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Status hierarchies, gender bias and disrespect in review panel groups: ethnographical observations from the Swedish Research Council
In: Acker S., Ylijoki O-H., and McGinn M. The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on funding and gender. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)/Routledge. Abstract Status as been descri

Setting priorities during pandemics
This projects aims to present a framework for making sound decisions in times of pandemics - when experience and time is scarce, and uncertainties are many.
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen: Affirmative Action and Relational Egalitarianism
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, professor at the department of political science, Aarhus university ABSTRACT Traditionally, egalitarians have been concerned with distributions of income, opportunities, resour
Three days of separation
The idea that we are only six introductions away from any other person on this planet is both beautiful and compelling. It has inspired research, provided inspiration to a film starring Will Smith and.
Climate change and affective conflicts
Sweden has just experienced some unusually warm weeks in June. In Spain, yet another heat wave is causing alarm. In a text published in the Spanish newspaper El País, philosopher Julia Mosquera descri
Armin Schäfer: Political Inequality. Unequal Participation and Biased Representation
Prof. Dr. Armin Schäfer, Institut Für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Osnabrück ABSTRACTAs turnout has declined in many developed democracies, it has also become more unequal. Recent studies show tha
Jason Beckfield: Unequal Europe: Regional Integration and the Rise of European Inequality
Jason Beckfield, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Abstract The Euro-crisis of 2009–2012 and the UK’s 2016 vote to leave the EU vividly demonstrated that EU policies matter for the distribut
Mikael Persson: Unequal Political Responsiveness in the Welfare State? Testing the Opinion-policy Link in Sweden
Mikael Persson: Associate Professor (Docent), Political Science, University of Gothenburg ABSTRACTConnecting public opinion and implemented public policy is indeed an important endeavor that concerns t
Ethnic Differences in Early School-leaving: An International Comparison
Chapter 4 in: Anthony Heath and Yaël Brinbaum (Eds.), Unequal attainments: Ethnic educational inequalities in ten Western countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Proceedings of the British Academy
The Long-Term Cognitive and Socioeconomic Consequences of Birth Intervals: A Within-Family Sibling Comparison Using Swedish Register Data
Demography, 54(2): 459-484, doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0550-x Abstract We examine the relationship between birth-to-birth intervals and a variety of mid- and long-term cognitive and socioeconomic outcom