Nina Witoszek

• Larsen, Mads & Witoszek, Nina (2023). Strategies of prosociality: Comparing Nordic and Slavonic altruism toward Ukrainian refugees. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1065889. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Mads; Witoszek, Nina & Chun Yeung, June (2023). A multilevel selection model for prosocial well-being. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1068119. Full text in Research Archive
• Witoszek, Nina (2022). "By-opprør mot Putin: Vil norske bystyrer være med?". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina & Mueller, Martin Lee (2021). The Ecological Ethics of Nordic Children's Tales: From Pippi Longstocking to Greta Thunberg. Environmental Ethics. ISSN 0163-4275. 43(1), p. 61–78. doi: 10.5840/enviroethics20215725.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Humanism Under Siege: The Janus Face of the Modern Revolution of Dignity. Przegląd Humanistyczny. ISSN 0033-2194. 65(1), p. 7–24. doi: 10.31338/2657-599x.ph.2021-1.1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The article interprets the crisis of liberal democracy in the 21st century as the result of an ongoing, dual revolution of dignity. One such revolution is the work of “humanist outliers”: small groups and individuals dedicated to compassionate social emancipation. Thus anti-authoritarian revolutions like that of Solidarity in Poland (1980–81) succeed in large part thanks to cultural and political innovations springing from the work of such small groups. However, the humanist revolution of dignity – featuring altruism and cooperation – has its “tribal doppelgänger”: a twin revolution that strives to reclaim national dignity and pride at the price of submission to authoritarian rule.

• Turchin, Peter; Whitehouse, Harvey; François, Pieter; Hoyer, Daniel; Alves, Abel & Baines, John [Show all 52 contributors for this article] (2020). An Introduction to Seshat: Global History Databank. Journal of Cognitive Historiography. ISSN 2051-9672. 5(2). doi: 10.1558/jch.39395.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). The Revolution of Dignity and its Drivers. In Zakowski, Jacek (Eds.), Concilium Civitas Almanach 2019/20. Fundacja Collegium Civitas. ISSN 978-83-954712-0-9. p. 317–338.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). The profits and pitfalls of prosociality: cultural-evolutionary perspectives on Scandinavia, The Relational Nordic Welfare State Between Utopia and Ideology. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978 1 78897 464 6. p. 50–72. doi: https:/doi.org/10.4337/9781788974653.00010. Show summary

  Nina Witoszek asks whether there is a Nordic humanism. In her view, sustainable modernity is as much a creation of political and economic institutions and social movements as it is a summa summarum of cultural texts, norms, rituals, philosophical traditions. The main interest lies in the question: to what extent can the Scandinavian countries’ successes as ’well-being societies’ be attributed to the potency of a unique Nordic humanism? How has it evolved? Who have been its main drivers and how has it been replicated? In what way has it interacted with the political and economic realms? And finally, what are the challenges to Nordic humanism today? This takes a semiotic-evolutionary perspective of the shared Nordic founding tradition, highlighting in particular the role of ‘Ostromian’ small groups and individuals and how they solidify humanism in the Nordic education system and self-image.

• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2019). The Competitive Advantage of Collaboration – Throwing New Light on The Nordic Model. New Political Economy. ISSN 1356-3467. doi: 10.1080/13563467.2019.1657078. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In one of the most influential contributions to modern political economy, Hall and Soskice have launched a distinction between ‘liberal’ and ‘coordinated’ market economies, placing the Nordic countries firmly in the latter category. We argue that, while the H&S distinction may serve classificatory purposes, seeing the Nordic model in terms of ‘coordinated capitalism’ blurs the distinctive features of the Nordic countries’ success as productive and fair economies. We contend that the central formula behind this success lies in what we call the Nordic model’s ambidexterity – the capacity to combine collaborative and competitive elements and skilfully navigate between them. Using an interdisciplinary perspective (inspired by organisation theory, cultural semiotics and evolutionary analysis), we provide a conceptual basis for reinterpreting the Nordic Model as an ambidextrous combination of culturally rooted, collaborative strategies that are subsequently competitively exposed. The article illustrates the workings of this ambidexterity in three societal domains: work life (including female participation), resource management – illustrated by the Norwegian petro-economy – and international business management and regulation with a focus on CSR. In each case we will show how collaboration is intertwined with pragmatic competitive exposure, yielding high productivity, high welfare, as well as fair income and wealth distribution.

• Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (2018). Sustainable modernity and the architecture of the 'well-being society': interdisciplinary perspectives. In Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (Ed.), Sustainable Modernity: The Nordic Model and Beyond. Routledge. ISSN 978-1138718210. p. 1–18. doi: 10.4324/9781315195964-1.
• Turchin, Peter; Witoszek, Nina; Thurner, Stefan; Garcia, David; Griffin, Roger & Hoyer, Daniel [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). A history of possible futures: Multipath forecasting of social breakdown, recovery, and resilience. Cliodynamics. ISSN 2373-7530. 9(2), p. 124–139. doi: 10.21237/C7clio9242078. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Recent years have seen major political crises throughout the world, and foreign policy analysts nearly universally expect to see rising tensions within (and between) countries in the next 5–20 years. Being able to predict future crises and to assess the resilience of different countries to various shocks is of foremost importance in averting the potentially huge human costs of state collapse and civil war. The premise of this paper is that a transdisciplinary approach to forecasting social breakdown, recovery, and resilience is entirely feasible, as a result of recent breakthroughs in statistical analysis of large-scale historical data, the qualitative insights of historical and semiotic investigations, and agent-based models that translate between micro-dynamics of interacting individuals and the collective macro-level events emerging from these interactions. Our goal is to construct a series of probabilistic scenarios of social breakdown and recovery, based on historical crises and outcomes, which can aid the analysis of potential outcomes of future crises. We call this approach—similar in spirit to ensemble forecasting in weather prediction—multipath forecasting (MPF). This paper aims to set out the methodological premises and basic stages envisaged to realize this goal within a transdisciplinary research collaboration: first, the statistical analysis of a massive database of past instances of crisis to determine how actual outcomes (the severity of disruption and violence, the speed of resolution) depend on inputs (economic, political, and cultural factors); second, the encoding of these analytical insights into probabilistic, empirically informed computational models of societal breakdown and recovery—the MPF engine; third, testing the MPF engine to “predict” the trajectories and outcomes of another set of past social upheavals, which were not used in building the model. This “historical retrodiction” is an innovation that will allow us to further refine the MPF technology. Ultimately our vision is to use MPF to help write what we call “a history of possible futures,” in which the near- and medium-term paths of societies are probabilistically forecast.

• Witoszek, Nina & Sørensen, Øystein (2018). Nordic humanism as a driver of the welfare society. In Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (Ed.), Sustainable Modernity: The Nordic Model and Beyond. Routledge. ISSN 978-1138718210. p. 36–58. doi: 10.4324/9781315195964-3.
• Witoszek, Nina (2017). Teaching Sustainability in Norway, China and Ghana: Challenges to the UN Programme. Environmental Education Research. ISSN 1350-4622. 24(6), p. 831–844. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2017.1307944. Full text in Research Archive
• Witoszek, Nina & Mueller, Martin Lee (2017). Deep ecology: Life after Life? Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology. ISSN 1363-5247. 21(3), p. 209–217. doi: 10.1163/15685357-02103001. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter interrogates the intellectual robustness and mobilizing potential of Arne Naess’s deep ecology in the 21st century. Our contention is that deep ecology is not a spent force, as some influential Western philosophers argue in this volume. On the contrary, ecophilosophy has left a legacy which remains a significant part of the ongoing cultural innovation for a sustainable future. As several essays in this collection show, Arne Naess’ thought feeds into new, science-based visions of the relationship between humans and nature. More importantly, it has got a new lease of life in the South, where biocentric cosmovisions play an ever more important role, not just in philosophical, but political debates which have an impact on Latin America’s future.

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• Larsen, Mads & Witoszek, Nina (2024). Evolutionary Perspectives on Enhancing the Quality of Life. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009378543. 72 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Witoszek, Nina & Joly, Eva (2023). Det blåøyde riket. Norske tillistpatologier. . Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-79138-4. 230 p.
• Witoszek, Nina (2020). "Patologia altruizmu czy postfeminizm? Kobiety i rewolucja na nowo odczytane. Collegium cIvitas. ISBN 978-83-65390-65-3. 23 p.
• Witoszek, Nina (2020). Korzenie anty-autorytaryzmu. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar. ISBN 978-83-65390-65-3. 268 p.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). ‘Historians as Dissidents: Intellectual ‘Eros’ in Action, in: The Engaged Historian: Perspectives on the Intersection of Politics, Activism and the Historical Profession, ed. Stefan Berger. Berghahn Books. ISBN 1789201993. 22 p.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). The Origins of Anti-Authoritarianism. Routledge. ISBN 1138057975. 182 p. Show summary

  This book discusses the ongoing revolution of dignity in human history as the work of ‘humanist outliers’: small groups and individuals dedicated to compassionate social emancipation. It argues that anti-authoritarian revolutions like 1989’s ‘Autumn of the Nations’ succeeded in large part due to cultural and political innovations springing from such small groups. The author explores the often ingenious ways in which these maladapted and liminal ‘outliers’ forged a cooperative and dialogic mindset among previously resentful and divided communities. Their strategies warrant closer scrutiny in the context of the ongoing 21st century revolution of dignity and efforts to (re)unite an ever more troubled and divided world.

• Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (2018). Sustainable Modernity: The Nordic Model and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138718210. 254 p.

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• Larsen, Mads & Witoszek, Nina (2024). Vil generasjon Z undergrave det norske demokratiet? Aftenposten.
• Larsen, Mads & Witoszek, Nina (2023). Er norsk skole tilliten verdig? Aftenposten.
• Larsen, Mads; Witoszek, Nina & Yeung, June Chun (2023). Corrigendum: A multilevel selection model for prosocial well-being (Frontiers in Psychology, (2023), 14, (1068119), 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1068119). Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1264742.
• Larsen, Mads & Witoszek, Nina (2023). Corrigendum: Strategies of prosociality: comparing Nordic and Slavonic altruism toward Ukrainian refugees (Frontiers in Psychology, (2023), 14, (1065889), 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1065889). Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1264744.
• Witoszek, Nina (2022). "Civil Society vs. Politicians in Eastern Europe: from Divorce to a Dialogue".
• Witoszek, Nina (2022). "Varieties of Altruism: Helping Ukrainian Refugees in Norway".
• Witoszek, Nina & Nowotarski, Bartlomiej (2022). "Democratic Transitions: Polish Ways to and from Democracy".
• Witoszek, Nina & Nowotarski, Bartlomiej (2022). 'Oni mają naftę, myśmy mieli renesans'. Jak zbudować w Polsce naszą własną Skandynawię". Gazeta Wyborcza.
• Witoszek, Nina (2022). "Forfatteren anklages for snobberi og elitisme. Fortjener hun æresprofessoratet?". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2022). Kan Polen reddes fra autokrati? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2022). Polske ledere fordømmer Putins aggresjon i Ukraina. Så putiniserer de Polen. . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). "Norway as a Wellbeing Society".
• Witoszek, Nina & Lomborg, Bjørn (2021). Klimapanikk og klimafrykt - et hinder for den grønne omstillingen? | UiO - Senter for utvikling og miljø (ntb.no).
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Rethinking Democracy: Steps to Political Equality and Social and Environmental Justice. Show summary

  Symposiet - som dreide seg om fornyelse av demokrati og miljørettferdighet -ble vist på YouTube - seå det er ukjent antall av internasjonale veiwers.

• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Polacy wracaja z Norwegii. [Radio]. Radio TOK-FM.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Norwegowie sa najlepiej wyszczepionym krajem w Europie. [Radio]. Radio TOK-FM.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Solidarnosc: moze lepsza badzie wspolpraca. [Radio]. Radio TOK-FM.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Sytuacja z Covid-19 najlepsza w Norwegii. [Radio]. Radio TOK-FM.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Nina Witoszek-Fitzpatrick - Podcasty Radia TOK FM ( 6 podcasts) . [Radio]. Najdłuższa granica w Europie zamknięta .
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Friendship and Play with Nina Witoszek-Entangled Epiphanies (amazon.com). [Internet]. Amazon.
• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2021). The benefits of Environmental Hypocrisy. BI Business Review.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). En Munch som fengsler med barmhjertighet og ufullkommenhet – . Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Et sivilisatorisk sammenbrudd i hjertet av Europa. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Hvor demokratisk er det norske valget? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2021). Har oljehykleriet sine fordeller. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Kjærlighet og politikk i Hviterussland. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2021). Det er typisk norsk å vite best. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Andělová, Kristina; Bracewell, Wendy; Gross, Irena Grudzińska; Jasiewicz, Krzysztof; Ost, David & Witoszek, Nina (2021). Reenchanting Modernity East and West: Comparative Perspectives on the Legacy of 1968: An Author Meets Her Reviewers: A Symposium. East European Politics and Societies. ISSN 0888-3254. 35(3), p. 8–42. doi: 10.1177/08883254211005182.
• Devold, Leiv Igor & Witoszek, Nina (2020). På tide å stille krav til milliardoverføringer til Polen. VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
• Witoszek, Nina (2020). "Revolusjon med kvinnelig ansikt". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2020). "Lord Askeladden: Anthony Giddens som Arne Næss Professor". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2020). “Putin eller dissidentene: Hvem skal Norge høre på?". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). Norwegia: kraj zrownowazonego rozowoju? (Norway: The Case of Social Sustainability) .
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). "Unwrapping the Nordic Model".
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). "Rewolucja godnosci i jej sily napedowe "The Revolution of Dignity and its Drivers".
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). "The Nordic Regime of Goodness".
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). «Fra nobelpris til politisk dommedag,» . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Frivik, Karen; Tønnessen, Morten & Witoszek, Nina (2019). Hvorfor vekker den norske ulven så sterke følelser? [Radio]. Verdibørsen (NRK P2). Show summary

