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Schools and segregation – a positive example
The importance of socio-economic background will become increasingly important for school success. But segregation in the school area is steadily growing and inequality is increasing, a development tha
Gender essentialism makes segregation persistent
Socially constructed beliefs about biological gender differences, i.e. gender essentialism, can to a large extent explain the remaining gender segregation and inequality. That’s one of the conclusions
Percieved foreignness affects segregation of schools
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
25 MSEK to research about school segregation
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
Diversity preferences among employees and ethnoracial workplace segregation
Social Science Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.009 Abstract Ethno-racial workplace segregation increases already existing ethno-racial inequality. While previous research has identified d
Homophily and segregation in adolescent friendships - A social network perspective
Per Block, Nuffield college, Oxford Homophily the tendency of individuals to be friends with other that are similar in some respect, is one of the most pervasive regularities in social networks. It is
Segregation and Urban Design: Does the Urban Structure Inhibit the Sharing of Public Space?
Ann Legeby, KTH School of Architecture Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 12
Moa Bursell & Fredrik Jansson: Ethnic Homophily and Social Influence in Workplace Preferences
Moa Bursellis a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the Institute for Futures Studies and a member of the Stockholm University Linnaeus Centre for Integration Studies (SULCIS). Fredrik Jansson has
Moa Bursell: Employment Discrimination Based on Gender and Ethnicity - An Experimental Study
Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Moa Bursell, Associate Professor of Sociology and research leader at the Institute for Fu
Employment Discrimination Based on Gender and Ethnicity
The study contributes to knowledge about the process behind gender segregation in the labor market. Segregation may be seen as generated by the combined outcome of decisions located at the supply side
