Category: Social Policy

Kriminologen Henrik Tham diskuterar konsekvenser av den svenska narkotikapolitiken

19 January, 2022

I DN Debatt (4/1) argumenterar Henrik Tham, professor emeritus i kriminologi vid Stockholms universitet och redaktör för antologin Retreat or Entrenchment? Drug Policies in the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads för en reträtt från den svenska förbudslinjen mot knark. Regeringen måste nu tillsätta den utredning för utvärdering av narkotikapolitiken som en enig riksdag begärt, anser … More Kriminologen Henrik Tham diskuterar konsekvenser av den svenska narkotikapolitiken

What became of Stockholm’s children of 1953 in later life? #oabooks #OA

25 February, 2019

George Miller talks to Sten-Åke Stenberg in the podcast The hedgehog & the fox, about the monograph Born in 1953: The story about a post-war Swedish cohort. ‘Sweden was a country in which everything seemed to be changing for the better, a country on its way to becoming modern.’ (Sten-Åke Stenberg)     “This is … More What became of Stockholm’s children of 1953 in later life? #oabooks #OA

New book from Stockholm University Press: Born in 1953: The story about a post-war Swedish cohort, and a longitudinal research project, by Sten-Åke Stenberg #newbook #oabooks

29 November, 2018

A dramatic history of a sociological study – Project Metropolitan At the beginning of the 1960s, Swedish researchers started a sociological study of all children born in Stockholm in 1953, Project Metropolitan. This monograph describes the project’s at times dramatic history, where issues of personal integrity and the role of social sciences were heavily debated. These … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Born in 1953: The story about a post-war Swedish cohort, and a longitudinal research project, by Sten-Åke Stenberg #newbook #oabooks