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29 March, 2024

Why Soft Power is Not So Soft

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, level 4, i Stockholm Welcome to a light brekfast before the seminar from 08.00. REGISTER HERE > Soft power played a critical role in the most s

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03 December, 2013

How and why do we discriminate?

At last Friday’s research seminarKatrin Ausprung from the Department of History and Sociology at Konstanz University in Germany came to talk to us about her reserach on discrimination in housing marke

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18 September, 2023

Why AI is so alert to racism

In a new study of political values among American employees in the industry that is currently shaping the digitized society and its future - the tech industry - researchers found a "unique" dominance

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22 October, 2013

Why Anti-Corruption Policies Fails

Professor Bo Rothstein, Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s semina

Professor Bo Rothstein, Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University
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19 November, 2025

Study Shows Why People Dislike Carbon Taxes

A carbon tax would be effective and inexpensive – so why do people dislike the idea? A new study provides answers. Economists agree that a carbon tax is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce gr No, not at all, according to a new study.

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16 August, 2023

Why Canada should rethink their Net-Zero act

Considering the recent wildfires in Canada, the harmful effects of climate change are undeniably evolving faster than previously expected. It is now imperative for leaders in government, business and

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24 February, 2021
Bo Rothstein: Why No Economic Democracy in Sweden: A Counterfactual Approach

Bo Rothstein: Why No Economic Democracy in Sweden: A Counterfactual Approach

Companies, that are owned and/or governed by their employees are on average performing better and have higher productivity than firms that are governed by outside capitalists/owners/investors and they

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08 May, 2024
Cynthia P. Schneider: Why Soft Power is not so Soft

Cynthia P. Schneider: Why Soft Power is not so Soft

Soft power played a critical role in the most significant socio-political transformation of the twentieth century - the breakup of the Soviet Union and the spread of democracy to Eastern Europe. Yet t

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05 February, 2021

Bo Rothstein: Why No Economic Democracy in Sweden: A Counterfactual Approach

Bo Rothsteinhold the August Röhss Chair in Political Science at University of Gothenburg, a position established by a donation to the university in 1901. He has also held positions at Oxford Universit

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05 December, 2022

New study: This is why Italians are so unwilling to pay taxes

In Western Europe, Italy is at the top when it comes to tax evasion. In 2013, an estimated 27 percent of the entire tax revenue in Italy was evaded. What are the reasons for this? Political scientist ".

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