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Sovereignty and sustainability - friends or foes? Interview with Steven Vanderheiden
To limit the global warming to a maximum of two degrees above pre-industrial levels, much of the coal and oil reserves on earth must stay in the ground. This requires international agreements to limit
Tipping Points – Humanity at the Thresholds of the Planet
Exhibition of Tipping Point: Opening 1 June Galärparken, Djurgåren (close to Junibacken) at 5 pm (preview at 4:30 pm). Therafter daily 2-19 June, opens 11 am, last showing 3 pm every day.Seminar series 3, 4, 9 and 14 June, see below.
New Methods for Sharing Research Findings with Society
Finding new formats for presenting policy-relevant research results.
Completed: How do human norms form and change?
Many societies are dominated by norms that are, in the long run, harmful to their members. How can these norms change?
The Case for Emissions Egalitarianism
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 22, no 2., doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-10016-8 Abstract There is a fixed limit on the greenhouse gas emissions that the atmosphere can absorb before triggering dang
Improving on and assessing ethical guidelines for digital tracking and tracing systems for pandemics
Ethics and Information Technology Abstract So-called digital tracking and tracing systems (DTTSs) have been proposed as a means to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. There are ethical guidelines and eval
Sanna Wolk and Leif Dahlberg: The sustainable teacher
Research seminar with Sanna Wolk, professor of law, president of the union SULF, and Leif Dahlberg, professor of media technology at Royal School of Technology (KTH). Register here AbstractThe goal is tJoin the seminar online or at the Institute for Futures Studies. If you plan to join on site, please check the box in the registration form.
Per Krusell: The Role of Economic Analysis in Combatting Climate Change
Per Krusell, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University. Abstract The science is clear: Present global warming is caused by CO2 emissions from human activities. In order to avoid the big problems th
How economics can save the world
Book launch for How Economics Can Save the World (Penguin, 2023) by Erik Angner, professor of practical philosophy and PhD in economics. Economics has always been shadowed by a movement that has been c
Causes and consequences of environmental protests. The global environmental contestation and civic mobilization observatory
Environmental protest events are increasing. Does it have any consequences for policy? With global data-sets, this project will try to answer that question.
