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How many refugees can the Swedish welfare state handle?
The past year the influx of refugees has been the topic of many discussions. How will these newcomers affect the people who already live in Sweden? How will they affect the economy, the labour market,
The bias of adapted patients in practice
Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 8 issue 2 Abstract Current patients seem to be subject to certain biases when it comes to the report of their utility. Eyal’s proposal is to calibrate current pa
Success factors for effective labour market projects
Success factors for effective labour market projects. A comparative study of fifteen Social Fund financed projects.Research report 2014/7, 96 p. For decades, the Swedish municipalities have had a major
How policy creates politics. Policy feedback in contemporary democracies
Why do political actors find it increasingly difficult to design effective policies and address pressing social problems. This project tries to find the answer in changes of the policy feedback mechanisms by using longitudinal datasets from 30 countries.
David Miller: Boundaries, Democracy and Territory
Professor David Miller, Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. ABSTRACT The paper I will be presenting asks the general question ‘What boundaries between political units ought there to be?’ Reje
Completed: Algorithms in public decision-making. Social construction in change
How can we ensure the transparency required in a democracy and still make us of new AI technology in the public sector?
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-presidential candidate JD Vance seem to think so. But Karim Jebari disagrees. In the p, he explains why we don't need to worry so much.
Homophily and Insularity Dynamics in an Echo Chambers: Computational Models for the Study of the Conspiracy Subculture in Facebook
Social Indicators Research Abstract The research focuses on developing a computational model (agent-based) to describe and analyse the structure and evolution of a conspiracy bubble within Facebook. Thedescriptiveexperimental
Carina Gunnarson: Crossing boundaries - Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden
Carina Gunnarsonsresearch has primarily focused on social trust, and how this can be promoted in difficult environments through school and civil society. Empirically, her research is about the fight a
Lena Wängnerud: Why Women’s Political Representation affect Levels of Corruption. Trends in Bribery and Public Service Delivery Across European Regions
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Lena Wängnerud, Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Her work involves t
