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Factors affecting the spread of mental health problems in schools
Diagnoses for psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and various depressive disorders are steadily climbing in Sweden and other developed nations. This is particularly worrisome in populations of school chil

Anders Ekholm
I have had the position as vice president and advisor at the Institute for Futures Studies and before that I worked as head of analysis at the Ministry of Social Affairs, with research concerning our
A march for science and research!
Alternative facts and fake news. These are phenomenons that March for Science wants to counteract. March for Science will be organized in 400 cities around the World on the 22nd of April, highligting th
Counterfactual Skepticism and Multidimensional Semantics
Erkenntnis, pp. 1-24. Abstract It has recently been argued that indeterminacy and indeterminism make most ordinary counterfactuals false. I argue that a plausible way to avoid such counterfactual skepti
We are all prejudiced. You and me both
At the Institute for Futures Studies, we treat discrimination as an import issue for the future. We are studying how it manifests itself, but we are also trying to understand how and why discriminatio
POSTPONED. NEW DATE PENDING. Moa Bursell: Can implicit bias be reduced through training? (Webinar)
Online seminar Can implicit bias be reduced through training? Individual and group-level effects among Swedish social workers Moa Bursell is postdoctoral researcher in sociology. Her research concerns im

Completed: Inclusion and Exclusion at the Labor Market – an Intersectional Field Experiment
This project will investigate the role of employer hiring discrimination in the reproduction of ethnic and gender segregation, and inequality in the labor market.
Generationally Parochial Geoengineering: Early Warning-Signs of a Basic Threat
In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generationsvol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract ‘Geoengineering' has come to refer to massive technological inter
Stephen Gardiner: Generationally Parochial Geoengineering - A Threat to the Young and Other Future Generations
Place:At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. REGISTERAbstract'Geoengineering' has come to refer to massive, deliberate technological interventions into fundamentis Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he is also Director of the Program on Ethics. His research focuses on global environmental problems, future generations and virtue ethics.Join the seminar online or at the Institute for Futures Studies. If you will join on site, please check the box in the