descriptivism
Stina Björkholm
My research interests broadly concern evaluative and normative aspects of linguistic communication. I defended my PhD thesis The Duality of Moral Language: On Hybrid Theories in Metaethicsat Stockholm U
Injunctive Versus Functional Inferences From Descriptive Norms Comment on Gelfand and Harrington
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 0022022115605387. Abstract Cialdini has argued that whereas injunctive norms motivate behavior by their promise of social sanctions, descriptive norms motivate beha
Increased Gun Violence Among Young Males in Sweden: a Descriptive National Survey and International Comparison.
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, pp. 1-14, doi.org/10.1007/s10610-018-9387-0 Abstract This population-based time-trend study examines gun violence rates among males in Sweden during the
Increased Gun Violence Among Young Males in Sweden: A Descriptive National Survey and International Comparison
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 25(4): 365-378 Abstract This population-based time-trend study examines gun violence rates among males in Sweden during the years 1996 to 2015 and compar
Defining Social Housing: A Discussion on the Suitable Criteria
Housing, Theory and Society 36(2): 149–166. doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1459826. Abstract The term social housing has been characterized as a “floating signifier”, i.e. a term with no agreed-upon meanin
The Complexity of Mental Integer Addition
in: Journal of Numerical Cognition, Volume 6 (1). AbstractAn important paradigm in modeling the complexity of mathematical tasks relies on computational complexity theory, in which complexity is measur
Completed: Future health - digital transformation
Swedish health care delivers good outcomes for specialized diagnoses, but are experiencing problems when it comes to the easiest and the toughest cases. Patients with the easiest problems have difficu
Environmentalism around the globe. An introduction to the 2020 ISSP environment module and selected country-level findings
International Journal of Sociology Abstract Environmental problems such as climate change, air and water pollution, and biodiversity loss affect humans globally. The International Social Survey Programm
Attitudes Toward Migration and Migrants in Sweden During Years of Escalating Gang Crime
How has the public debate on crime influenced general opinion regarding views on migration and migrants in Sweden? The project aims to result in policy-relevant insights to be presented in 2025.
The Naturalistic Fallacy Intuition
Kimmo Eriksson, Mälardalen University According to social intuitionist research, moral (or “injunctive”) norms are often not rationally motivated. Where do these norms come from then? We propose that o
