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Pontus Strimling

Adjunct Professor

In my research, I focus on patterns of change at the societal level that result from a multitude of events at the individual level. Based on how these events evolve, I develop mathematical models that predict societal change.

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In my work I focus on changes of patterns on a societal level depending on large quantities of individual events. Examples of central variables that my explanations are based on are: what governs purchasing decisions, what behaviours are most likely to be punished or what arguments lie behind different values.

With a starting point in these events on an individual level, I make mathematical models that predict societal changes such as changes in the public opinion, or which AI applications that are being spread.

Apart from my position at IAS I am also a research leader at the Institute for Future Studies, on the theme "New Technologies and the future of humanity", and an associate professor of Migration and health at the department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University.

More about my research and list of publications

Publications

2026

Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling, Irina Vartanova, Brent Simpson (2026) Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 23, Article 20251122 (Article in journal)

2025

Fredrik Jansson, Pontus Strimling (2025) Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 89, p. 735-757 (Article in journal)
Andrey Tibajev, Irina Vartanova, Pontus Strimling, Birgitta Essén (2025) Reproductive Health, Vol. 22, Article 191 (Article in journal)
Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling, Irina Vartanova, Brent Simpson, Minna Persson, Khalid Ahmed Abdi, Neta Ad, Alisher Aldashev, Habib Mohammad Ali, Maurizio Alì, Khatai Aliyev, Yasser M. H. A. Alrefaee, Alberth Estuardo Alvarado Ortiz, Per A. Andersson, Giulia Andrighetto, Gizem Arikan, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Christian Lutete Ayikwa, Jonatan Baños-Chaparro, Davide Barrera, Justina Barsyte, Birzhan Batkeyev, Azma Batool, Elizaveta Berezina, Stéphanie Ngandu Bimina, Marie Björnstjerna, Sheyla Blumen, Paweł Boski, Eva Boštjančič, Yap Boum, Marie Briguglio, Kagonbe Bruno, Huyen Thi Thu Bui, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Yanyan Chen, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Hoon-Seok Choi, Carlos C. Contreras-Ibáñez, Dinka Čorkalo, Christian E. Cruz-Torres, Andrea Czakó, Piyanjali de Zoysa, Zsolt Demetrovics, Bojana M. Dinić, Saša Drače, Rita W. El-Haddad, Jan B. Engelmann, Ignacio Escudero Pérez, Hyun Euh, Xia Fang (2025) Communications Psychology, Vol. 3, Article 145 (Article in journal)
Pontus Strimling, Kimmo Eriksson, Irina Vartanova, Joel Krueger, Isabela Hazin (2025) Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 12, Article 241589 (Article in journal)

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