Clara Lindblom from the Institute has participated in IMISCOE:s 10th Annual Confernce in Malmö August 26–27th, presenting results from a study by the Thematic Group on Inclusion in Working Life. The conf and the Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) and the Department of Global Political studies (GPS), Malmö University.

Advances in Life Course Research, vol. 53 Abstract We studied to what extent family lines die out over the course of 122 years based on Swedish population-level data. Our data included demographic and s

Statistics from Web of Scienceshow that researchers at the Institute for Futures Studies have considerable international impact. During 2010, 6250 articles were published in sociology journals worldwid

Why do we need social progress? On July of 2014 a monumental task began as hundreds of the world's leading academics came together to set new standards for a just, secure and healthy global society. T has been tirelessly forming a non-partisan report addressed to all social actors, movements, organizations, politicians, and decision-makers in order to provide an architecture for present and future global issues and crises.

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

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Organizers: Eline Geritsen, Johan Brännmark, and Åsa Burman.If you wish to join parts of this workshop, get in touch with Åsa Burman, a

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) ””

In the summer of 2014, Israel launched a military action against Gaza called "Operation Protective Edge", as a response to Hamas rocket attacks. The conflict brought to the fore important debates in b

Here you will find documentation from public seminars in English. October 31st 2013: Is the world ready for democracy? New results from the World Values Survey. Film from the seminar October 14th 2013: Th Researcher Richard B. Freeman talks about the paradox of increased team production and the greater inequality in pay in the knowledge economy.

The Future of Work with Richard B Freeman

The future of work: the paradox of increased team production and greater inequality in pay in the knowledge economy. A seminar from Stockholm on the 14th of October 2013. Labour economist Richard B Fr