In the wake of the election one can start to wonder what politics should really be about. What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter

Research and ideas for a brighter future - part 2

What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter future ahead? This is part two of the seminar "Research and ideas for a brighter society"

Research and ideas for a brighter future - part 1

What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter future ahead? This is part two of the seminar "Research and ideas for a brighter society"

Why do we need social progress? On July of 2014 a monumental task began as hundreds of the world's leading academics came together to set new standards for a just, secure and healthy global society. T has been tirelessly forming a non-partisan report addressed to all social actors, movements, organizations, politicians, and decision-makers in order to provide an architecture for present and future global issues and crises.

Current research in ecological and social psychology, vol 3 Abstract The tightness of a society is defined as the strength of social norms and the degree of sanctioning within the society. However, a so

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1463615 Abstract This study analyzes the demographics, criminality, and network relations of forty-one deceased Swedish foreign fighter

In N. Marschner, C. Richter, J. Patz, & A. Salheiser (Eds.), Contested climate justice – Challenged democracy: International perspectives (pp. 59-71). Campus Verlag GmbH Abstract Earth is on a catastryet, there is little sign of halting the rise of global greenhouse gas emissions orstopping the extraction of fossil fuels. Against this background, in this articlewe re-engage with a recently proposed typology supposed to cover three modesthrough which effective climate action has been obstructed. These are, first,primary obstruction, that is, the spread of disinformation and/or denying the veryexistence of anthropogenic climate change. Second, secondary obstruction concernsmore or less deliberate obstruction via opposition to climate action and policiesvia, for example, reference to “the threat of deindustrialisation”. Finally, tertiaryobstruction denotes modes of living which, while not necessarily obstructingeffective climate change intentionally, concerns “living in denial”. Drawing onrecent research and examples, we revisit this typology.

The most recent conflict in Gaza – Operation Protective Edge – brought to the fore crucially important debates in both international law and the ethics of war. In November this year, a group of intern

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