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Congratulations Partha Dasgupta!
Partha Dasgupta, professor of economics and member of the Climate Ethics and Future Generations-team at IFFS, and Gustaf Arrhenius at a conference in honour of Dasgupta who is turning 80 in 2023. Dasg
The lure of power. Career paths and considerations among policy professionals in Sweden
Working paper 2019 nr 12. This paper analyses career paths and career considerations among policy professionals in Sweden. It builds on a longitudinal data set in which the professionals’ careers are m
Climate anxiety: Conceptual considerations, and connections with climate hope and action
Global Environmental Change, vol. 76, 2022. Abstract Climate anxiety is a phenomenon which raises growing attention. Based on a national survey of climate-related feelings and behaviors (N= 2070) in Fin
School Contextual Features of Social Disorder and Mental Health Complaints - A Multilevel Analysis of Swedish Sixth-Grade Students
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(1), 156; doi:10.3390/ijerph15010156 Abstract This study addressed school-contextual features of social disorder in relation to sixth-grade students’ experienc

Why we need research on AI impact now. Pontus Strimling (introduction from Gustaf Arrhenius)
Artificial intelligence is already here and is changing society. But social science research on the impact of AI and which choises and ethical considerations societies will face due to developments in
Age Discrimination: Is It Special? Is it Wrong?
In Bognar, G & A. Gosseries (red.) Ageing without Ageism? Conceptual Puzzles and Policy Proposals. Oxford Academic. Abstract This chapter examines the moral status of age discrimination by bringing t
Pathways to Retirement and Retirement Incentives in Sweden
The paper describes retirement behavior in different groups of the Swedish labour force and economic incentives to exit the labour market for them, in order to see to what extent these match up. The r
Attitudes towards childbearing, population, and the environment: Examining prevalence and demographic and psychological correlates
Stockholm Research Reports in Demography 2024:41 Abstract Environmental concerns may influence personal fertility decisions and general opinions about childbearing and population, but research on this t
D3.3 Report on regulatory options
De Montfort University Abstract This report reviews various regulatory options that support the ethical and/or responsible development of smart information systems (AI and big data). Its insights will b
Counterfactual Desirability
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), 2017: 485-533. Abstract The desirability of what actually occurs is often influenced by what could have been. Preferences based on such value de