Evaluated by a robot. An experimental-ethnographic study of the automation of the recruitment process in a Swedish municipality

In a unique project the researchers will study the differences between an AI-based interview robot's and human recruiters' evaluations of jobseekers in a Swedish municipality during a year.

Urban Studies, DOI: 10.1177/0042098012458549 This paper provides evidence of segregation-generated differences in political recruitment. Focusing on social-geographical differentiation in the urban lan

Working  Paper 2009 no. 21 The chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad has expanded through international partnering websites, increasing international marriage migration. This paper explores

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 13(3), 410-434. Abstract This study explains the conditions under which new venture boards are less or more culturally diverse in terms of their directors' country of b

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1368430215583519. Abstract Recent studies have found disapproval of peer punishment of norm violations. This seems puzzling, given the potential benefits peer

Politics & Policy 50(1): 59–76. Abstract The article analyzes the commissioning and production of expert reports about Swedish health care management and governance. We show that these reports are r

Is it possible to reduce individual implicit bias in organizational settings?

A study of social assistance officers Implicit bias reduction is a popular form of antibias training when organizations engage their employees in diversity training. It remains popular, despite limite

Can ethnic implicit bias affect how public officials at social security offices assess applications for income support and if so, can these attitudes be changed or controlled across time?

Moa Bursell is postdoctoral researcher in sociology. Her research concerns implicit prejudice, ethnic inclusion, exclusion and boundary making in the labor market and in welfare services. Full title: Is

Postdoc to do research on social norm change

Norms can be a driver for change, so in order to understand how our societies will develop over time it is important to understand how norms form and change. We are now searching for a postdoc with extra interest in studying this with us at the Institute for Futures Studies!