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02 April, 2025

The scope and limits of implicit bias training: An experimental study with Swedish social workers

Social Science Information Abstract Implicit bias reduction has become an increasingly popular feature of so-called ‘diversity training’ in both public and private organizations. It remains popular, des

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa
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03 November, 2021

Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training: The mediating role of school performance

Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, 15, 100873 Abstract Mental health problems are associated with a greater risk of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) during young adu

Type of publication: Journal articles | Plenty, Stephanie , , Magnusson, C. & S. Brolin Låftman
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12 May, 2020

POSTPONED. NEW DATE PENDING. Moa Bursell: Can implicit bias be reduced through training? (Webinar)

Online seminar Can implicit bias be reduced through training? Individual and group-level effects among Swedish social workers Moa Bursell is postdoctoral researcher in sociology. Her research concerns im

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26 August, 2021

Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) among males and females: The mediating role of school performance

SSM - Population Health, Volume 15, 2021 AbstractMental health problems are associated with a greater risk of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) during young adulthood. Yet evidence

Type of publication: Journal articles | Plenty, Stephanie , ; Charlotta Magnusson; Sara Brolin Låftman
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19 February, 2025

Does educational attainment matter forattitudes toward immigrants in Chile? Assessingthe causality and generalizability of highereducation's so‐called “liberalizing effect” oneconomic and cultural threat

The British Journal of Sociology, vol. 75, issue 5 Abstract Despite a large literature consistently showing a relationship between higher levels of education and lower levels of ethnic prejudice, some pattaining

Type of publication: Journal articles | Velásquez, Paolo
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19 December, 2016

Torsten Persson: Who Becomes a Politician?

Torsten Persson is Professor of Economics at Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University. ABSTRACT Can a democracy attract competent leaders, while attaining broad representation?

Torsten Persson is Professor of Economics at Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University.
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09 June, 2017

Ellen Lust: CANCELLED

Ellen Lust, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Ellen Lust is the Founding Director of the Programs on Governance and Local Developmentat Yale University (est. 2013) and

Ellen Lust, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.
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12 December, 2017

Research seminar Ellen Lust: We Don’t Need No Education: Citizens, States and Development

Ellen Lust, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. ABSTRACT Conventional wisdom holds that citizens demand high quality service provision across all countries and sectors,

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19 March, 2021

Social capital and leaving the nest: Channels and housing tenures

i Social Networks, Volume 65 AbstractYoung adults in Europe sometimes have trouble moving away from their parents and obtaining a home of their own, which is considered an important step in the transit

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12 September, 2011

Dropping out in Scandinavia. Social Exclusion and Labour Market Attachment among Upper Secondary School Dropouts in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

Most researchers in the field are in agreement that a diploma from apprenticeship-based vocational training gives a smoother school-to-work transition than a diploma from school-based vocational train

Type of publication: Working papers | Olof Bäckman, Vibeke Jakobsen, Thomas Lorentzen, Eva Österbacka & Espen Dahl
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