This paper highlights the role of tax funding of day care for children and demonstrates that the optimal income tax should face all agents with the cost of the needed day care in order to earn further

AI Policy Lab at Umeå University Abstract This paper explores how pro-active government policies could promote artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare for the public good. Building on insights from t

Journal of Public Policy Abstract Most people are concerned about climate change and want policymakers to address it. But how? To investigate which policy options are more versus less popular, with whom

Environmental Sociology Abstract Existing research shows that public attitudes toward climate policies reflect political trust. Support for some policies may reflect not only trust in the state and its

Emily Klancher Merchant: Challenging Overpopulation

Can we ethically achieve a sustainable population size? Answers to this question typically focus on the human rights abuses perpetrated by efforts to control the world’s populations in the twentieth a

Rationing for the climate: A study of Swedes’ acceptance of consumption limits

With climate change it has become evident that we need to reduce our consumption. Could this be done using rationing? This project aims to understand public attitudes toward climate-motivated rationing.

A carbon tax would be effective and inexpensive – so why do people dislike the idea? A new study provides answers. Economists agree that a carbon tax is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce gr No, not at all, according to a new study.

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 69, pp. 276-292, doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2019.02.008 Abstract Dedicated to show climate leadership, Sweden has committed to cut 70% of greenhouse-gas

Place: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Emily Klancher Merchant, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis. Emily is anhistorian