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Thomas Sterner: Is there a climate crisis?
Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg The Guardian recently decided to change house style and start using terms like Climate Crisis instead o
Experiences matter: A longitudinal study of individual-level sources of declining social trust in the United States.
Social Science Research 95 Abstract The US has experienced a substantial decline in social trust in recent decades. Surprisingly few studies analyze whether individual-level explanations can account for
Someone to sit next to in the segregated class room
“Who in your class would you not like to sit next to?” This question was posed to almost 5000 pupils (age 14–15) at Swedish high schools 2010/2011. Many adolescents experience systematic rejection duri
Where there is trust, there is testing
In the US, levels of Covid-19 testing have varied greatly between states. But there seems to be a pattern. According to a new study by Malcolm Fairbrother, researcher at Institute for Futures Studies, , states with high levels of social trust and social capital performs more Covid-19 tests.
