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Swedes worry about the environmental consequences of childbearing
Foto: Kelli McClintock/Unsplash Are people having fewer children because they worry about climate change? Researchers at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) have found that many Swedes both worry 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.
Political Integration through Associational Affiliation? Immigrants and Native Swedes in Greater Stockholm
2011. 37:99–115. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Abstract Theories of participation have been developed and tested almost exclusively on majority populations. While the relative underrepresentat
The Geographies of Recruiting a Partner from Abroad. An Exploration of Swedish Data
Working Paper 2009 no. 21 The chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad has expanded through international partnering websites, increasing international marriage migration. This paper explores
Sweden, the extreme country
The research network World Values Survey has explored people's values since the 1980s in six waves of interviews in a total of 100 countries. The latest survey was completed in 2014 and the result has
In Sweden we shake hands – but are we really?
Sociologisk Forskning, vol 54, no 4, pp 377–381. Abstract Motivated by a recent controversy over handshaking, a survey of the personal networks of young Swedes (n=2244) is used to describe greeting prac
Women in violent extremism in Sweden
Nordic Council of Ministers, 54 pages Women have generally been treated as “side shows” in the literature on war,terrorism and violent extremism and have thus been given scant scholarly attention.In mato be framed as unwitting, passive agents or brainwashed victims pulled into violentextremist movements only through the relations of their husbands, boyfriends, orfathers.
Family dynamics of immigrants in Sweden
Kirk Scott, the Institute for Futures Studies and Lund University Union formation and entry into parenthood are perhaps the most important transitions to adulthood. While much is known about the family
Childbearing of Students: The Case of Sweden
This paper examines childbearing behavior among Swedish students, and mothers’ enrolment in education in 1984-1999. The student financial aid reform in 1989 had no noticeable impact on students’ child