  Busslaster med folk reiser lange veier for å demonstrere på selveste Løvebakken at de ønsker mer jakt på ulv. Hva er det med dette dyret? Filosof og ulvekjenner Morten Tønnessen i samtale med kulturhistoriker og forfatter Nina Witoszek.

• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2019). Er den norske modellen i faresonen? . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). Rewolucja godnosci i jej sily napedowe.
• Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (2019). "Den nordiske modellen i faresonen", https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikk/i/6j8Br8/Er-den-norske-modellen-i-faresonen-Vil-vi-heller-ha-den-polske--Nina-Witoszek-og-Atle-Midttun. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). "Lever med hat, dumhet og trusler",https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/lever-med-hat-dumhet-og-trusler/71004366 . Dagbladet Dagen.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). «Er vi hjelpere for en myk autoritærisme», https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikk/i/jPW1En/Er-vi-hjelpere-for-en-myk-autoritarisme--Nina-Witoszek. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2019). Verdibørsen. [Radio]. NRK P2.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). "Rewolucja gesi". Pismo, magazyn opini. ISSN 2544-5022. p. 80–86.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). Renewing Democracy in Europe.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). "Understanding Crisis and Renewal" .
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). Blaski i cienie nordyckiego humanizmu (Ups and Downs of Nordic humanism).
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). Nordicism.
• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2018). Hvor robust er den nordiske modellen? BI Business Review.
• Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (2018). Mange varsler et Ragnarok for Nordens møte med digitalisering, migrasjon og ulikhet. Vi er likevel forsiktige optimister. VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). Polen, Europas sinnatagg. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (2018). Finnes det en nordisk humanisme? Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). Grønt og grådig. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2018). Arne Næss Symposium 2018: Homo Futurus With a Thousand Faces.
• Witoszek, Nina; Kildal, Charlotte L & Bjerke, Lise (2018). – Samarbeid, ikke konkurranse, har skapt Norge. [Internet]. Forskning.no.
• Holsten, Hilde Hartmann; Kildal, Charlotte L & Witoszek, Nina (2018). Media påvirker hvordan vi oppfatter klimaendringer. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Forskning.no. Show summary

  I et forsøk på å være objektiv er sjansen større for at journalister blir talerør for enkelte interessegrupper, mener masterstudent.

• Witoszek, Nina (2017). Nordic model on trial: Forging Cooperation in a competitive world.
• Witoszek, Nina (2017). Bhutan og Norge: to lykkens land? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2017). Det Usynlige jernteppe i Europa. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2017). "Donald Trumps postvitenskapelig samfunn". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2017). Hvorfor trenger vi et pro-europeisk Norge. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Devold, Leiv Igor & Witoszek, Nina (2017). Solberg-regjeringens ansvar. VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). Renewing the Nordic Model.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). Arne Næss Symposium 2016: Staging Pathways to Modernity.
• Witoszek, Nina & Wilson, David Sloan (2016). PROSOCIAL workshop.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). Is it time to Abandon the Nordic Model.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). Sustainable Modernity: Forging a Cooperative Society in a Competitive World.
• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2016). Verden er besatt av nordisk velferd. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). Kommentar om politske valget i Polen. [TV]. NRK1- Dagsrevyen.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). ‘Høyrepolitikken fører ikke nødvendigvis til ekstremistiske holdninger’. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). Arne Næss Symposium in Global Justice and the Environment: Staging Pathways to Ecomodernity, Part 2. [TV]. NRK2.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). "Arne Naess Symposium in Global Justice and the Environment: Staging Pathways to Ecomodernity". [TV]. NRK2.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). «Kvinnelige offre i et nytt katolsk Polen,». Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina & Midttun, Atle (2016). «Verden er besatt av nordisk velferd,». Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). «Et forsvar for eurosentrisme», Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2016). “Fostering Prosociality in a Competitive World”. The "Norwegian Model in the Age of Globalization".
• Witoszek, Nina (2016). https://tv.nrk.no/serie/urix/nnfa53010716/07-01-2016#t=56s. [TV]. NRK.
• Midttun, Atle & Witoszek, Nina (2016). "Staging Pathways towards Ecomodernity".

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