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The Connection Between Moral Positions and Moral Arguments Drives Opinion Change
Nature Human Behavior Abstract Liberals and conservatives often take opposing positions on moral issues. But what makes a moral position liberal or conservative? Why does public opinion tend to become m
Calls for 2 PhD positions in a research program on partnerships for sustainable development
Calls for 2 PhD positions in a new research program Transformative Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Assessing synergies, effectiveness and legitimacy of United Nations Multi-stakeholder Partne.

Liberal Nationalism - What is it? Why do we need it? Gustaf Arrhenius and David Miller
Liberalism and nationalism are in many ways contradictory positions. The ideals of open borders, free movement of people, goods and services, cosmopolitanism and internationalism that are associated w

Liberal Nationalism - What is it? Why do we need it? Gustaf Arrhenius and David Miller
Liberalism and nationalism are in many ways contradictory positions. The ideals of open borders, free movement of people, goods and services, cosmopolitanism and internationalism that are associated w
Group differences in broadness of values may drive dynamics of public opinion on moral issues
Mathematical Social Sciences, 77, 1-8. Abstract Here we propose the idea that the success of an argument in favor of an issue position should depend on whether the argument resonates with the audience’s
Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals
“Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals”, Politics & Policy Vol 44 (1), 2016, pp 56-73. This paper focuses on a specific category of political actors – “pol
Completed: Predictions of changes in opinion on moral issues – a cross-cultural test on a new theory
Today, moral questions tend to become more important to voters in many countries. Is it possible to understand - and predict - how the public opinion changes on moral issues?
The need for nuance in the null hypothesis significance testing debate
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 77 (2017), 4, p. 616-630. Abstract Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) provides an important statistical toolbox, but there are a number of ways i
Anca Gheaus: Feminism, basic income and equal opportunities
Anca Gheaus, Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Department of law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra ABSTRACTFeminists have always been divided about the desirability of a basic income. It is likely that a basic i
Research Assistant
We are looking for a research assistant for the project “Consequences of poverty”. The position requires good knowledge of Swedish. See the announcement (in Swedish).