Historian Adam Tooze is the guest in the second episode of The New World - a podcast from the Institute for Futures Studies and Aftonbladet Kultur.  Is the global response to the coronavirus outbreak a

Interview with Daniel Wikler on what happened after a seminar on ethics and e-cigs

Director and Professor of Practical Philosophy Gustaf Arrhenius met up with Daniel at a conference in Kigali and took the opportunity to ask him what happened after his talk on ethics and e-cigs at th

in: Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 45, 292-303. AbstractGroup differences in average grades prior to and after a step-wise introduction of blinded examinations at Stockholm Un

Swedish preparedness for silent health crises and organizational learning after the swine flu, the heatwave, and the COVID-19 pandemic

This project aims to identify organizational conditions for efficient crisis management within intensive care units and special accommodations. It will also give recommendations on how the regions can strengthen their preparedness for silent health crises.

Abstract In 2001, the Swedish system of student aid for college students was substantially reformed; the grant-share of the total aid was increased, students were allowed to earn more without a reducti

Big Data & Society Abstract In recent years, both private and public organizations across contexts have begun implementing AI technologies in their recruitment processes. This transition is typicall

Professor in Environmental Social Science, Stockholm University ABSTRACTWhat is the roles of non-state actors, such as civil society, business, indigenous movements and cities, in global climate and th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen to COP22 in Marrakech, where Marrakech Global Climate Action was launched involving voluntary climate action commitments from more than 12 000 companies, investors, cities and regions, and civil society actors. Over this timeframe, we have seen a form of ‘hybrid multilateralism’ emerge, in which UN climate diplomacy blurs state and non-state participation in complex and intriguing ways with implications for the authority, legitimacy, and effectiveness of climate governance. This speaks, in different ways, to the transformed landscape of climate cooperation with a strengthened interface of multilateral climate diplomacy and non-state climate action and the potential roles, modes, and effects of non-state actors in the post-Paris period.

Fernando Filgueira, Senior researcher at CIPPEC (Argentina) and CIESU (Uruguay), and lead author for the UN-Women Gender Progress Report for Latin America and the Caribbean. ABSTRACT As countries in Lat

Klimatförändringarna efter Paris – vad gör vi nu?

Förra årets klimatmöte i Paris har beskrivits som ett genombrott för den internationella klimatpolitiken, men kan vi förvänta oss att de nödvändiga förändringarna sker när världens länder förväntas hö

Workshop talk: The Duty to Compensate for Injustice as Applied to Reconstruction by Derek Matravers

Philosopher Derek Matravers from the Open University reads a paper he has written on the question of whether one should restore or simply leave damaged cultural heritage after a conflict has ended. Fr