Commission: The global politics of AI and healthcare

This is a commission to write a discussion piece for policy makers on how to navigate the changing global politics of AI and healthcare. It is part of the Global (Dis)order Policy Program lead by the British Academy and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Professor Jesper Strömbäck, The Swedish Commission on the Future Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s seminar room at Holl

Equality and equity in Swedish education: policy, practice and historical perspectives

Björn Åstrand, Universitetslektor vid Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier vid Umeå universitet. Equality and equity in education is since long a key policy priority internationally as well as in

A monster in the making. Interview with Matthias Matthijs on the euro crisis and democracy

What started off as a political project aimed at strengthening democracies has become an economic project in crisis that undermines democracy. We are of course talking about the european union and the

Throughout history, people have consulted everything from oracles to crystal balls in order to predict the future. But it was not until the 1960s that interest developed in a more systematic study of

Björn Åstrand, Associate professor at Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Umeå University AbstractEquality and equity in education is since long a key policy priority intern

The Swedish government has appointed two new members to the board of the Institute for Futures Studies. The new members come with knowledge of robotics and experience from the government's Future Comm

What started off as a political project aimed at strengthening democracies has become an economic project in crisis that undermines democracy. That is how economist Matthias Matthijs describes the Eur

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 3, 2006 Demographic projections indicate a considerable ageing of the European population. Part of the ageing is due to increasing lo

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Bo Rothstein, who holds the August Röhss Chair in Political Science at University of Gothenburg, a position est