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It' about class: Why children with immigrant parents have lower grades but higher ambitions
Previous research has shown that children of immigrant parents have worse grades in school than children with at least one parent born in Sweden. Yet, these children have higher ambitions with their edI
A march for science and research!
Alternative facts and fake news. These are phenomenons that March for Science wants to counteract. March for Science will be organized in 400 cities around the World on the 22nd of April, highligting th
The implications of learning across perceptually and strategically distinct situations
Synthese, 1-18. Abstract Game theory is a formal approach to behavior that focuses on the strategic aspect of situations. The game theoretic approach originates in economics but has been embraced by sch
Dunbar’s number deconstructed
Biology Letters 17: 20210158 Abstract A widespread and popular belief posits that humans possess a cognitive capacity that is limited to keeping track of and maintaining stable relationships with approxi
Modeling the Evolution of Creoles
Language Dynamics and Change, 5(1), 1-51. DOI: 10.1163/22105832-00501005 Abstract Various theories have been proposed regarding the origin of creole languages. Describing a process where only the end res

Emily Klancher Merchant: Challenging Overpopulation
Can we ethically achieve a sustainable population size? Answers to this question typically focus on the human rights abuses perpetrated by efforts to control the world’s populations in the twentieth a
Emily Klancher Merchant: Challenging Overpopulation
Place: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Emily Klancher Merchant, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis. Emily is anhistorian
Moral Skepticism and the Benacerraf Challenge
In: D. Machuca (ed.), “Moral Skepticism: New Essays”, London: Routledge. Moral skepticism is at present a vibrant topic of philosophical inquiry. This collection of original essays will advance the ong
Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope
I4R Discussion Paper 107 Abstract This study pushes our understanding of research reliability by reproducing and replicating claims from 110 papers in leading economic and political science journals. Th
Gambling with Death
Topoi, doi.org/10.1007/s11245-017-9519-z Abstract Orthodox expected utility theory imposes too stringent restrictions on what attitudes to risk one can rationally hold. Focusing on a life-and-death gambl