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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

Completed: Dilemmas of democratic self-defense in European public broadcasting
This project examines how public broadcasting organizations have responded to the growing presence of broadly defined populist and extremist parties.
Public broadcasting and democracy’s defense: responses to far-right parties in Germany and Sweden
Democratization, vol 30, issue 6 Abstract This article studies the response by public sphere institutions in democratic societies to far-right parties, focusing specifically on public broadcasting organ
Technology, National Identity and the State: Rise and Decline of a Small State’s Military-Industrial Complex
The following paper traces the emergence of a Swedish military-industrial complex through its heydays to its eventual decline, to identify factors which distinguish the Swedish case. The paper argues
Existential risk to humanity
Existential risks are those risks that threaten the entire future of humanity - not just the present generation, but all future generations. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human extincti
Sweden's bumpy road to NATO membership: Political processes and moral dilemmas
Venue: Medelhavsmuseet, Fredsgatan 2 i Stockholm. We will be in Hörsalen, which is just behind Bagdad Café which will be open until 19.00. Register here > Abandoning its age-old doctrine of military n
Public services demokratiska uppdrag. Fri åsiktsbildning och offentligt förnuft
Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift 126:2, 355–372 Abstract The democratic significance of public broadcasting corporations has gained renewed urgency as a result of developments in the outside world and the ong

How economics can save the world
Book launch for How Economics Can Save the World (Penguin, 2023) by Erik Angner, professor of practical philosophy and PhD in economics. Economics has always been shadowed by a movement that has been c

The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations
Martin Hamilton, Centre for International Law and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University: "The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations." A talk on how the military

Josef Hien
I am interested in the connection between politico-economic institutions, religion, ideologies, and cultures. After receiving my PhD from the European University Institute in Florence in 2012 I had po