Dr.Katya Rhodes comes from British Columbia, Canada, to share her academicresearch findings and government policy-making experiences on how to designpolitically acceptable and effective policies to mitigate climate change usingBritish Columbia’s climate policies as a case study. 

Social Science Research, 71, 109-128. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.12.006 Abstract Higher educated people tend to be more accepting of homosexuality than lower educated people. This has inspired clai

in: Social Psychology Of Climate Change: Special Issue AbstractDespite the importance of overcoming the persistent delay in climate action, almost no research has investigated the psychological underpin

Child Development Abstract Research shows that peer relationships are associated with students' school adjustment. However, the importance of advantageous and disadvantageous factors for students' educa

Automating authority: Accuracy, assessment, acceptance and legitimacy of AI decision-making in the public sector

The aim of this project is to build an interdisciplinary research environment that analyzes the proliferation of AI in the public sector, its impact on the decisions being made and its effects for democracy.

Synthese 199 Abstract This article is about the role of factual uncertainty for moral decision-making as it concerns the ethics of machine decision-making (i.e., decisions by AI systems, such as autonomo

in: Institutions For Future Generations,  Iñigo González-Ricoy and Axel Gosseries (red.), Oxford: Oxford University Press. 117-134. This chapter examines the possibility to establish ombudsmen as instr

Futures: Politics and psychology - how to gain support for climate policies

Combating climate change means implementing policies that will encourage people to act in a more sustainable way. But how can policies be constructed and implemented in a way that is acceptable to the

The future of work with Richard Freeman

Last October, Harvard professor of economics, Richard B Freeman gave a lecture on the future of work and the paradox of increased inequality despite higher levels of productivity and teamwork. The lec

IFFS Policy Paper: 2022:1 With the rapid rise of the global human population, long term consequences materialize. These concern the welfare of future generations and the safety of eco-systems on the pl