The societal impact of new technologies

In order to meet global challenges such as poverty and climate change, we depend on technological innovations. We have already become increasingly embedded in a technological ecosystem that have significant effects on our everyday lives. But even small mistakes in how new technologies are being introduced, can cause negative impacts on our societies. In this theme we try to understand this process.

Steffen Mau is Professor of Macrosociology at Humboldt University of Berlin. ABSTRACTThe quantification of the social is a mega-trend transforming social relationships and reformatting social life. Be

King's Law Journal 30, 356-362 Abstract Part political journalism, travel memoir, political theory, sociology, anthropology, and moral psychology, Michael Ignatieff’s The Ordinary Virtues defies easy de

The Journal of  Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-019-09316-z Abstract Although popular, control accounts of privacy suffer from various counterexamples. In this article, it is argued that two such

Welcome to the first lecture in the new series CUSP - Critically Urgent Societal Problems - that we arrange in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala. At this first

In this paper, wealth consequences of the Swedish pension system in the transition from a defined benefit to notional defined contribution system are simulated with almost exact institutional detail,

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, published online first. doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2019.1644583 Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between the idea of popula

Eyewitness video and human rights practice

This project will study the interplay between eyewitness videos in a digital media landscape and human rights practice.

Theoria Abstract Definitions of disabilityare useful for different purposes and carry normative significance. However, defining disability has proven a difficult task. Communities with different theoreti

When restrictions were introduced at the beginning of the pandemic, many assumed that young adults' mental health would deteriorate rapidly due to factors such as social isolation, unemployment and ec