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The coronavirus, mortality and life expectancy
A demographer calculates how the average life expectancy can be affected In Sweden, we now experience the first pandemic that occurs in a society with modern information technology, and it is also the
Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles
Richard Arneson is a political philosopher with a special interest in theories of social justice. AbstractDo plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving?
Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022, vol. 20, pp. 1–32. Abstract In this study, we provide an account of mortality levels in Sweden in 2020, focusing on both excess mortality and mortality due t
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
Articles in Framtider no. 2/2005 English edition
This issue is about unexpected futures in five separate areas: demography, medicine, the environment, superpowers and technology. Contents Is it harder to foresee the future nowadays?Arne Jernelöv ImaginArne Jernelöv
Comparing and modeling the use of online recommender systems
Computers in Human Behavior Reports, vol 15 Abstract This study explores a new way to model the adoption of AI, specifically online recommender systems. It aims to find factors that can explain the varia
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
The ethics of age limits
This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care. Time: Wednesday, November 23, 14:00 - 18:00Plac The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Holländardgatan 13, Stockholm According to Jeff McMahan, we ought to save an individual, A, from dying as a young adult (e.g., at age 30) rather than save some other individual, B, from dying as a newborn, even if the latter intervention would give B twice as many years of full-quality life as the former intervention would give A. Call this claim . I argue that if we accept , then we must reject at least one of three other claims:
