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21 December, 2022

Violent threats and internal security - findings from a Canada-Sweden research project

The Embassy of Canada, in partnership with the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), would like to invite you to a seminar presenting the Canada-Sweden collaborative research project on violent threat Thursday 19 January 2023, 15:30-18:00 Embassy of Canada to Sweden, Raoul Wallenberg room, 7th floor, Klarabergsgatan 23, Stockholm

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10 June, 2008

The Future Landscape

This preliminary study of central actors in the future landscape argues that there is a spectrum from institutions claiming independent expertise and scientific certainty about the future, to those fo

Type of publication: Working papers | Jenny Andersson
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28 November, 2022

Policy Paper: Global population growth

IFFS Policy Paper: 2022:1 With the rapid rise of the global human population, long term consequences materialize. These concern the welfare of future generations and the safety of eco-systems on the pl

Type of publication: Other | Kolk, Martin , Arrhenius, Gustaf , Fairbrother, Malcolm , Roussos, Joe
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13 September, 2024

Continuity and catastrophic risk

Economics & Philosophy Abstract Suppose that a decision-maker’s aim, under certainty, is to maximize some continuous value, such as lifetime income or continuous social welfare. Can such a decision-

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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