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03 September 2024

Declining birth rates - should we worry?

Are declining birth rates one of the biggest threats to humanity? Among others, Elon Musk and Donald Trump's vice-presidentia...

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30 May 2024

High impact: Report to Joe Biden cites IFFS research

Research on population change, ageing and the economy, by Dean Spears, researcher in the project “Sustainable population in t...

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07 March 2024

Are public decisions made by artificial intelligence democratically okay?

Are public decisions made by artificial intelligence democratically okay?The reason this is an important question is that alr...

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05 March 2024

Did the COVID-19 pandemic change our social norms?

As you might remember, a lot of our social behaviors changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we perceived the behaviors...

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22 December 2023

Three tips for researchers who want to provide advice in a crisis

Anders Tegnell at Folkhälsomyndigheten became one of the most well-known experts during the covid 19-pandemic in Sweden. Phot...

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19 December 2023

Conference in honor of Professor Larry Temkin

Professor Larry Temkin, a prominent figure within moral philosophy, is retiring. His career was celebrated at a conference at...

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12 December 2023

Climate policies for conservatives

In the 1970s and 1980s, conservatives were prominent in climate and environmental issues. Now, this political domain is domin...

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17 October 2023

Does your name impact your chances to get a job? Short answer: Yes

What significance does your name have for your chances of getting a job? We ask Moa Bursell, a sociologist and research leade...

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26 September 2023

Researcher & assistant to SEMI, a research project on integration of youth in Sweden

The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Stockholm, is appointing one or two researchers (sociologist/social scientist), or ...

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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 a...

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