childbearing and population, but research on this t

Type of publication: Working papers | Jylhä, Kirsti , Kolk, Martin , Fairbrother, Malcolm
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23 May, 2022

Xenophobia among radical and mainstream right-wing party voters: prevalence, correlates and influence on party support

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 45, 2022 - Issue 16 Abstract Considering the current political relevance of anti-immigration sentiments, we examined preference to avoid interacting with immigrants – conc

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Strimling, Pontus
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13 March, 2014

Educational institutions as mating markets: The case of Sweden

Juho Härkönen, Stockholm University Schools are considered efficient mating markets--that is, structured social settings in which partners meet--and feature prominently in explanations for patterns in

Juho Härkönen, Stockholms Universitet
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01 October, 2020

Uxorilocal Marriage as a Strategy for Heirship in a Patrilineal Society: Evidence from Household Registers in early 20th-Century Taiwan

The History of the Family Abstract In pre-industrial Taiwan, an uxorilocal marriage, in which a man moved in with his bride’s family, was a familial strategy used to continue family lineage and to enhan

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Li, Chun-Hao, Yang, Wen-Shen & Ying-Chang Chuang
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03 May, 2018

#YouToo? When the predator is your partner

The #MeToo movement has recently been praised by the United Nations experts in women’s human rights. Yet if sexist violence against women has been under the spotlight and denounced in every context ov

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06 February, 2018
Kirsti Jylhä

Kirsti Jylhä

I am a researcher in psychology at the Institute for Futures Studies. I received my PhD at Uppsala University in September 2016. In my thesis, I examined the link between ideological attitudes and cli

PhD, Psychology
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13 November, 2024

The effect of trusting contexts in social dilemmas with collective and individual solutions

Scientific Reports 14 Abstract Trust encourages members of communities to cooperate and provide public goods. However, the literature has yet to fully investigate how high and low trusting communities de

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , Sergio Lo lacono & Burak Sonmez
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24 February, 2022

Counterradicalization Interventions. A Review of the Evidence

Research report 2022/1, 70 p. Counter-radicalization has become part and parcel of the counter-terrorism strategies of virtually every western nation. Most counter-radicalization efforts build on the a

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Wolfowicz, Michael; Weisburd, David & Badi Hasisi
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20 December, 2024

Never eat a Pigeon with a Pumpkin: a model for the emergence and fixation of unsupported beliefs

This work was presented at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023, and a shortened form of the paper is Chapter 30 in Food Rules and Rituals: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Coo

Type of publication: Other | Sandberg, Anders , & Len Fisher
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