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Jakob Sverre Løvstad CTO, Seema 23 April 2025 I think I should start by pointing out that stereotypes are a consequence of our highly necessary habit of categorising each other as people. Even though the term stereotypes is often used in a negative sense in today's society, from a purely psychological point of view it is only an association with groups...

Jakob Sverre Løvstad CTO, Seema 16 April 2025 Today's programme in the series "Snippets from Social Psychology" (TM) is about Social Dominance Theory (SDT), an idea with associated empirical evidence that first saw the light of day in 1992 under the auspices of psychology researchers Jim Sidanius, Erik Devereux, and Felicia Pratto. The very basic observation here is that people...

Jakob Sverre Løvstad CTO, Seema 9 April 2025 I'll allow myself a little tabloid joke in the headline here, but let me also say that the research here is solid despite the light-hearted language. To take the main scientific finding first: It turns out that when we humans are exposed to the risk of infection and disease, we...

Jakob Sverre Løvstad CTO, Seema 2 April 2025 In all humility, I would argue that it is almost impossible to talk about diversity in any meaningful way without understanding at least the basics of Social Identity Theory (SI). SI came about when Henry Tajfel published his first article in 1959, and later...

Manav Rihel Kumar CEO, Seema 6 March 2025 DEI built on a dubious foundation becomes an easy target. This is an opportunity to get things right. We have been following the DEI-movement for two decades. Even though our expertise comes from the Nordic context, we have always glanced at other countries to understand the DEI...

Jakob Sverre Løvstad CTO Seema 26 March 2025 Let me start by saying that this article is part of an ambition to write a little more about facets of the diversity profession that people out there may find interesting. As we at Seema constantly point out, it's a comprehensive subject. And there is a lot...