Search Results for:
claiming
01 February, 2001

Education and Research in Times of Population Ageing

The goals of growth and competitiveness as promoted by the European Union are discussed in the context of forecasts claiming the European population to be declining in size and growing increasingly ol

Type of publication: Working papers | Lena Sommestad
Read more
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
Read more
18 January, 2021
The New World - Martin Hägglund podcast

The New World - Martin Hägglund

The Institute for Futures Studies together with Aftonbladet Kultur present The New World - a podcast series where great thinkers think (and talk) about the most pressing issues concerning our future.

Read more
24 October, 2016
The dangers of excessive  ambitions within  the social sciences - Jon Elster

The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Jon Elster

www.iffs.se Part 1: In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated than the models assume them to

Read more
24 October, 2016
The dangers of excessive  ambitions within  the social sciences - Tore Ellingsen

The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Tore Ellingsen

www.iffs.se Part 2: Comment by Tore Ellingsen In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated than

Read more
24 October, 2016
The dangers of excessive  ambitions within  the social sciences - Jon Elster replies

The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Jon Elster replies

www.iffs.se Part 4: Jon Elster answers to comments from Tore Ellingsen and Bengt Hansson. In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual age

Read more
24 October, 2016
The dangers of excessive  ambitions within  the social sciences - Jon Elster Q&A

The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Jon Elster Q&A

www.iffs.se Part 5: Questions from the audience In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated th

Read more
24 October, 2016
The dangers of excessive  ambitions within  the social sciences - Bengt Hansson

The dangers of excessive ambitions within the social sciences - Bengt Hansson

www.iffs.se Part 3: Comment by Bengt Hansson In this lecture Jon Elster diagnoses this flaw and discusses possible remedies. He argues that actual agents are intrinsically less sophisticated than

Read more
08 October, 2020

IFFS and Aftonbladet present - The New World

Karin Pettersson, Martin Hägglund, Georg Diez The Institute for Futures Studies together with Aftonbladet Kultur are proud to present the new podcast collaboration: The New World - a podcast series whe

Read more
11 January, 2016

Completed: Criminal networks and social organizing

How does criminal organization, for example in street gangs, arise? By understanding how the networks work, we can also suggest crime prevention strategies.

Read more