Organization Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619848014  Abstract In this paper, I study an epitomic case of institutional carriers of ideas: revolving door lobbyists. In a multi-directional interv

Limiting Markets: Socialisation, Decommodification, and the Sense of Justice

Research seminar with Martin O'Neill, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of York. My talk addresses the questions of the size of the public sector in a just society, and the range of goods

Abstract A criminal career can be either general, with the criminal committing different types of crimes, or specialized, with the criminal committing a specific type of crime. A central problem in the

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Anna Tyllström, Associate Professor at Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University and IFFS affiliated

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Causes and consequences of environmental protests. The global environmental contestation and civic mobilization observatory

Environmental protest events are increasing. Does it have any consequences for policy? With global data-sets, this project will try to answer that question.

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Social Science Research Abstract In this study we investigate organized crime by studying the degree of criminal organization. We use population-level register data on criminal suspicions between 2011 a

In a new study of political values among workers in the American tech industry researchers found a ”unique” dominance of left-liberal values and anti-establishement thinking. We asked Niels Selling, p

The Swedish government has appointed two new members to the board of the Institute for Futures Studies. The new members come with knowledge of robotics and experience from the government's Future Comm