retrospective
The World Population in Historical Perspective
Burke, R., Cooper, C. & Field, J. (eds.) SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. (2013) doi: 10.4135/9781446269916
New initiative: Anxieties of Democracy
New year and new exciting projects! One of them is named Anxieties of Democracy, which will investigate in what ways representative democracy may be said to be in crisis, to explain why this is so, and
Completed: Anxieties of democracy
Is representative democracy in crisis? If so, in what ways and how is it possible to strengthen it?
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
Stefan Arora-Jonsson: What Competition Brings
Stefan Arora-Jonsson, Professor at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala universitet ABSTRACTCompetition is a ubiquitous feature of modern society, perhaps more so now than ever before. While com
The Nordic Welfare Model in a European Perspective
From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord
Gender Essentialism in Cross-National Perspective
Karin Halldén, Stockholm University The “gender revolution” is a half-century old, yet gender inequality and segregation remain more resistant to change than many forms of racial and class inequality. W
Life-style and self-rated global health in Sweden: A prospective analysis spanning three decades
Preventive Medicine ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743513003472 Abstract The article studies the relation between lifestyle and global self-rated health in the adult
From Categories to Categorization: A Social Perspective on Market Categorization
Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 51, 2017 Abstract The popularity of research into categories has grown in recent decades and shows no sign of abating. This introductory article takes

Integration of youth in Sweden in a multidimensional perspective (SEMI)
How is the integration among youth developing? This project will study different dimensions of integration among 14-22-year-olds in Sweden.