In Stephen M. Gardiner (red), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Justice, Oxford Academic. Abstract The repugnant conclusion can be formulated as follows: For any population consisting of people wi

Göran Duus-Otterström

I received my PhD in political science from the University of Gothenburg 2008. Since 2021, I am a professor in the department of political science at the same university. I work on the theory of justi

The elevated risk of divorce among certain immigrant groups can be explained by socioeconomic factors. Stress due to immigration status does not seem to elevate the risk for divorce. These are some of

Stefan Svallfors

I am professor in Sociology at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. My research concerns different forms of expertise and their role in (Edward Elgar 2020).

What sets the framework for the research at the Institute for Futures Studies is research programs, created by the director. The current one, What future? Challenges and choices in the 21st century(201

Åsa Burman

I am Reader (Docent) in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University. My book Nonideal Social Ontology: The Power View(Oxford University Press, 2023) argues for the use of nonideal theory in the resear, which deals with the concept of power. In 2007, I did my dissertation at Lund University. After my defense I worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and with social entrepreneurship. I currently work as a project manager for the Forum for doctoral students at Stockholm University. I am an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies.

Register: The seminar is free of charge, but you need to register, REGISTER HERE The Inner World of Research - On Academic Labor is a book about the misery and joy of life as a researcher. It deals with ess

Emil Andersson

I defended my dissertation, Reinterpreting Liberal Legitimacy, in June 2019 at Uppsala University. The thesis deals with the topic of political legitimacy from a Rawlsian contractualist perspective. In

Interest in the future and the attempt to predict what will happen can be traced back a long way through history. The first attempts at more systematic studies about the future were made in the US def

Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. REGISTER for on site or online participation Abstract A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of