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14 June, 2023

A research agenda for the study of social norm change

Philosophical transactions A. Royal Society Publishing Abstract Social norms have been investigated across many disciplines for many years, but until recently, studies mainly provided indirect, implicitresearch may move beyond unequivocal praising of social norms as the missing link between selfinterestedbehaviour and observed cooperation or as the explanation for (the lack of) social tipping. It provides the toolkit to understand explicitly where, when and how social norms can be a solution to solve large-scale problems, but also to recognize their limits. This article is part of the theme issue ’Emergent phenomena in complex physical and socio-technical systems: from cells to societies’. 

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , & Eva Vriens
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23 September, 2022

The popular sovereignty of Indigenous peoples: a challenge in multi-people states

Citizenship Studies ABSTRACT The doctrine of popular sovereignty holds that the ‘supreme authority of the state’ belongs to the people, not to the political institutions exercising public power. What ar

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mörkenstam, Ulf , & Kirsty Gover
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07 October, 2020
Completed: Violent threats and internal security

Completed: Violent threats and internal security. Canadian-Swedish bilateral research collaboration on organized violent threats

Both Canada and Sweden experience serious problems with violent groups. This project aims to answer a range of questions about these groups, and to initiate a national network for researchers studying internal security.

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