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The impact of women’s and men’s careers on the family and children
Research project and specific questionsDespite significant progress in the last decades, substantial gender gaps in the labor market remain, with women being underrepresented in hi...
Long-term outcomes of alternative sanctions for youths in conflict with the law: the influence of individual resources and social context
Penal responses to criminal behaviour among youths are issues frequently put in the limelight.Yet, research on the most common sanctions imposed on this group is relatively scarce,...
What, when and where to eat? - Links between harbour porpoises and their prey provides knowledge for improved marine management
In 2020, Sweden was criticized by the European Commission for failing to comply with obligations under EU law to protect the threatened harbour porpoise.Efficient conservation acti...
Freedom of choice: using natural foraging behaviour to promote health and welfare in commercial pig production
Pigs forage to meet their nutrient requirements but also because exploring and searching for food is rewarding in itself. However, intensively farmed pigs have little opportunity t...
Where are we heading? Operationalization, incentivizing and follow-up in Swedish national climate adaption governance
As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, adapting to climate change is becoming increasingly urgent.Yet, scientific evidence and policy-evaluations show that the curren...
NATURE-INSPIRED PROPHYLACTIC LUBRICANTS AGAINST HIV-1 AND HSV-2
Currently, there are no vaccines against HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and HSV (herpes simplex virus) infections. Condom, when used properly, are the most effective means of p...
Slavery, Abolition and Archipelagic Connections in the Swedish Caribbean
Surveys and datasets of the trans-Atlantic slave trade do not include Swedish slave trade and colonial history.Yet, when Sweden acquired the Antillean island Saint Barthélemy in 17...
Functional chemical reprogramming of cancer cells to induce antitumor immunity
THE CHALLENGE: Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment but most patients do not respond due to immune evasion mechanisms, including heterogeneity and lack of tumor antige...
The Future of Agrarian Mountain Livelihoods (FAML): Youth Aspirations and Irrigation Modernisation in Nepal
Sustainable and efficient irrigation for increased agricultural productivity is considered crucial to global food security.However, these agendas often prioritize technocratic and...
Per and polyfluorated substances and the risk of infections
Access to safe drinking water is a necessity for health and a human right.Per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) is a group of persistent environmental chemical contaminants that are wide...
The temporal architecture of imitative interaction during the first three months of life
How we understand newborn children’s social capacity is central to our understanding of how the mind develops.The ability of the newborn child to imitate is one early capacity that...
Equine coronavirus - an emerging threat in Swedish horses?
Coronaviruses cause severe disease in both humans and animals, but in spite of being so important animal pathogens, there are still many questions remaining to be answered. Coronav...
An ethical infrastructure to reduce the risk of workplace bullying: The importance of psychosocial safety, justice and conflict management linked to group identification, bystanders and personality
Research problem and specific questionsThe proposed research project focuses on workplace bullying, a detrimental phenomenon that affects hundreds of thousands Swedish employees.Th...
Dysphagia evaluation after stroke – a randomized controlled trial of oral neuromuscular training on swallowing dysfunction (DESIRE)
This multicenter randomized control trial aims to investigate the effect of oral neuromuscular training with a novel oral device on dysphagia in patients with stroke.Evidence-based...
Can we trust health economic evaluations of new pharmaceuticals? Examining the impact of the researcher’s degrees of freedom using a many-analysts approach
Research problem and specific questionsHealth economic evaluations of pharmaceutical drug treatments (pharmacoeconomic evaluations)—the formal modeling and comparison of benefits a...
A self-management program to prevent falls in people with multiple sclerosis - a randomized controlled trial
Research problem and specific questionsFalls among people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) are common and lead to fear of falling, injuries, impaired health and high societal costs....
At the Heart of Men: Myocardial infarction, Masculinity, and Lifestyle
Research problem and specific questionsThis project aims to analyse how plural and intersectional masculinities (age, class, ethnicity) covary with myocardial infarction (MI), and...
Can work-related exposures during life explain the increasing social gradient in cardiovascular disease?
Research problem and specific questionsDespite the overall decrease in cardiovascular (CV) mortality there is, especially among women, an increasing social gradient in Sweden. The...
THE IMPACT OF MILD MATERNAL NUTRITION DEFICIENCY IN THE FETAL BRAIN - THE SWIDDICH STUDY
Cognitive and behavioural problems are common in children and early nutrition is a causal factor.Our data infer that mild iodine and selenium deficiency is prevalent in Swedish pre...
How does the increased unemployment insurance affect job search, reallocation and integration?
Research problem and specific questionsDespite a long-standing literature on the relationship between Unemployment Insurance (UI) design and unemployment length, there is still com...