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Acta Sociologica is the international general interest journal of the Nordic Sociological Association and has published research from all areas of sociology since 1955. journals.sagepub.com/home/asj

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hi, it's been a while 👋 Since getting back from summer break, we have been extremely busy here at Acta HQ preparing a new special issue and editing many great new contributions (among other things). So in the coming weeks we'll share some of the great stuff we've published since the summer!
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Absolutely love clever stuff like this.
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Jan Lorenz @janlo.de · 24/01/2025
Cool idea to study Crowd Wisdom aggregation!
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Steffen Pötzschke @stpoetzschke.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is excellent and highly relevant work! Thank you for alerting me to the article, @deutschmann.bsky.social
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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is fascinating. Perhaps crowds do have wisdom after all. As long as you find the right crowd.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is fascinating! It's also kind of funny that if you did it right now in the US, when the percent of the population which is foreign-born is roughly 15%, it would exclude correct answers.
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Thomas Stollenwerk @stollenwerk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Spannend. Verläuft das neue sozio-politische cleavage zwischen Gründ und Rechtsaußen? @unileipzig.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Voting green or right-wing populist: Ideological poles of a new cleavage? - Clara Dilger, 2025
With the emergence of the two newest party families, Green and right-wing populist (RWP) parties, the assumption rose that these parties can be considered the t...
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www.popnad.com @popnad.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🍺: New article: Scientification of politics or politicisation of science? Parliamentary committee hearings on the Finnish alcohol policy reforms in 1994 and 2017 as epistemic work journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Scientification of politics or politicisation of science? Parliamentary committee hearings on the Finnish alcohol policy reforms in 1994 and 2017 as epistemic work - Anu Katainen, Jukka Syväterä, Jose...
The study examined how alcohol policy stakeholders use research evidence to influence legislation and how the role of evidence and scientific expertise has chan...
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Anders Vassenden @andersvassenden.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
New here. Starting with most recent pub. On elites who portray ordariness in cross-status interaction. More widespread transnationally than we tend to assume + endless value in Goffman's work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This is a really thoughtful and provocative piece. Well worth a read!
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I think of this paper often... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
“Unless I could be like the typical dad”: Exploring parenthood through the perspective of the voluntarily childfree
Sunna Símonardóttir 
Volume 67, Issue 4
https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993241260608

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Fertility rates have significantly declined in advanced, industrialized nations. The factors contributing to these swift demographic changes are diverse, but it is evident that women are opting for fewer children, delaying childbirth, and a growing number of individuals are choosing not to have children. Most studies on voluntary childlessness depict it as a growing phenomenon in Western societies and predict that the voluntary childless population will continue to increase. To explore this trend, examining individuals’ and couples’ fertility choices within the context of evolving parenting culture proves insightful. This study explores the concept of modern parenthood by interviewing 12 Icelandic voluntarily childfree individuals and five couples by examining the decision-making process associated with choosing not to have a child and exploring its connection to prevailing parenting norms. The Icelandic context provides an interesting research backdrop, given its emphasis on gender equality, diverse family structures, and policies that support both parents’ participation in work and childcare. The results indicate that women perceive the role of motherhood as mentally and emotionally draining, complex, and requiring significant personal sacrifices. This suggests that narratives of intensive mothering can directly influence and inform decisions on fertility in the Icelandic context where becoming a parent is seen as a choice, which can even stand in the way of personal fulfilment and autonomy. While the interviewees acknowledge the unequal responsibilities and duties of mothers and fathers, they do not question the individualism and intensity that characterize modern parenthood.
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Netzwerk Fluchtforschung @fluchtforschung.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Recent publication by #NetzwerkFluchtforschung member Oliver Winkler with Anne-Kathrin Carwehl on „Institutional Conditions and Acquisition of Destination Language Skills Among Young Refugees: Investigating the German Context“ published in the Acta Sociologica. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Björn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I talk about the effect of algorithmic work in my paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social bjrnwikstrm.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
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The Age of No Resistance: Palliation, Friction Reduction, and the Structural Erosion of Social Integration
Accepted manuscript
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Björn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
philpapers.org/rec/WIKTAO-2 the article can be read at ⬆️
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Björn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
my article is now live journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @actasociologica.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com @sagepub.com #sociology #research #article
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The age of no resistance: Palliation, friction reduction, and the structural erosion of social integration - Björn Wikström, 2026
This article advances a structural sociological diagnosis of contemporary late-modern societies as organized around the systematic reduction of friction. Across...
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Björn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I strongly believe that ai and the automation era turns the users to a form of slaves: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #actasociologica #mindofpeople #mentalhealth #ai @actasociologica.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com #sociologyofai
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The age of no resistance: Palliation, friction reduction, and the structural erosion of social integration - Björn Wikström, 2026
This article advances a structural sociological diagnosis of contemporary late-modern societies as organized around the systematic reduction of friction. Across...
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Björn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My #sociology article, published yesterday in *Acta Sociologica*, is now freely available to read. It explores what happens when societies increasingly remove #friction and #resistance and why those " #obstacles " may be more important than we think. journals.sagepub.com/share/Z45563...
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Björn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My accepted manuscript for Acta Sociologica is free to read in full: The Age of No Resistance. On why removing friction — in care, platforms, work — doesn't liberate us, it just moves the regulatory burden inward. bjrnwikstrm.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
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Anna Zamberlan @zamberlanna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Alisia Bauer and I ran a cross-national survey experiment to test whether name-based status and gender cues actually work as intended, and what else rides along with them—especially age and ethnicity. Results are now out in @actasociologica.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Now in the most recent issue of @actasociologica.bsky.social: Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With @marayerkes.bsky.social, @jstrigen.bsky.social and Lovisa Backman @sofi.su.se @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy - Rense Nieuwenhuis, Mara A Yerkes, Lovisa Backman, Jakob Strigén, 2026
Policy reform evaluations are an important source of knowledge regarding the (in)effectiveness of policies and have become increasingly influential in informing...
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Jonas Toubøl @touboel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🏆 We gave out a prize to the best paper published by @actasociologica.bsky.social in 2025. The winning study of online incel communities emotional rituals is a truly capturing read and at the same time a highly innovative piece of work contributing to sociology both in terms of theory and methods 👇
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
BEST PAPER AWARD 2025 💫 🎉 Congratulations to the winners of our first ever annual Best Paper Award: 🎉 PATRIK KALLIO and ANTON TÖRNBERG 🎉 For their article "Rituals of Resentment: How dark emotional energy fuels incel identity and solidarity" 🌐 Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Best Paper Award 2025

