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The indispensability of sufficientarianism
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, published online. doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2018.1479817 Abstract In this paper, I argue that sufficientarian principles are indispensabl
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
Completed: Sequences of Democratization
Why do some democratic transitions succeed and others do not? We attempt to identify which sequences lead to full and stable democracy and which sequences do not.
Completed: Valuing future lives
How should we value future lives when making decisions? This question is directly relevant to for example prioritisation in health care, population control, climate change, and existential risk (the survival of animal species and humanity).
Developing ethical competence in healthcare management
Journal of Workplace Learning. 28(1), 17–32, doi.org/10.1108/JWL-04-2015-0033. Abstract PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to explore what kind of ethical competence healthcare managers need in handli
Lukas Meyer: Legitimate Expectations and Compensation in Changing Circumstances
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Lukas Meyer, professor of philosophy at the University of Graz. Abstract: This paper discusses how legitimate exp
Andreas Duit: How Policy Creates Politics: Policy Feedback in Contemporary Democracies
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Andreas Duit, Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Andreas Duit
PostDoc wanted for research on valuing future lives
The Institute for Futures Studies is looking for a postdoc to be part of a research project on valuing future lives. The applicant needs to hold a PhD degree on a relevant philosophical topic when the (Philosophy).
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Where:Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm Speakers: Richard Dawid (Stockholm), Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck), Wendy Parker (Virginia Tech), Joe Roussos (IFFS), Karim Thebault (Bristol) and William Wolf II (Oxford). P before October 7.
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