Digital development and educational outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A recipe for inclusive development or deepening divides?

A project on how the spread of digital information and communication technology in Sub-Saharan Africa has affected educational outcomes and inequalities.

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, pp. 1-13, DOI 10.1007/s10677-017-9824-z. Abstract The question raised in this paper is whether legal rights to vote are also moral rights to vote. The challenge to the

Ethnopolitics Abstract Previous literature explains the fact that sub-national elections tend to be more inclusive than national elections by reference to the level of the election. This paper argues th

Trends in Organized Crime, pp 1–17, doi:10.1007/s12117-017-9310-y Abstract During the last decades, Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs (OMCs) have become a concern for crime prevention and law enforcement agencies

Foresight, doi.org/10.1108/FS-04-2018-0042  Abstract PurposeThe claim that super intelligent machines constitute a major existential risk was recently defended in Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence and

World Bank Economic Review 33, 21-40 Abstract How much should the present generations sacrifice to reduce emissions today, in order to reduce the future harms of climate change? Within climate economics,

International Journal of Public Health Abstract Objectives:Women’s healthcare is a potential source of cross-cultural conflicts. Diverging values between healthcare providers and patients challenges the

Journal of Applied Philosophy Abstract Work has always been a significant source of ethical questions, philosophical reflec-tion, and political struggle. Although thefutureof work in a sense is always a

Optimism trap or optimism springboard? Aspirations, educational trajectories, and early careers of youth with foreign-born parents

Young people in immigrant families have a markedly higher educational and occupational aspirations than others. This optimism has been regarded as something positive, but it seems it can also lead to a higher degree of failure. This project will take a closer look at the outcomes.