The predictive capacity of the social sciences

This is an initiative to develop principles and methods for a more future-oriented social science, by starting up a discussion among researchers in social sciences, as well in Sweden as abroad.

Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. ABSTRACT In this lecture I study fertility choice in the face of socio-ecological constraints. I assume that when cho

"Power and future people’s freedom:intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism", Journal of Political Power, Volume 9,  Issue 2, 2016, pp 289-307. Abstract Intergenerational domina

Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 30(1), 5–22. Abstract It is widely believed that voting rights confer power to individual voters as well as to the collective body of the electorate. This pa

Philos. Technol.35, 24  Abstract Should artificial intelligences ever be included as co-authors of democratic decisions? According to the conventional view in democratic theory, the answer depends on the

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies,Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online  Research seminar with Anandi Hattiangadi, professor of philosophy at Stockholm University and a researcher at the Institute

Anandi Hattiangadi: Artificial General Intelligence - A Manifesto

The race is on to produce artificial general intelligence (AGI)—machines that are at least as intelligent as humans—despite widespread concern that an AGI would pose an existential threat to humankind

The British Journal of Criminology Abstract In this exploratory study, individuals’ processes of engagement in violent extremist groups are analysed by drawing from criminological life-course theory and

Biology Letters 17: 20210158 Abstract A widespread and popular belief posits that humans possess a cognitive capacity that is limited to keeping track of and maintaining stable relationships with approxi

Kapitel 3. http://www.russellsage.org/publications/parents-to-children Abstract This chapter analyses the role of cognitive ability, personality traits, and physical characteristics in transmission of so