The editors of Acta Sociologica are proud to announce the winners of our first ever annual Best Paper Award:

Patrik Kallio and Anton Törnberg

for their article

Rituals of Resentment: How dark emotional energy fuels the incel identity and solidarity”

published Acta Sociologica vol. 68, issue 3 (2025).

Congratulations 🎉

The article was chosen by a committee consisting of members of the editorial board after nomination by the editors.

In their recommendation the committee writes that the article is “highly interesting, well written, and deeply engaging. It makes a clear and compelling link to theory, while also standing out for its innovative use of data and methods. Given how difficult this field is to break into, the paper’s achievements are especially impressive. Above all, the committee was persuaded by its clear theoretical contribution, particularly the concept of ‘dark emotional energy’.”

The article is free to read online in perpetuity courtesy of Sage.
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
DID YOU SEE? 👀 Gabe M. Maayan, Kristen Bestavros, and Wesley J. Wildman, "Woke/anti-woke dynamics in Norway, 2014–2023" 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Say hi to our new Editorial Board members 👋 Lena Näre, Uni. of Helsinki Ioana Sendroiu, Uni. of Hong Kong Laura K. Nelson, Uni. of British Columbia Till Hilmar, Vienna Uni. Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, VIVE Hans-Peter Y. Qvist, Aalborg Uni. Mitchell Dean, Copenhagen Business School
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Say hi to our new Editorial Board members 👋 Lena Näre, Uni. of Helsinki Ioana Sendroiu, Uni. of Hong Kong Laura K. Nelson, Uni. of British Columbia Till Hilmar, Vienna Uni. Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, VIVE Hans-Peter Y. Qvist, Aalborg Uni. Mitchell Dean, Copenhagen Business School
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEW ISSUE OUT🎉⭐📗 Our new issue 69:2 (May 2026) has just been published! Great new sociological research, book reviews, and more! See below for a list of contents and find it online 🌐 here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/asja/69/2
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Acta Sociologica - Volume 69, Number 2
Table of contents for Acta Sociologica, 69, 2
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Valentina Di Stasio @distasioval.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Great to see our scoping review from the ERC-funded TARGET project published! The field has mainly looked at the drivers of discrimination attributions in isolation, and with little attention to between-respondent heterogeneity. We call for multi-dimensional designs and multi-actor comparisons.
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀🌐 Kaja Warnke, @distasioval.bsky.social, and Marcel Lubbers, "Discrimination attributions in the workplace: A scoping review of experimental studies" In Open Access here 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Discrimination attributions in the workplace: A scoping review of experimental studies - Kaja Warnke, Valentina Di Stasio, Marcel Lubbers, 2026
Due to its often-ambiguous nature, workplace discrimination can be difficult to detect. Attributing situations to discrimination is the first step toward challe...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
ONLINE NOW 👀✨ Matthias Collischon and Alexander Patzina, "Wages and institutional trust between 2019 and 2023" 🌐 In Open Access here: doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Matthias Collischon 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @mcollischon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New paper with Alexander Patzina (@patzinaalex.bsky.social) out now in @actasociologica.bsky.social! We investigate the connection between wages and institutional trust in Germany between 2019 and 2023 1/n
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Heine Andersen's article is now in FREE ACCESS 🌿📄
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Now online 👀🌐 @staffankumlin.bsky.social, "Divorce risk and political distrust: Gendered consequences of couple instability" In open access here 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
✨Call for Papers✨ Acta Sociologica is happy to publish the call for papers for a new special issue on moral elites which will be guest-edited by Anders Sevelsted and Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska! Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
JUST PUBLISHED 👀 Heine Andersen on the recent passing of Jürgen Habermas and his legacy in critical theory and sociology more widely: 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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The legacy of Habermas - Heine Andersen, 2026
