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12 October, 2009

Stability of College Rankings. A Study of Relative Earnings Estimates Applying Different Methods and Models on Swedish Data

This study investigates how stabile the ranking system of Swedish universities is in relation to future incomes of their alumni. Amongst the findings, the ranking of colleges varies both across method

Type of publication: Working papers | Marie Gartell
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18 March, 2021

Biased grades? Changes in grading after a blinding of examinations reform

in: Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 45, 292-303. AbstractGroup differences in average grades prior to and after a step-wise introduction of blinded examinations at Stockholm Un

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bygren, Magnus
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12 September, 2023

Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa

Journal of Development Economics 166 (2024) Abstract We investigate the long-run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting (FGC) in Africa. Our empirical analysis draws on historical data o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Isaksson, Ann-Sofie , , Congdon Fors, H. & A. Lindskog
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01 March, 2016

The Phenomenology of Specialization of Criminal Suspects

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , , Michele Tumminello, Rosario N. Mantegna, Jerzy Sarnecki
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20 November, 2018

Against lifetime QALY prioritarianism

Journal of Medical Ethics 44: 109-113. doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2017-104250 Abstract Lifetime quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) prioritarianism has recently been defended as a reasonable specification o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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26 June, 2018

Social Capital, Friendship Networks, and Youth Unemployment.

Social Science Research, Volume 61, pp. 234-250. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.06.017 Abstract Youth unemployment is a contemporary social problem in many societies. Youths often have limited access

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , & Martin Hällsten Rydgren, Jens , & Martin Hällsten
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25 October, 2022

The normality assumption in coordination games with flexible information acquisition

Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 203, 2022. Abstract Many economic models assume that random variables follow normal (Gaussian) distributions. Yet, real-world variables may be non-normally distributed.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rigos, Alexandros
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22 October, 2013

Postdoc scholarship at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm

The Institute for Futures Studies and the Swedish Institute, is looking for a highly qualified postdoc to be part of an ambitious interdisciplinary research network, the World Values Survey, based in S

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11 January, 2016
Katharina Berndt Rasmussen

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.

PhD, Philosophy
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11 January, 2019

Nondeterminacy, Two-Step Models, and Justified Choice

Ethics, Volume 129, no. 2, pp. 284-308. doi.org/10.1086/700032 Abstract This article analyzes approaches to nondeterminacy (e.g., incommensurability, indeterminacy, parity) that suggest that one can make

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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