The Institute for Futures Studies - What we do

The Institute for Futures Studies is an independent foundation that conducts research on important questions that shape our future society. Based on four themes, we investigate critical issues for the

The Institute conducts program activities such as seminars, conferences and training with both current issues and research as a basis. If you want to get invitations to our seminars, sign up to our news. 

2011. PLoS Comp. Bio. 7(3):e1001109. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001109 Abstract Sexual contact patterns, both in their temporal and network structure, can influence the spread of sexually transmitted inf

AI is watching. A constantly growing number of programs, microphones and cameras, are collecting data about you. Data that will be used. Maybe not by a killer robot who thinks you are the enemy. But m

Institute for Futures Studies, working paper 2022:13, 23 pages. We know that informal networks explain differences in career success. Historical differences in business careers of men and women have fr

Markus Furendal

Markus Furendal is a researcher at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm Unviersity, and at the Institute for Futures Studies. He conducts resarch on topics at the intersection of politics,

This autumn the Institute for Futures Studies is launching a new seminar series. Under the title "The Future of ... " we will investigate a number of key issues that are of great importance for the fu

Institutes, companies and organizations connected to futures studies or future aligned consultancy. The Institute for Futures Studies is not responsible for the content of these web sites and many of t

Journal of Adolescence, Vol 66, pp. 21-30, doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.04.005. Abstract This study examined socioeconomic differences in risk behaviours according to youth-oriented measures of eco

Population aging process will affect all countries on earth, starting with the most developed ones, and its consequences for future income growth are of prime importance for the conduct of economic po