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An award promoting Finnish academic texts within reach for Kirsti Jylhä
The Kone Foundation's Vuoden Tiedekynä is an annual award for an academic article that demonstrates exemplary use of the Finnish language. The aim of the award is to support and increase the appreciat
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
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
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,
Jonas Vlachos: Trust-Based Evaluation in a Market-Oriented School System
Jonas Vlachos, Professor, Department of Economics, Stockholm UniversityABSTRACTIn Sweden, a trust-based system of school performance evaluation meets a market oriented school system with liberal entry
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
Global directions of change in moral norms: a test of the moral argument theory
Royal Society Open Science Abstract How and why are moral norms for various issues changing across the globe? Moral argument theory uniquely addresses these questions by positing that moral norm change
Conservative Opposition to Climate Policy May be Partially Threat-Based: A Test and Critique of the Integrated Threat Model of Climate Attitudes
Journal of Applied Social Psychology Abstract One explanation for the link between political conservatism and rejection of the science and solutions of climate change is based on perceived threats. Yet,NNN
A future without Down syndrome? Ethical reflections on the development of technology
Have you used prenatal testing to determine if the fetus you or your partner is carrying has Down’s syndrome? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The interest in genetic screening for Down’s synd
The Multiple Burdens of Foreign-Named Men—Evidence from a Field Experiment on Gendered Ethnic Hiring Discrimination in Sweden
European Sociological ReviewFull text Abstract Scholars have documented ethnic and gender discrimination across labour markets since the 1970s by using field experiments (correspondence tests) in which
