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11 July, 2019

Disillusionment and Anti-Americanism in Russia: From Pro-American to Anti-American Attitudes, 1993–2009.

International Studies Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 3, p.534–547, doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqy013 Abstract In the early 1990s, the Russian public held overwhelmingly favorable attitudes toward the United States

Type of publication: Journal articles | Vartanova, Irina , , Boris Sokolov, Ronald F Inglehart, Eduard Ponarin & William Zimmerman
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28 March, 2018

The effect of number of siblings on adult mortality: Evidence from Swedish registers for cohorts born between 1938 and 1972

Population Studies, Volume 71, Issue 1, doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2016.1260755 Abstract Demographic research has paid much attention to the impact of childhood conditions on adult mortality. We focus on o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Kieron Barclay
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12 November, 2013

The Institute celebrates 40 years

This year the Institute for Futures Studies celebrates 40 years of research. The anniversary was celebrated together with some of the people who are and have been important for the Institute. Among the

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23 September, 2022

Experiences matter: A longitudinal study of individual-level sources of declining social trust in the United States.

Social Science Research 95 Abstract The US has experienced a substantial decline in social trust in recent decades. Surprisingly few studies analyze whether individual-level explanations can account for

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , , Mewes, Jan, Giordano, Nicola Guiseppe, Wu, Cary & Rima Wilkes
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24 June, 2025

The Demography of Sweden's Transgender Population: A Research Note on Patterns, Changes, and Sociodemographics

Demography Abstract We examine the prevalence of gender transitions in Sweden over time and document the sociodemographic characteristics of people transitioning in different periods. Using administrati

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , Tilley, J.L., von Essen, E., Moberg, Y. & I. Burn
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11 January, 2016

History of the Institute

Throughout history, people have consulted everything from oracles to crystal balls in order to predict the future. But it was not until the 1960s that interest developed in a more systematic study of

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11 January, 2016

About us

Welcome to the Institute for Futures Studies. We are an independent research foundation for interdisciplinary research on issues that are of great importance for how we shape our future society. Why we

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27 February, 2025

Occupations in space: Using individual mobility patterns to reveal the latent dimensions of the occupational structure

Social Science Research, vol. 127 [Part of the Introduction] Recent studies on occupational structure and individual mobility suggest that the number of categories in the occupational structure vastly e

Type of publication: Journal articles | Westerman, Johan , & Charlotta Magnusson
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05 November, 2025
Klaus Georg Hansen: Greenland – 300 years of colonisation

Klaus Georg Hansen: Greenland – 300 years of colonisation

Since the formal colonisation of Greenland in 1721 by the Norwegian-Danish missionary Hans Egede Greenland has experienced five 'constitutional' breaks. Thus, seven distinct colonial eras can be ident

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02 July, 2025

Klaus Georg Hansen: Greenland – 300 years of colonisation

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online  Research seminar with Klaus Georg Hansen, PhD in Colonial History and modern society of Greenland. He is an independent fil

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