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15 May, 2018

Individual and Collective Duties to Rescue

The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, along with calls for intervention in conflicts in Syria and elsewhere, has pushed discussion of duties to rescue into the political spotlight. At the same time, t

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19 April, 2017

A popular misapplication of evolutionary modeling to the study of human cooperation

Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 421–427. Abstract To examine the evolutionary basis of a behavior, an established approach (known as the phenotypic gambit) is to assume that the b

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , & Daniel Cownden. Strimling, Pontus , & Daniel Cownden.
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25 November, 2024

Digital fist bumps: searching for datafication and digitalisation in everyday CrossFit coaching practice

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Abstract The research presented here explores the nuances of data collection and sharing via digital platforms in everyday CrossFit coaching practice. There is a gr

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tucker, Jason , & Sandra Krugly
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11 March, 2019

Birth Intervals and Health in Adulthood: A Comparison of Siblings Using Swedish Register Data

Demography, Volume 55, Issue 3,  pp 929–955. Abstract A growing body of research has examined whether birth intervals influence perinatal outcomes and child health as well as long-term educational and s

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & Kieron J. Barclay
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01 September, 2015

Tobias Hübinette: The modern history of Swedish whiteness and Swedish race thinking

Tobias Hübinette is Associate Professor in Intercultural Education and a Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Studies at Karlstad University. ABSTRACTThis presentation aims at understanding today's situati

Tobias Hübinette is Associate Professor in Intercultural Education and a Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Studies at Karlstad University.
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03 May, 2018

Julia Driver: Schadenfreude

Professor Julia Driver, Dept. of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis.ABSTRACT One typical definition of "schadenfreude" is:   "a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the

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04 July, 2016

Learning to play

In 2007, the Swedish gambling agency ran a simple gambling game called LIMBO. Gamblers were invited to stake 10 kronor on a number of their choice between 1 and 99,999. The person choosing the smalles

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31 August, 2018

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

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07 February, 2018

Critique and Capital in History and in the Twenty-first Century

Organised by the Institute for Futures Studies and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality as we.

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