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14 December, 2022

Domain-specific tightness: Why is Sweden perceived as tighter than the United States?

Current research in ecological and social psychology, vol 3 Abstract The tightness of a society is defined as the strength of social norms and the degree of sanctioning within the society. However, a so

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Hazin, Isabela , Vartanova, Irina , Strimling, Pontus
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22 January, 2021

Spectrum arguments, parity and persistency

in: Theoria (2020) Volume 86:4 AbstractThis article shows that introducing the positive comparative relation parity only helps one block so‐called “Spectrum Arguments” in order to avoid their unsavoury

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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20 June, 2019

Towards a Theory of Pure Procedural Climate Justice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, published online first, doi.org/10.1111/japp.12357 Abstract A challenge for the theorising of climate justice is that even when the agents whose actions are supposed to be r

Type of publication: Journal articles | Brandstedt, Eric , & Bengt Brülde
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24 May, 2022

Tipping Points – Humanity at the Thresholds of the Planet

Exhibition of Tipping Point: Opening 1 June Galärparken, Djurgåren (close to Junibacken) at 5 pm (preview at 4:30 pm). Therafter daily 2-19 June, opens 11 am, last showing 3 pm every day.Seminar series 3, 4, 9 and 14 June, see below.  

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24 February, 2022

Counterradicalization Interventions. A Review of the Evidence

Research report 2022/1, 70 p. Counter-radicalization has become part and parcel of the counter-terrorism strategies of virtually every western nation. Most counter-radicalization efforts build on the a

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Wolfowicz, Michael; Weisburd, David & Badi Hasisi
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02 October, 2024

The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity

PLOS Computational Biology Abstract Social learning is common in nature, yet cumulative culture (where knowledge and technology increase in complexity and diversity over time) appears restricted to huma

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Miu, E., Rendell, L., Bowles, S., Boyd, R., Cownden, D., Enquist, M., et al
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02 October, 2014

Symposium in logic and philosophy

On the 21st of October The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will arrange a seminar with and about The Rolf Schock Laureate in logic and philosophy, professor Derek Parfit. Other speakers include Gusta

On the 21st of October The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will arrange a seminar with and about The Rolf Schock Laureate in logic and philosophy, professor Derek Parfit.
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23 September, 2022

What is a social pattern? Rethinking a central social science term

Theory & Society Abstract The main aim of this article is to start a discussion of social pattern, a term that is commonly used in sociology but not specified or defined. The key question can be phrsociologicalconcept of social pattern may look like. A useful and theoretically solid concept of social pattern can in our view be constructed by basing it on Weber’s concept of social action. This means thatboththe behavior of the actorsandthe meaning these invest their behavior with must be taken into account. The article ends with a brief discussion of how to use the concept of social patterns in an effective way and what may endanger such a use.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mondani, Hernan , & Richard Swedberg
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23 February, 2022

Counterradicalization Interventions. A Review of the Evidence

Counter-radicalization has become part and parcel of the counter-terrorism strategies of virtually every western nation. Yet despite the rapid diffusion of interventions, and the significant investmenCounter-Radicalization Interventions. A review of the evidence

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11 December, 2019

Social Science Postdoctoral Researcher to Study the Diffusion of AI

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in the project “Predicting the diffusion of AI-applications”.

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