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A basic income for all: crazy or essential?
OUPblog, Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World. Shouldn’t society provide a safety net for all in modern society? The radical idea of ensuring a regular stream of cash paym
Urban Futures from Essentials to Experiences - The transformative role of marketplaces in 21st century cities
Place: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmRegister hereInformality is on the rise. From remote labour and services-on-demand to food trucks and pop-up shops, its transformat
Why the immorality of consuming alcohol during pregnancy cannot tell us that abortion is immoral: A reply to Hendricks
in: BioethicsAbstractRecently, Perry Hendricks argued that abortion is immoral even if the fetus is not a person. He did so by arguing that causing a future child to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome
Democratic legitimacy does not require constitutional referendum. On ‘the constitution’ in theories of constituent power
European Constitutional Law Review, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp. 567-583, doi.org/10.1017/S1574019618000287 Abstract Constitutional referendum – Popular sovereignty – Constituent power – Democratic legitimac
Wage Differences Between Women and Men in Sweden – the Impact of Skill Mismatch
This paper investigates skill mismatch and its impact on gender differences in wage gap and in returns to education in Sweden 1993 to 2002. It shows that over- and undereducation contribute far more t
Iwao Hirose: Restricting Freedom During Pandemic
Iwao Hirose is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Value Theory and the Philosophy of Public Policy. His research areas are normative ethics and the philosophy of social science. AbstractIn order tThis seminar will be held online. The number of people who can join i s limited. You can check in a couple of minutes before the seminar begins. Do you wish to get reminders about our research seminars?
How do we measure well-being?
Stella lives with her family in a villa in a medium-sized town in Sweden. She likes her job but her back is hurting. How do we measure her well-being? Increasing well-being is generally accepted as one
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
Book release: Stefan Svallfors - The Inner World of Research
Register: The seminar is free of charge, but you need to register, REGISTER HERE The Inner World of Research - On Academic Labor is a book about the misery and joy of life as a researcher. It deals with ess

Emil Andersson
I defended my dissertation, Reinterpreting Liberal Legitimacy, in June 2019 at Uppsala University. The thesis deals with the topic of political legitimacy from a Rawlsian contractualist perspective. In