“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

in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence  AbstractEquitable access to high-quality schools is important for student achievement. However, the increasing attention placed on adolescent mental health promotio

At the moment there are several ongoing research projects at the Institute for Futures Studies that analyses segregation patterns and dynamics. One of the projects studies segregation in schools. One

The Institute for Future Studies is looking for three highly qualified postdocs to be part of an ambitious interdisciplinary research program on modeling social processes. The program is directed by P

The past decades school segregation has become increasingly common in Sweden. Today Vetenskapsrådet (the Swedish Research Council), published information on which projects will get funding for five ye

Journal of Applied Philosophy Abstract This article sets out to describe and solve two puzzles that emerge in segregated labour markets (e.g. the USA or Sweden). First, in many hiring contexts people prqualification norm

As other fields, the academic sector is gender-segregated. While some disciplines are dominated by female students and researchers (especially in the humanities), others are dominated by male students

How do social norms change?

Social norms change all the time, in all societies. But what determines which norms change and which norms do not?

What significance does your name have for your chances of getting a job? We ask Moa Bursell, a sociologist and research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies, who has researched discrimination i

Wlodek Rabinowicz, Senior Professor of Practical Philosophy at Lund university and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics ABSTRACTIn this talk I focus on a contrast between aggregation