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Emma Engström
I defended my PhD thesis on predictive modeling of groundwater contamination at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH, Royal Institute of Technol
The Geographies of Recruiting a Partner from Abroad. An Exploration of Swedish Data
Working Paper 2009 no. 21 The chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad has expanded through international partnering websites, increasing international marriage migration. This paper explores
Positive Egalitarianism Reconsidered
Utilitas Abstract According to positive egalitarianism, not only do relations of inequality have negative value, as negative egalitarians claim, but relations of equality also have positive value. The eg
Is it possible to reduce the number of prisoners without increasing crime? Lessons from California
Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the
Where Does Europe End? Christian Democracy and the Expansion of Europe
Journal of Common Market Studies Abstract In this article, we argue that an analysis of the conflict around the nature and limits of European integration that arose between Catholic and Protestant Chris
Basic Income
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Abstract The idea that states should provide a means-tested guaranteed minimum income for citizens who are unable to meet their basic needs is widely shared and
Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries
Nature Communications Abstract The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this
Completed: Foundations of Behavioral Economics and the Nudge Agenda
This project will examine what behavioral economics and the nudge agenda are, to get a better understanding of contemporary economics and where it is heading.
Status hierarchies, gender bias and disrespect in review panel groups: ethnographical observations from the Swedish Research Council
In: Acker S., Ylijoki O-H., and McGinn M. The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on funding and gender. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)/Routledge. Abstract Status as been descri

Hidden convergence in ethics
Ethics has for a long time been dominated by several competing traditions. But is it entirely true that these traditions have not moved closer with time. That is what this project aims to investigate.