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15 May, 2018

Individual and Collective Duties to Rescue

The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, along with calls for intervention in conflicts in Syria and elsewhere, has pushed discussion of duties to rescue into the political spotlight. At the same time, t

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24 October, 2024

Conference: Philosophical Perspectives on Social Injustice

Location: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm If you plan to attend all or parts of the conference, please register by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Thursday Decem

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19 September, 2018

Research and ideas for a brighter future

In the wake of the election one can start to wonder what politics should really be about. What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter

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25 April, 2018

Non Ideal Social Ontology III

PROGRAM Printable program as pdf-file. 11th of June: Implicit bias Room: Meeting room, Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm 09.00 Welcome 09.15–10.30 Robin Zheng (Yale-NUS College) “Re” 11.00–12.15 Åsa Burman (Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies) ””

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29 June, 2018

Climate ethics and future generations

Workshop within the research project "Climate ethics and future generations", 27–29 September. Audience members admitted by invitation only. 1st Day – 27th September 8:45 – 9:15       Coffee/Breakfast 9.1

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06 April, 2018

Non Ideal Social Ontology III

By 'non-ideal social ontology', we have in mind social ontology that starts with difficult, complicated cases of immediate importance to social theory, rather than starting from simplified or abstractOur thinking is that just as critical philosophers of race such as Charles Mills have made a case for the importance of non-ideal political philosophy, non-ideal social ontology could play an important role in advancing emancipatory social theory. 09.00 Welcome 09.15–10.30 Robin Zheng (Yale-NUS College) “Responding to Bias: Oughts, Ideals, and Appraisals” 11.00–12.15 Åsa Burman (Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies) ”Collective responsibility for implicit bias” 12.15–13.30 Lunch 13.30–14.45 Katharina Berndt Rasmussen (Institute for Futures Studies) ”Implicit bias and discrimination” 15.15–16.30 Alex Madva (California State Polytechnic University), ”Responsibility for Interpreting Implicit Bias” 19.00 Workshop dinner 09.00–10.15 Rebecca Mason (University of San Francisco) ”Oppression and Incredulity” 10.30–11.45 Johan Brännmark (Malmö University) ”Institutions, Ideology, and Non-Ideal Social Ontology” 11.45–13.15 Lunch 13.15–14.30 Staffan Carlshamre (Stockholm University) ”Natural kinds, social kinds, mixed kinds” 14.45–16.00 Katharine Jenkins (University of Nottingham) ”Sex and gender, grounding and anchoring” Organized by Åsa Burman & Katharina Berndt Rasmussen. Sponsored by Jane and Dan Olsson Foundation, Institute for Futures Studies, and the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University Questions? Please contact:

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21 October, 2013

Is the world ready for democracy?

Welcome to a seminar where we present the newest results from World Values Survey, the world's largest survey on values and cultural changes. The results concern several countries in the Middle East, A

Welcome to a seminar where we present the newest results from World Values Survey, the world's largest survey on values and cultural changes.
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21 October, 2013

Utilizing Social Influence: Empirics and Modeling

Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zürich The research seminars are free of charge and take place Fridays at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm.

Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zürich
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22 October, 2013

The Triumph of Non-Knowledge

Professor Staffan Furusten, SCORE, Stockholm University Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s seminar room at Holländargata

Professor Staffan Furusten, SCORE, Stockholm University
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22 October, 2013

Think Tanks in the American Field of Power - CANCELLED

Tom Medvetz, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego To Tom Medvetz at University of California Registration for the research seminars. The research seminars are free of charge and t

Tom Medvetz, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
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