Research at CSS
Research at CSS aims to deepen & develop the current knowledge on how interaction between people can be made more sustainable. As a meeting point for interdisciplinary science in different research areas, we encourage researchers to approach the concept of social sustainability from a wider and interdisciplinary perspective, while bringing in their respective perspective and discipline expertise.
CSS Research Projects
Here are some examples of ongoing and planned research projects conducted within the framework of the CSS or in collaborations with other research centers:
- Compassionate mind training (CMT)
- Stress management, burn out and exhaustion
- Mind, body medicine and care
- Cultural activities and health
- Flow and performance evaluations
- Sonification and health
- Nature related activities 鈥 Outdoor work
- Trustworthy AI
- Consciousness and psychedelics
- A sustainable KI Community - SKICOM
Some publications from CSS
Journal articles
Crosta Ahlform, Bojner Horwitz, Osika W. Scand J of Primary Health Care. 2017; 20.
Writers Block revisited 鈥 A micro-phenomenological case study on the blocking influence of an internalized voice. Bojner Horwitz E, Stenfors C, Osika W. J of Consciousness Studies. 2017.
R氓dmark L, Magnusson Hanson LL, Bojner Horwitz E, Osika W. PLoS One. 2017 Sep 15;12(9):e0184635. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184635. eCollection 2017.
Grape Viding T, Osika W, Bojner Horwitz E. J of Nursing and Care. 2017; 6:5.
Bojner Horwitz E, Huss E. J of Applied Arts and Health 2017
Bojner Horwitz E, Grape Viding C, Rydwik E, Huss E. Int J of Qual Studies on Health and well-being. 2017; 12(1): 1333898. Published online 2017 Jun 13. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2017.1333898 PMCID: PMC5510211
Lennartsson A-K, Bojner Horwitz E, Theorell T, Ull茅n F. Creativity Research Journal 2016; 29:1, 29-36.
Stenfors CU, Hanson LM, Theorell T, Osika WS. Front Psychol. 2016 Oct 5;7:1536.
Grossi G, Perski A, Osika W, Savic I. Scand J Psychol. 2015 Dec;56(6):626-36. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12251.
Bojner Horwitz E, Lennartsson AK, Theorell TP, Ull茅n F. Front Psychol. 2015 Jul 31;6:1096. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01096. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26284016
Hiyoshi A, Udumyan R, Osika W, Bihagen E, Fall K, Montgomery S. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jun;134:43-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.057.
Christina Grape Viding, Walter Osika, T枚res Theorell, Jan Kowalski, John Hallqvist and Eva Bojner Horwitz. BJMP 2015;8(2):a813
Grossi G, Jeding K, S枚derstr枚m M, Osika W, Levander M, Perski A. Nord J Psychiatry. 2015 May;69(4):292-9. doi: 10.3109/08039488.2014.973442.
Golkar A, Johansson E, Kasahara M, Osika W, Perski A, Savic I. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 3;9(9):e104550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104550.
Montgomery S, Udumyan R, Magnuson A, Osika W, Sundin PO, Blane D. BMJ Open. 2013 Jul 11;3(7). pii: e003031. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003031.
Theorell T, Osika W, Leineweber C, Magnusson Hanson LL, Bojner Horwitz E, Westerlund H. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2013 Apr;86(3):281-8. doi: 10.1007/s00420-012-0762-8.
Bojner Horwitz E, Stenfors C, Osika W. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 32(1), 2013, pp. 16-26.
Books and book chapters
Humanizing the working environment in health care through music and movement 鈥 The importance of embodied leadership. In 鈥淢usic and Public Health鈥. Bojner Horwitz E. Ed. Lars Ole Bonde. Springer Books 2017.
Similarities, disparities, and synergies with other complex interventions 鈥 stress as a common pathway. In: Nature and Public Health - The Role of Nature in Improving the Health of a Population. Stenfors C, Bojner Horwitz E, Theorell T, Osika W. Ed. Matilda van den Bosch. Oxford University Press, 2017. In Press.
Culture and public health activities in Sweden and Norway. Theorell T, Skjei Knudtsen M, Bojner Horwitz E, Wikstr枚m BM. In Handbook of Culture and Health. Part 2, Chapter 21:171-177. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Fr枚ding B, Osika W. Brief communication, monography. 2015. SpringerBrief, Springer International Publishing AG.
(NoK 2013)
(Studentlitteratur 2013)
(Gothia 2014)
Evidensbaserad elevh盲lsov氓rd (Studentlitteratur 2014)
Temanummer Socialmedicinsk tidskrift
International publications
Crockett et al., (2015),
Abstract
An aversion to harming others is a core component of human morality and is disturbed in anti- social behavior. Deficient harm aversion may underlie instrumental and reactive aggression, which both feature in psychopathy . Past work has highlighted monoaminergic influences on aggression, but a mechanistic account of how monoamines regulate antisocial motives remains elusive. We previously observed that most people show a greater aversion to inflicting pain on others than themselves. Here, we investigated whether this hyperaltruistic disposition is susceptible to monoaminergic control. We observed dissociable effects of the serotonin re-uptake inhibitor citalopram and the dopamine precursor levodopa on decisions to inflict pain on oneself and others for financial gain. Computational models of choice behavior showed that citalopram increased harm aversion for both self and others, while levodopa reduced hyperaltruism. The effects of citalopram were stronger than those of levodopa. Crucially, neither drug influenced the physical perception of pain or other components of choice such as motor impulsivity or loss aversion, suggesting a direct and specific influence of serotonin and dopamine on the valuation of harm. We also found evidence for dose dependency of these effects. Finally, the drugs had dissociable effects on response times, with citalopram enhancing behavioral inhibition and levodopa reducing slowing related to being responsible for another鈥檚 fate. These distinct roles of serotonin and dopamine in modulating moral behavior have implications for potential treatments of social dysfunction that is a common feature as well as a risk factor for many psychiatric disorders.