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Do we need dual-process theory to understand implicit bias? A study of the nature of implicit bias against Muslims
in: Poetics AbstractPsychological dual-process theory has become increasingly popular among sociologists. The dual-process framework accounts for two types of thinking; a fast, associative, automatic o
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
Hedonism, Desirability and the Incompleteness Objection
Thought, doi.org/10.1002/tht3.410 Abstract Hedonism claims that all and only pleasure is intrinsically good. One worry about Hedonism focuses on the “only” part: Are there not things other than pleasure
Christian Rostbøll: Why Struggles for Recognition Can Harm Democracy: On Populism, Respect, and Esteem
Venue:Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Christian Rostbøll, professor of political theory at the University of Copenhagen. Register here > AbstractIt (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Existential risk to humanity
Existential risks are those risks that threaten the entire future of humanity - not just the present generation, but all future generations. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human extincti
Research seminars
The Institute regularly organizes research seminars that are primarily aimed at researchers, although other participants are also very welcome. The seminars will be held in English unless all partici
Understanding and exploiting information spreading and integrating information technologies
2011. Journal of Computer Science and Technology 26: 829-836. AbstractOur daily life leaves an increasing amount of digital traces, footprints that are improving our lives. Data-mining tools, like recomm
Cultural systems
The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution, red. Jamshid J. Tehrani et al. Abstract Many cultural phenomena cannot be understood by studying traits in isolation. Instead, they are embedded in webs of rel
The societal impact of new technologies
In order to meet global challenges such as poverty and climate change, we depend on technological innovations. We have already become increasingly embedded in a technological ecosystem that have significant effects on our everyday lives. But even small mistakes in how new technologies are being introduced, can cause negative impacts on our societies. In this theme we try to understand this process.
How and why do we discriminate?
At last Friday’s research seminarKatrin Ausprung from the Department of History and Sociology at Konstanz University in Germany came to talk to us about her reserach on discrimination in housing marke
