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04 April, 2025

Is it possible to reduce the number of prisoners without increasing crime? Lessons from California

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the

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24 November, 2023
Beyond reductionism: Contingent grounding and the Mind-Body Problem

Beyond reductionism: Contingent grounding and the Mind-Body Problem

I det här projektet undergrävs de två traditionella sätt på vilka man har betraktat kropp-medvetandeproblemet och föreslår en ny teori.

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28 March, 2019

On the Limits of the Precautionary Principle

Risk Analysis, Published online first, doi.org/10.1111/risa.13265 Abstract The precautionary principle (PP) is an influential principle of risk management. It has been widely introduced into environmental

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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04 June, 2020
Faradj Koliev

Faradj Koliev

I am a researcher in political science at Stockholm Univesity and at the Institute for Futures Studies. I do research on issues concerning international cooperation, international organizations, NGOs,

PhD, Political Science
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11 January, 2016
H. Orri Stefánsson

H. Orri Stefánsson

I am Professor of Practical Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm University, and Researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. My current research mostly concerns how one should cho uncertainty, including situations where one suspects that the outcome of one’s actions (or inaction) could be catastrophic.

Professor, Practical Philosophy
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15 December, 2014

Human Enhancement and Technological Uncertainty. Essays on the Promise and Peril of Emerging Technology

Doctoral thesis. KTH Royal Institute of Technology.ISBN 978-91 7595-341-0 Abstract Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct connection between the brain and a machi

Type of publication: Books | Jebari, Karim
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10 December, 2024

In defense of value incomparability: A reply to Dorr, Nebel, and Zuehl

Noûs Abstract Cian Dorr, Jacob Nebel, and Jake Zuehl have argued that no objects are incomparable in value. One set of arguments they offer depart from a principle they call ‘Strong Monotonicity’, which

Type of publication: Journal articles | Risberg, Olle , & E. Carlsson
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21 March, 2016

Mike Otsuka: How to guard against the risk of living too long: the case for collective pensions

Mike (Michael) Otsuka, Professor of Philosophy at London School of Economics ABSTRACTIn this paper, I defend the realization here and now of a type of occupational pension that is collective rather tha

Michael Otsuka, professor i filosofi vid London School of Economics
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11 January, 2016
Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I defended my dissertation in October 2015 at Rutgers University.  My research focuses on a range of topics related to the evaluation of different

PhD, Philosophy
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05 November, 2020
Tina Askanius

Tina Askanius

Tina Askanius is Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University, where she is also the co-director of the interdisciplinary research pShe holds a PhD in Media and Communication Studies from Lund University, Sweden, where she defended the thesis in 2012. Her research broadly concerns the interplay between social media and social movements, and she has published extensively on these matters in the context of social and climate justice movements as well as ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in Scandinavia. At the institute she works in the project .

Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies
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