Jürgen Habermas has passed away on 14 March 2026. Habermas was the leading figure in the Frankfurt School's second generation for several decades, leaving ...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 Ashley Calhoun and Michael Haan: “Does moving young matter? Examining the relationship between childhood residential mobility and mathematics scores”. Open access: doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In recognition of Jürgen Habermas’s great significance for sociology, we have, on the occasion of his passing, made this insightful interview with Habermas by Torben Hviid Nielsen, freely available for you to (re)visit his profound ideas on ‘Morality, Society and Ethics'. doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 Quita Muis: “We the elite, they the people: Educational identity and perceived polarisation” Open access 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 Laura Tarkiainen and Hanna Kuusela: “Universalism in flux – Welfare profit-makers’ views towards the institution of welfare universalism” Read the article here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
NEW BOOK REVIEW 👀 M. Fatih Karakaya is reviewing Inside Digital Advertising: Platforms, Power, and Material Politics by Donald MacKenzie and Koray Caliskan Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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renebekkers.bsky.social @renebekkers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
In a new paper with Eva-Maria Merz and Ting Li, we analyzed data from 5,967 respondents in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) to examine which characteristics of individuals and families create the association between educational attainment and engagement in prosocial behavior.
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renebekkers.bsky.social @renebekkers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Very happy to finally see this paper published in @actasociologica.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0001... A blog explaining the findings and methods of the paper is at renebekkers.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/w...
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What is it in formal education that creates civic engagement?
Why is it that higher educated individuals are more likely to engage in blood donation, charitable giving and volunteer work? You might think it has something to do with what you get from going to …
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 Emma Laurin, Joakim Olsson, Ida Lidegran & Mikael Börjesson: “Adaptability versus resistance: Strategies for emergency remote education amid COVID-19 in Swedish higher education” Read the article here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 René Bekkers, Eva-Maria Merz & Ting Li: “Learning to give: Both genetic and shared environmental influences are reflected in the association between educational attainment and prosocial behaviour” Read the article here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 Adam S. Hayes: Cultural dispositions and economic choice: How field-specific logics shape ‘rational’ economic behaviour. Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
✨Call for Papers✨ Acta Sociologica is happy to publish the call for papers for a new special issue on moral elites which will be guest-edited by Anders Sevelsted and Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska! Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
NOW ONLINE 👀 Christopher Dorn & Nadine Arnold: “Contingency in valuations: On the interdependence of multiple values and waste in organizations” Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Contingency in valuations: On the interdependence of multiple values and waste in organizations - Christopher Dorn, Nadine Arnold, 2026
How organizations connect to multiple values is well explored, while the role of valuelessness and waste therein remains understudied. The purpose of this artic...
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Fabrizio Bernardi @fabriberna.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I have reviewed 'Orienting to Chance. Probabilism and the Future of Social Theory' by @omarlizardo.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy and @michaelstrand.bsky.social 👇
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW BOOK REVIEW 👀 Fabrizio Bernardi is reviewing 'Orienting to Chance. Probabilism and the Future of Social Theory' by Strand and Lizardo. Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW BOOK REVIEW 👀 Henrik Lundberg is reviewing 'The Origins of Human Social Nature: Westermarckian Sociology and Social Anthropology' by Otto Pipatti. Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
NEW ARTICLE 👀 Marika Jalovaara, Leen Rahnu & Anneli Miettinen: “Employment status and entry into parenthood: Weaker labor market status an unlikely driver of cohort fertility decline in a Nordic welfare state” Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @marikajalovaara.bsky.social
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