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11 December, 2019

Postdoctoral researcher studying the psychological significance of online recommendations

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in a project that aims to empirically investigate the psychological impact of online recommendation systems.

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02 November, 2009

Studying mechanisms to strengthen causal inferences in quantitative research

Pp. 319 – 335 in J. M. Box-Steffensmeier, H. E. Brady and D. Collier (eds.) in The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Type of publication: Chapters | Peter Hedström
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23 June, 2022

Episodes of liberalization in autocracies: a new approach to quantitatively studying democratization

Political Science Research and Methods, 1-20 Abstract This paper introduces a new approach to the quantitative study of democratization. Building on the comparative case-study and large-N literature, it

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lindenfors, Patrik
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03 October, 2017

What can be understood, what can be compared, and what counts as context? Studying lawmaking in world history

In: Arne Jarrick, Janken Myrdal, Maria Wallenberg-Bondesson (eds.). Methods in world history. A critical approach. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. Methods in World Historyis the first international volume

Type of publication: Chapters | Wallenberg Bondesson, Maria
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06 September, 2019

Staffan I. Lindberg: V-Dem, the Third Wave of Autocratization, and Studying It using New Methods

Staffan I. Lindberg, Director, V-Dem Institute, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of GothenburgPrincipal Investigator, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), Wallenberg Academy Fellow, ERC Consolidator Grant

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05 May, 2023

The Future of Work: Augmentation or Stunting?

Philosophy & Technology 36 Abstract The last decade has seen significant improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including robotics, machine vision, speech recognition, and text ge

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Furendal, Markus
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19 February, 2020
Why we need research on AI impact now. Pontus Strimling (introduction from Gustaf Arrhenius)

Why we need research on AI impact now. Pontus Strimling (introduction from Gustaf Arrhenius)

Artificial intelligence is already here and is changing society. But social science research on the impact of AI and which choises and ethical considerations societies will face due to developments in

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08 September, 2023
Pol Campos-Mercade

Pol Campos-Mercade

I use randomized controlled-trials (RCT), lab experiments, and theory to investigate issues related to education, health, and behavioral economics. I am especially interested in studying how incentive

Assistant Professor, Economics
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21 January, 2014

New method brings clarity to global economic and political change

Researchers at the Institute for Futures Studies and Uppsala University have developed a new method for studying complex social processes. The method makes it easy to discover dynamical patterns and re

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09 July, 2018

The essence of norms in Sicily – home of the Mafia

Social norms are the glue that holds society and people together. But how can we change poor, destructive norms? Giulia Andrighetto is using theory and experiments in her search for new knowledge. Amo

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