Since Peter Hedström will be leaving the Institute on the 31st of August, the board is now recruiting his successor. This person will be taking on the responsibility of developing the future work of t

We welcome a new member to our board, Andreas Muranyi Scheutz! He is Director of research and innovation in Region Stockholm and has previously had the same position at the Swedish embassy in New Delh

Completed: Mission: Artistic Director

This project considers artistic leadership and managerial skills in Swedish theatre, a subject which has been debated both publicly and internally the past few years.

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

European Journal of Criminology Abstract Building and expanding on contemporary research where desistance is increasingly conceived of asa fragile and liminal experience, this paper examines the early dof ambivalence – an undertheorised concept in life course criminology. This paper employs qualitativeinterviews from a total of 10 participants who participated in SIG, a voluntary defector programmein Sweden. Despite having formulated a clear resolve to desist, the participantsnonetheless experienced feelings of ambivalence in relation to the desistance process. In theseinstances, the aspiring desisters were bordering between the prospects of a better, crime-freelife and the pains, losses, struggles and frustrations accompanying the early stages of desistance.It is argued that this liminal position, where the old life is to be discarded and a new, better lifeis yet to be built, may constitute a breeding ground for ambivalence – a state which needs tobe grounded in the precarious social position of marginalised youth which aspiring desisters typicallyoccupy.

Gustaf Arrhenius, Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, is known for his research on our moral obligations to future generations and on issues in democratic theory. On November th

in Klenk, M. (ed.), Higher Order Evidence and Moral Epistemology, London: Routledge, 2020. (ISBN: 0367343207) AbstractSome philosophers question whether higher-order evidence can support the radical sk

Do good and do it better. Interview with William MacAskill

Gustaf Arrhenius, director at the Institute for futures studies in Stockholm, interviews philosoper William MacAskill about effective altruism, doing good better.

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond is celebrating it's 50th anniversary and is organizing an international symposium on research at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on 6 May 2015. Several international researchers

The 9 members of the Institute’s board of directors are appointed by the Government. Åsa Romson, Chair, Jur. Dr., IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, former Minister for the Environment, and D