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Resisting assimilation – ethnic boundary maintenance among Jews in Sweden
in: Distinktion: Journal of Social TheoryAbstractThis article evaluates Andreas Wimmer’s theory of ethnic boundary making by applying it to the maintenance of Jewish ethnic identification in Sweden, a
Revisiting the Cavity-method Threshold for Random 3-SAT
Journal Version Physical Review E 99 Abstract A detailed Monte Carlo study of the satisfiability threshold for random 3-SAT has been undertaken. In combination with a monotonicity assumption we find tha
What's (not) underpinning ambivalent sexism?: Revisiting the roles of ideology, religiosity, personality, demographics, and men's facial hair in explaining hostile and benevolent sexism
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume: 122, pp. 29-37. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.001 Abstract Ambivalent sexism is a two-dimensional framework that assesses sexist and misogynous attitudes

Labour market policies against the odds? Job finding among participants in ESF projects in comparison with the Public Employment Service
Research report 2014/1, 115 p. The European Social Fund (ESF) has complemented the Swedish Employment Service’s work assisting job seekers in finding new jobs, by financing projects specifically design
Gender Differences in Resistance to Schooling: The Role of Dynamic Peer-Influence and Selection Processes
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Volume 46, Issue 12, pp 2421–2445. Abstract Boys engage in notably higher levels of resistance to schooling than girls. While scholars argue that peer processes contrib
When trusting the state is not enough: broader institutional trust and public support for energy transition policies
Environmental Sociology Abstract Existing research shows that public attitudes toward climate policies reflect political trust. Support for some policies may reflect not only trust in the state and its

Kari Andén-Papadopoulos
I am a Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Media Studies, Stockholm university. My research broadly concerns the role of news and documentary images and image practices i
Radicalization Processes and Deradicalization: From Sweden to the Jihadi Groups in Syria
So far, we know quite little about Islamic radicalization in the West. What previous studies have not focused on is that radicalization does not always end with an individual acting on his or her conv
Gender Essentialism in Cross-National Perspective
Karin Halldén, Stockholm University The “gender revolution” is a half-century old, yet gender inequality and segregation remain more resistant to change than many forms of racial and class inequality. W
Poverty trends during two recessions and two recoveries: Lessons from Sweden 1991—2013
IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5:3. DOI 10.1186/s40174-016-0051-8. Abstract We study cross-sectional and long-term poverty in Sweden over a period spanning two recessions, and discuss changes in th