sexism
What's (not) underpinning ambivalent sexism?: Revisiting the roles of ideology, religiosity, personality, demographics, and men's facial hair in explaining hostile and benevolent sexism
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume: 122, pp. 29-37. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.001 Abstract Ambivalent sexism is a two-dimensional framework that assesses sexist and misogynous attitudes

Katharina Berndt Rasmussen
I'm a researcher in practical philosophy. My main areas of competence are feminist, political, and social philosophy. My areas of specialisation revolve around the topics of discrimination, sexism, ra, Stockholm University, and an affiliated researcher at the . I'm also the main editor for , a Swedish academic publication in political philosophy.
Why AI is so alert to racism
In a new study of political values among American employees in the industry that is currently shaping the digitized society and its future - the tech industry - researchers found a "unique" dominance
Values and voters – on giving your vote to the Sweden Democrats
On the 4th of December, an article was published on DN Debatt on xenophobia among the Sweden Democrats voters. The article refers to a study that was initiated when the writers Peter Hedström and Tim
Previous research programs
Here you can find information on the Institutes previous research programs during the 2000s. Contact us for more information about previous research programs. Gustaf Arrheniusfirst research program was n and comprised five themes that were all interdisciplinary; Our responsibility towards future generations, Democracy in the 21st century, New technologies and the future of humanity, Discrimination, sexism and racism, and Equality.
Towards a new research program
New director – new research focus. That is how it works at the Institute for Futures Studies. This means that the new director Gustaf Arrhenius will also act as a research director and is now creating
#MeToo, Social Norms, and Sanctions
in: The Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 28:3, s. 273-295 (2020) In October 2017, following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, US actress Alyssa Milano called upon victims of sexual harassment to uni
#YouToo? When the predator is your partner
The #MeToo movement has recently been praised by the United Nations experts in women’s human rights. Yet if sexist violence against women has been under the spotlight and denounced in every context ov
Xenophobia among radical and mainstream right-wing party voters: prevalence, correlates and influence on party support
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 45, 2022 - Issue 16 Abstract Considering the current political relevance of anti-immigration sentiments, we examined preference to avoid interacting with immigrants – conc
Åsa Burman and Katharina Berndt Rasmussen: Implicit bias, discrimination, and moral responsibility
Åsa Burman, Director of Studies in practical philosophy at Stockholm University and affilited researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies & Katharina Berndt Rasmussen, Researcher at the Institu