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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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23 September, 2022

Moral Disagreement

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2021 Edition) ABSTRACT Appeals to moral disagreement have figured in philosophical discussions since antiquity, especially regarding questions about the nat, 14). It is often dubious to characterize the thoughts of ancient philosophers by using distinctions and terminologies that have emerged much later. Still, it is tempting to take Sextus to offer an argument against the metaethical position known as “moral realism” and its central thesis that there are moral truths which are objective in the sense that they are independent of human practices and thinking.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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01 January, 2009
The Frontiers of Sociology

The Frontiers of Sociology

2009. Brill. Table of Contents IntroductionPeter Hedström and Björn Wittrock: Frontiers of Sociology The legacy and frontiers of sociologyThe Emergence of Universalism: An Affirmative Genealogy Hans JoasTheThe Return to Values in Recent Sociological Theory Sociology and Political Science: Learning and Challenges Toward a New Comprehensive Social Science

Type of publication: Books | P. Hedström, B. Wittrock (Eds.)
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16 January, 2011

Remittances from Sweden – an Exploration of Swedish Survey Data

The present study explores data on transfers of gifts/economic support to relatives, and analyses these in relation to different kinds of income, education, age, time since migration, acquisition of c

Type of publication: Working papers | Lisa Pelling, Charlotta Hedberg and Bo Malmberg
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17 May, 2015

The Social Consequences of Poverty. An Empirical Test on Longitudinal Data

Social Indicators Research, May 2015, Open Access, DOI 10.1007/s11205-015-0983-9. Poverty is commonly defined as a lack of economic resources that has negative social consequences, but surprisingly lit

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mood, Carina , Jonsson, Jan O.
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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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16 November, 2016

Mikael Holmqvist: Djursholm – Sweden’s Leader Community

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor of Sociology and Professor of Management at Stockholm University. ABSTRACTAll around the world there are ”leader communities”, i.e., places where leaders choose

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor of Sociology and Professor of Management at Stockholm University.
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01 February, 2017

Completed projects

Completed projects since 2015. Agenta Algorithms in public decision-making Anxieties of democracy Can AI in job recruitment enhance the inclusion of disadvantaged groups? Can we change a discriminatory beh

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