We are saddened to announce that the founding president of the World Values Survey, Ron F Inglehart passed away on Saturday 8 of May. He was the president of the World Values Survey Association (WVS)  

Sakli(g)t 2024: Sveriges första sakprosafestival

Sakli(g)t is Sweden's first festival of literary non-fiction, organized by the Rikstolvan cultural centre outside Simrishamn in collaboration with the Institute for Futures Studies and Linnaeus UniverGiven the central role of non-fiction as a knowledge-transmitting link between science and the public, Sweden needs an arena where the narrative non-fiction book is the focus of in-depth discussions on the politically increasingly hot issues of facts, truth, narrative, reality and how form and aesthetics affect both knowledge itself and what knowledge becomes viable in today's technologically mobile media landscape. Such meeting places for producers and consumers of the documentary genre have long existed in the neighboring Nordic countries, but have not yet existed in Sweden.This year's program includes author talks with Åsa Wikforss, Nicolas Lunabba, Saga Cavallin, Johan Hilton, Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Gudrun Schyman, Lasse Berg and Elena Kostiutjenko. In total, 50 authors will appear at the festival. Read the . Get .Together with Rikstolvan, the Institute is a co-founder of the festival, which was launched last year. A permanent establishment of the festival has been made possible with funds from the Institute for Futures Studies, Linnaeus University, the Nature & Culture Foundation, the Swedish Academy, the Swedish Arts Council, Simrishamn Municipality and Region Skåne.

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022, vol. 20, pp. 1–32. Abstract In this study, we provide an account of mortality levels in Sweden in 2020, focusing on both excess mortality and mortality due t

Klimatpolitiska rådets rapport 2019. Rekommendationer för en effektivare klimatpolitik

Den 21 mars presenterade Klimatpolitiska rådet sin första rapport som utvärderar hur svensk politik klarar det övergripande klimatmålet om att nå noll nettoutsläpp av växthusgaser senast år 2045. Råde

Olle Risberg

I am a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden, and at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. I am also a member of the Young Academy of Sweden. My research fo

Nordic Journal of Migration Research 2025 vol 15, issue 2 Abstract The annexation of Crimea, the subsequent insurgency of Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region of Ukraine in 2014 and the curren

The History of the Family (2013) doi: 10.1080/1081602X.2013.817348

Selling pictures. Pictorial Economy and Commoditization 1820–2020

This project will place the current discussions concerning AI-generated images in a historical context, comparing it to two previous technological breakthroughs that have affected the use of pictures for commercial purposes. 

Sverige 2020. Vad kan historiker säga om framtiden?

Klimatkris, terrorhot och välfärdsstatens kollaps de framtida hotbilderna staplas på varandra av klimatforskare, demografer och samhällsvetare. Men vad innebär ett historiskt perspektiv på framtids

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