Charlotta Stern (Lotta Stern), born 1967, is the CEO of the research institute Ratio[1] and a professor of sociology at Stockholm University who specializes in the sociology of work and organizations.
[2] Stern's research is mainly labor market-related.
She is the principal investigator of Ratio's labor market program, the purpose of which is to study topics such as the future of work and challenges of the Swedish model.
[3] Stern has also conducted research on the field of sociology of gender, and she argues that ideological like-mindedness in social psychology leads to a narrowing of perspectives and an impoverishment of the intellectual progress within that field.
A paper she co-authored on this issue, "Political diversity will improve psychological science",[4] has been cited as a motivator for the founding of the Heterodox Academy.