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The Institute for Futures Studies is an institute for social science research focusing on issues deemed important for the future.
Completed: Crossing boundaries in social work. Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden
The study explores welfare governance in relation to disadvantaged areas in Sweden. The project aims to contribute with knowledge about how to build trust, promote safety, and break a negative societal development.
Carina Gunnarson: Crossing boundaries - Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden
Carina Gunnarsonsresearch has primarily focused on social trust, and how this can be promoted in difficult environments through school and civil society. Empirically, her research is about the fight a
Optimal Opportunities for Ethnic Organisation and Political Integration? Comparing Stockholm with Other European Cities
Laura Morales and Marco Giugni (Eds.) Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe: Making Multicultural Democracy Work Pp. 115-139. Palgrave Macmillan. Abstract The overall question in
Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals
“Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals”, Politics & Policy Vol 44 (1), 2016, pp 56-73. This paper focuses on a specific category of political actors – “pol
Janine Wedel: Meet the new influence elites. How top players sway policy and governing in the twenty-first century
Janine R. Wedel is a university professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University and a Senior Research Fellow of the New America Foundation. ABSTRACTA new breed of influence elite ha
Offentliga samtal: Vad händer när de rika blir rikare?
Forskarna Daniel Waldenström och Agneta Berge samt en panel bestående av Lisa Pelling, utredningschef på tankesmedjan Arena Idé, Mattias Svensson, liberal skribent, författare och debattör och Gabriel
Completed: Firms as Political Activists: The Scope and Nature of Corporate Political Responsibility
This project explores the changing political role of corporations in the 21st century by combining political science, sociology, and business science.
Is There a Hidden Potential for Rural Population Growth in Sweden?
This paper examines whether a hidden potential for rural population growth can be found in Sweden through investigating survey data of people expressing their desire to move to rural areas, and regist
Understanding Rural Change – Demography as a Key to the Future
The aim of this paper is to exploit demographic change in rural areas as a means to forecast their possible economic and social futures. The peripheral rural areas of Europe will experience problems o
