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14 June, 2023

A research agenda for the study of social norm change

Philosophical transactions A. Royal Society Publishing Abstract Social norms have been investigated across many disciplines for many years, but until recently, studies mainly provided indirect, implicitresearch may move beyond unequivocal praising of social norms as the missing link between selfinterestedbehaviour and observed cooperation or as the explanation for (the lack of) social tipping. It provides the toolkit to understand explicitly where, when and how social norms can be a solution to solve large-scale problems, but also to recognize their limits. This article is part of the theme issue ’Emergent phenomena in complex physical and socio-technical systems: from cells to societies’. 

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , & Eva Vriens
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27 February, 2025

What calibrating variable-value population ethics suggests

Economics & Philosophy Abstract Variable-Value axiologies avoid Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion while satisfying some weak instances of the Mere Addition principle. We apply calibration methods to two

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , Stefánsson, H. Orri
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15 December, 2021

The bias of adapted patients in practice

Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 8 issue 2 Abstract Current patients seem to be subject to certain biases when it comes to the report of their utility. Eyal’s proposal is to calibrate current pa

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mosquera, Julia
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24 October, 2016
Lars Ingelstam on the beginnings of the Institute for Futures Studies in Sweden podcast

Lars Ingelstam on the beginnings of the Institute for Futures Studies in Sweden

In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm celebrated 40 years. Lars Ingelstam, the first CEO of the organisation reminisces how it all began and talks about the first years of activities

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12 November, 2013

The Institute celebrates 40 years

This year the Institute for Futures Studies celebrates 40 years of research. The anniversary was celebrated together with some of the people who are and have been important for the Institute. Among the

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23 September, 2024

EU Citizens - Thirty years on. An introduction

Nordisk Socialrättslig Tidskrift/Nordic Social Law Journal 38.2024 Patricia Mindus & Anna-Sara Lind (eds.) Abstract 2023 marked thirty years since European Union citizenship was introduced as the Trea

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mindus, Patricia , Anna-Sara Lind
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19 December, 2023

Conference in honor of Professor Larry Temkin

Professor Larry Temkin, a prominent figure within moral philosophy, is retiring. His career was celebrated at a conference at Rutgers University by a number of notable speakers and participants. Our d

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