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Major Mapping of the Swedish Power Elite
What does the Swedish power elite look like today? The last time we received a scientific description was in 1990, when the S...
New research initiative on corruption and environmental crime
Corruption is widely recognised as an obstacle to effective and sustainable environmental governance. Yet, there is still ins...
Study Shows Why People Dislike Carbon Taxes
A carbon tax would be effective and inexpensive – so why do people dislike the idea? A new study provides answers. Economist...
“AI’s inherent incomprehensibility is a unique flaw.”
Being able to explain how something works has value, but being able to explain why it works is enormously more valuable, beca...
Swedes worry about the environmental consequences of childbearing
Foto: Kelli McClintock/Unsplash Are people having fewer children because they worry about climate change? Researchers at the...
Director of innovation to the board
We welcome a new member to our board, Andreas Muranyi Scheutz! He is Director of research and innovation in Region Stockholm ...
Declining birth rates - should we worry?
Are declining birth rates one of the biggest threats to humanity? Among others, Elon Musk and Donald Trump's vice-presidentia...
High impact: Report to Joe Biden cites IFFS research
Research on population change, ageing and the economy, by Dean Spears, researcher in the project “Sustainable population in t...
Are public decisions made by artificial intelligence democratically okay?
Are public decisions made by artificial intelligence democratically okay?The reason this is an important question is that alr...
Did the COVID-19 pandemic change our social norms?
As you might remember, a lot of our social behaviors changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we perceived the behaviors...