Dr Simone Abram, Department of Anthropology, Durham University ABSTRACT Within the broad term 'democratic state' there is a messy set of imagined virtues, vices and possibilities. In this paper, I consi

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), several obstacles must be overcome. This planning project investigates an obstacle that is often neglected: population growth.

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The Institute for Futures Studies is searching for a researcher for a research project on psychological and sociological differences between voters, depending on what party they would prefer to give t

It has been a long and violent conflict, but the parties have finally come to an agreement to put down their weapons – now it’s time for peace to settle in society. Unfortunately, there are a limited

A couple of weeks ago it was decided that the Institute for Futures Studies will support the project International Panel on Social Progress. It is a large project with high ambitions that mobilizes se

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.), Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Justice in production is concerned with ensuring the benefits and

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Frontiers in Climate 4 Abstract Since introducing a path-breaking carbon tax in 2008, the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has attracted significant attention from climate policy schola