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Offentliga samtal: Hur påverkar de starka berättelserna oss?
I seminarieserien Offentliga samtal – forskare möter praktiker bjuder vi in två forskare som presenterar sina resultat kring ett aktuellt ämne, för att sedan möta praktiker i ett samtal inför publik.
The Matthew effect in political science: head start and key reforms important for democratization
Are some countries better equipped from the onset of a democratization process to become democracies? We compared successful and failed episodes of liberalization over the period 1900 to 2018 to exami
Peter Hedström leaves the Institute for Futures Studies to start new research center for analytical sociology
Peter Hedström, Director of the Institute for Futures Studies, will leave the Institute in August 2014. Peter will then be Professor of Sociology at Linköping University, where he will build a new rese
Näthatet och demokratin. Om konsekvenserna av det nya medielandskapet
Idag kan alla med tillgång till nätet uttrycka sina omedelbara åsikter i en fråga. Det har aldrig varit så enkelt att snabbt kommentera en bild eller händelse i olika forum och flöden. Många har uppmä
Why we need research on AI impact now. Pontus Strimling (introduction from Gustaf Arrhenius)
Artificial intelligence is already here and is changing society. But social science research on the impact of AI and which choises and ethical considerations societies will face due to developments in
A welfare state for all generations
In a society there are always several generations co-existing and they all need different things from the welfare state. This result is a conflict between generations on who should be favored by publi by , Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Joakim Palme.
Forecasting Global Growth by Age Structure Projections
This paper uses demographic projections of age structure and correlations with GDP and GDP growth to study the forecasting properties of demographically based models. Extending the forecasts to 2050 s
The College-to-Work Transition during the 1990s. Evidence from Sweden
This paper analyzes the time it takes for Swedish college graduates to start a full-time job that lasts for six month or more, the study period being 1991–1999. The results show that the risk of unemp
Demographically Based Global Income Forecast up to the Year 2050
Demographic projections of age structure and correlations with GDP and GDP growth are used to study the forecasting properties of demographically based models. Extending the forecasts to 2050 suggests
CUSP: Controlling Corruption. The Social Contract Approach
Welcome to the first lecture in the new series CUSP - Critically Urgent Societal Problems - that we arrange in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala. At this first
