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17 May, 2015

The Social Consequences of Poverty. An Empirical Test on Longitudinal Data

Social Indicators Research, May 2015, Open Access, DOI 10.1007/s11205-015-0983-9. Poverty is commonly defined as a lack of economic resources that has negative social consequences, but surprisingly lit

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mood, Carina , Jonsson, Jan O.
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26 August, 2021

Avia Pasternak: Violent Protests and the Proportionality Test

Research seminar with Avia Pasternak, Associate Professor in Political Theory at University College London. REGISTER HERE TO GET A MEETING LINK AbstractViolent protestors against state injustice typical

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14 January, 2016

How politically biased are you? New test on political biases

To what extent do you allow your political views influence your perception of reality? Do you trust facts regardless of whether they support your opinions or not? We may believe that we are impartial,

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18 December, 2018

Countering Protection Rackets Using Legal and Social Approaches: An Agent-Based Test

Hindawi, Volume 2018, Article ID 3568085, 16 pages, doi.org/10.1155/2018/3568085. Abstract Protection rackets cause economic and social damage across the world. States typically combat protection rackets

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , , Luis G. Nardin
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14 April, 2021

Completed: Predictions of changes in opinion on moral issues – a cross-cultural test on a new theory

Today, moral questions tend to become more important to voters in many countries. Is it possible to understand - and predict - how the public opinion changes on moral issues?

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02 October, 2024

Who Approves of Gossip, Ostracism, and Confrontation Following Norm Violations? A Cross-Cultural Test of Gender Stereotypes

Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract Existing research and popular culture suggest that women are more approving of gossip. But are they? This research note uses two studies to ask whether gender stereo

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hazin, Isabela , & B. Simpson Eriksson, Kimmo , & B. Simpson
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17 May, 2023

Humanity - the biosphere's best hope?

Human activity often has a negative impact on the Earth's ecosystems. However, according to researchers Karim Jebari and Anders Sandberg, humans are still, in the long run, the best and actually the only

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19 March, 2021

Social capital and leaving the nest: Channels and housing tenures

i Social Networks, Volume 65 AbstractYoung adults in Europe sometimes have trouble moving away from their parents and obtaining a home of their own, which is considered an important step in the transit

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11 November, 2021

The climate ethics program: "Interdisciplinary at its best"

"Innovative, ambitious, and extremely well managed." A mid-term evaluation of the research program Climate Ethics and future generations praises it for being interdisciplinary at its best. Riksbankens

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15 January, 2025

Daniel Waldenström: Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Daniel Waldenström, Professor of Economics and Director of the Taxes and Society research program a

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