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16 December, 2019
Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair in Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol

Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair in Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol

22 November, Institute for Futures Studies. A Multidisciplinary Look at Knowledge Resistance ’Knowledge Resistance: Causes, Consequences, and Cures' is a multidiciplinary research program, comp

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17 October, 2011

Social Investment in the Ageing Populations of Europe

Pp. 261-284, Chapter 10 in Morel, Nathalie, Palier, Bruno & Joakim Palme (eds), Towards a social investment welfare state?. Policy Press, Bristol.

Type of publication: Chapters | Thomas Lindh
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02 February, 2015

Malcolm Fairbrother: Trust and Public Support for Environmental Protection

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol ABSTRACTMost people say they are concerned about the serious environmental problems confronting the world today and threatening the well-being of future ge

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother
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11 June, 2015

Malcolm Fairbrother: Elites, Democracy and the Rise of Globalization

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol ABSTRACTWhy have the governments of so many nations decided to globalize their economies in the last 30 years? The literature on this question is polarized

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol
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11 January, 2016

John Broome

I am Emeritus White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy and Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford. I am also a Visiting Professor at Stanford University, and Adjunct Profes

Emeritus White’s Professor, Moral Philosophy
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13 April, 2018
Malcolm Fairbrother

Malcolm Fairbrother

I am a professor of sociology at Uppsala University, and a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I moved to Sweden in 2017, after spending ten years at Bristol University in the UK. Before

Professor, Sociology
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10 October, 2023
Reality minus minus - James Ladyman, Professor of Philosophy

Reality minus minus - James Ladyman, Professor of Philosophy

There is plenty of techno-optimistic takes on virtual worlds. They will offer us opportunity for new and exciting experiences, as real as reality, it is said. But what about the costs? In a talk from

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24 October, 2016

Epistemic Utility Theory Meets Population Ethics

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. It has become apparent t

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. The aim of this workshop is to discuss what epistemic utility theorists can learn from population ethicists (and vice versa).
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14 September, 2022

Significant but inconclusive evidence

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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14 February, 2023

The Problems of Philosophy in Virtual Reality

 Venue:The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, and online This event is open to the public.Conference poster. This conference will depart from and engage with the recent and critby Professor David Chalmers.

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