How to be an anti-capitalist for the 21st century

The American sociologist Erik Olin Wright was invited  to Stockholm for a talk in 2017 by the Institute for Futures Studies and Katalys. Moderator is Stefan Svallfors, and discussants are: Marika Lindg

Venue: Humanistiska teatern, Uppsala University Professor Ayelet Shachar (University of Toronto) is one of the world’s leading authorities on migration and citizenship. In this lecture, delivered as par

Cynthia P. Schneider: Why Soft Power is not so Soft

Soft power played a critical role in the most significant socio-political transformation of the twentieth century - the breakup of the Soviet Union and the spread of democracy to Eastern Europe. Yet t

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, level 4, i Stockholm Welcome to a light brekfast before the seminar from 08.00. REGISTER HERE > Soft power played a critical role in the most s

Frontiers in Psychology Abstract Discussions of political issues may influence people's opinions. Is there any systematic difference in opinions between those who discuss frequently and those who do notnn

AI & Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00964-6 Abstract The philosophical–ethical literature and the public debate on autonomous vehicles have been obsessed with ethical issues related to c

Philosophy & Technology 36 Abstract The last decade has seen significant improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including robotics, machine vision, speech recognition, and text ge

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences), the foundation arranged the seminar "Great expectations", on the future

p. 229-252 in: Animalism, Eds.:Stephan Blatti and Paul Snowdon, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016. New Essays on Persons, Animals, and Identity. What are we? What is the nature of the human person? An

What is the future of work in terms of justice and equality? At a big conference at the Institute for Futures Studies which included 17 speakers, this question was discussed by researchers from politi