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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
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).
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
Tim Bartley: Popular understandings of labor and environmental problems in global supply chains
Perceptions of distant problems. Popular understandings of labor and environmental problems in global supply chains Tim Bartley is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm Univers
Institute staff lecture on Understanding Society
July 24 to 26 Essex university arrange Understanding Society Research Conference. Institute employee Kenisha Russell Jonsson gives a lecture with "Cohabitation or Marriage? The socioeconomic and famil
Vegard Skirbekk: Understanding the global transition to low fertility
Globally, women are having half as many children as they had just fifty years ago. Why have birth rates fallen, and how will low fertility affect our shared future? The vast majority of current resear
Understanding Rural Change – Demography as a Key to the Future
The aim of this paper is to exploit demographic change in rural areas as a means to forecast their possible economic and social futures. The peripheral rural areas of Europe will experience problems o
Understanding Political Climate Passivity in Sweden and the US
Many are concerned about climate change and inadequate climate policies. This project aims to figure out why most adults don't use their democratic opportunities to make an impact.
Nancy Cartwright: Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials
Nancy Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Durham and at the University of California, San Diego ABSTRACTRCTs are valuable tools whose use is spreading i
