P. Matthijs Bal

Conviction Is Not Commission: A Methodological, Conceptual, and Ethical Critique of Khoshnood et al.

Khoshnood et al. (2026) report a strong association between immigrant background and rape convictions in Sweden using nationwide register data and a matched case-control design. This commentary argues that the study suggests important descriptive evidence on conviction patterns,...

‘The difference between us is that I am an optimist and you are a pessimist.’ An autoethnographic study on suppression of critical scholarship

Critical scholarship constitutes an important part of business and management research, including related fields such as work psychology. However, critical work is also often met with resistance from colleagues and gatekeepers within the discipline. Yet, there is little insight i...