Sociology

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Clash between employees and management when the Swedish Public Employment Service changed philosophy

The Swedish Public Employment Service was to become a modern public authority and wanted to introduce a new way of managing the organisation. Now researchers from Linköping University have examined what really happened.

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Extreme earners are not extremely smart

People with higher incomes also score higher on IQ-tests – up to a point. At high incomes the relationship plateaus and the top 1% score even slightly lower on the test than those whose incomes rank right below them, shows a new study from LiU.

Schools’ intake segregates students

Various intake rules for upper secondary schools affect segregation among students. The effect is less than from other factors, but still clear. This is the conclusion of a new study written by researchers at Linköping University.

Adel Daoud charts the poverty in Africa

Can it be true: a researcher specialising in poverty elected to the Young Academy of Sweden? What about a social scientist who is also an expert in computer science, straddling the boundary between scientific disciplines? Why not? Meet Adel Daoud.

From left Benjamin Jarvis, Károly Takács and Laura Fürsich.

Gossip helps us work together better

Many associate gossip with malicious rumours. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When it comes to workplaces, gossip is actually something that can help us work together.

Universal basic income can improve mental health

Can a universal basic income be an alternate to benefits for people who have been long unemployed? A new report from Linköping University has examined for official bodies in Östergötland whether such a solution is worth testing.

Distance and timing are factors insegregation

How does segregation arise? When does it arise? A thesis shows that the timing, geographical vicinity and the influence of others are all significant when areas become segregated. The size of the areas also affects the result.

How networks reduce gender segregation

The social science literature has long viewed homophily and network-based job recruitments as crucial drivers of segregation, but researchers at Linköping University and ESADE, Ramon Llull University show that this view must be revised.

OECD countries’ politicians follow each other

The more democratic a country is, the greater the probability that its politicians decide in the same way as in neighbouring countries, without further analysis, according to a study on decision-making during the beginning of the Corona crisis.

Machine learning will improve knowledge of inequalities in society

Researchers at the Institute for Analytical Sociology have been awarded SEK 13 million to use machine learning to provide in-depth knowledge about inequalities in society. “The Swedish population registers are a gold mine”, says Maria Brandén.

Big city growth escalates the urban-rural divide

Microdata from Swedish population registers provide new insights into cities' economic growth paths. The data reveal a surge in regional inequality, with more and more resources flowing to cities atop the urban hierarchy.

Regime oppression brings Hungarian researcher to LiU

Restrictions on academic freedom in Hungary have become so serious that researcher Károly Takács has moved from Budapest to Norrköping and LiU. He brings with him his family and a large part of his research group.

Cause and effect in the transformation of ecosystems

How can we distinguish between cause and effect when changes take place in a ecosystem? Can new methods give a more accurate picture of the interaction between society and the natural world? These are important questions for a new research programme.

Cities’ attraction of talent escalates the regional divide.

Big cities feed on their hinterlands

Researchers at LiU call into question an influential theory of the self-reinforcing dynamics of urban growth.

Two new projects on segregation

What role do bridges, roads and parks have for the segregation in a city? And is it possible to create a computer model of a whole housing market? Those are two main questions in two new research projects at IAS.

Ethnicity, nationality, and social class on company boards

Ethnicity, nationality, and class affiliation are areas that have not been researched as regards the composition of management in new companies. Researchers at Linköping University and Kristianstad University are going to change that.

Xenophobia a trait of Sweden Democrat voters

Sweden Democrat voters are more xenophobic and intolerant than other voters, according to a study by four Linköping University researchers.

In the suburbs, Big Brother is watching you

Video surveillance and walls that stop people from socialising in the streets. This is reality for the residents of suburbs that are upgraded. People who have been tasked to improve these suburbs see them through their own filter of suspicion.

Getting out of a crisis by hitting the gas and the brakes at the same time

Crises in businesses are normally met with cost savings and cutbacks. But to invest in new paths of development in parallel is one way of beating the crisis, a case study from Helix at Linköping University shows.

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