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09 October, 2020

Governing the Climate-Energy Nexus: Institutional Complexity and Its Challenges to Effectiveness and Legitimacy

Cambridge University Press Combating climate change and transitioning to fossil-free energy are two central and interdependent challenges facing humanity today. Governing the nexus of these challenges

Type of publication: Books | Bäckstrand, Karin , , Fariborz, Zelli, Nasiritousi, Naghmeh, Skovgaard, Jakob & Widerberg, Oscar
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01 February, 2023
Ann-Sofie Isaksson

Ann-Sofie Isaksson

I am a researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and at the University of Gothenburg. My research interests and empirical work cover a broad range of issue

Associate Professor, Economics
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29 September, 2010

The Nordic Welfare Model in a European Perspective

From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord

Type of publication: Working papers | Susan Kuivalainen and Kenneth Nelson
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17 January, 2025

Ann-Sofie Isaksson: Internet connectivity and educational outcomes: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and

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27 February, 2025

Multistakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Promises and Pitfalls

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol. 49 Abstract This review examines the promises and pitfalls of multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) for sustainable development. We take stock of the lite

Type of publication: Journal articles | Higham, Ian , & Felicitas Fritzsche Bäckstrand, Karin , & Felicitas Fritzsche Koliev, Faradj , & Felicitas Fritzsche
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06 October, 2022

The knowledge-management complex: From quality registries to national knowledge-driven management in Swedish health care governance

Politics & Policy Abstract This article analyzes the emergence of the Swedish “national system for knowledge-driven management.” We argue that the system is best understood as a meta-instrument that

Type of publication: Journal articles | Falkenström, Erica , Svallfors, Stefan
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13 January, 2021

Calls for 2 PhD positions in a research program on partnerships for sustainable development

Calls for 2 PhD positions in a new research program Transformative Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Assessing synergies, effectiveness and legitimacy of United Nations Multi-stakeholder Partne.

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19 March, 2021

Vaccine confidence is higher in more religious countries

Human vaccines and immunotherapeutics Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to global health, but it is not ubiquitous; depending on the country, the proportion that have confidence in vaccines ranges

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Vartanova, Irina
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24 August, 2020

Malcolm Fairbrother (presenter): How Much Do People Value Future Generations? (paper together with Gustaf Arrhenius, Krister Bykvist, Tim Campbell, webinar)

Malcolm Fairbrother is professor of sociology at Umeå University and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. In this seminar he presents the paper How Much Do People Value Future Generations? C

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12 May, 2021

Governing for Future Generations: How Political Trust Shapes Attitudes Towards Climate and Debt Policies

in: Frontiers in political science AbstractPolicy decisions, and public preferences about them, often entail judgements about costs people should be willing to pay for the benefit of future generations

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , Arrhenius, Gustaf , Bykvist, Krister , Campbell, Tim
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