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18 March, 2020

Epidemiologist on the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are

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25 January, 2022

Normative Formal Epistemology as Modelling

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Abstract I argue that normative formal epistemology (NFE) is best understood as modelling, in the sense that this is the reconstruction of its methodology o

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roussos, Joe
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08 April, 2020

Where there is trust, there is testing

In the US, levels of Covid-19 testing have varied greatly between states. But there seems to be a pattern. According to a new study by Malcolm Fairbrother, researcher at Institute for Futures Studies, , states with high levels of social trust and social capital performs more Covid-19 tests.  

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23 September, 2024

Religion and mental health in young adulthood: a register-based study on differences by religious affiliation in sickness absence due to mental disorders in Finlan

Epidemiology & Community Health vol. 78, issue 6 Abstract BackgroundReligiosity and spirituality are known to be positively correlated with health. This is the first study to analyse the interrelatio

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , Reini, K.S. & J. Saarela
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25 March, 2020
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What we know about the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are

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16 March, 2020
What we know about the corona epidemic

What we know about the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are Welcome to a seminar with Johanna Adami, epidemiologist and president at Sophiahemmet University, in a conversation with our director Gustaf Arrhenius.

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17 March, 2020

The Institute and the Corona epidemic

The Institute for Futures Studies is an internationalized business with a large number of foreign researchers who are affected by the travel restrictions currently prevailing as a result of the corona

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19 April, 2024
Graham Oddie

Graham Oddie

I am a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado (Boulder). Originally from New Zealand, I defended my PhD dissertation, on the concept of truthlikeness, at the London School of Economics

Professor, Philosophy
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06 September, 2018
Hilary Greaves

Hilary Greaves

I am a Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Global Priorities Institute, at the University of Oxford. My current research focuses on various issues in moral philosophy. My interests include: fo.

Professor, Philosophy
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31 March, 2020

Articles, videos and interviews on the corona pandemic

Our researchers comments the corona pandemic from their field of expertise. All the articles, videos and interviews are collected here. Is Sweden's soft lockdown working?Despite relatively high number

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