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Gustaf Arrhenius receives prolonged appointment as director of the institute
What sets the framework for the research at the Institute for Futures Studies is research programs, created by the director. The current one, What future? Challenges and choices in the 21st century(201
Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation
Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2021), 51: 4, 256–269 Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than an outcome where the one is saved and the many die? According to the stan
Completed: Subterranean politics – the world and work of policy professionals
What are the implications of policy professionals gaining more and more influence over the political agenda, rather than elected officials? This project examines how these policy professionals, who are employed rather than elected to office, view their work.
The implications of learning across perceptually and strategically distinct situations
Synthese, 1-18. Abstract Game theory is a formal approach to behavior that focuses on the strategic aspect of situations. The game theoretic approach originates in economics but has been embraced by sch
The role of psychosocial school conditions in adolescent prosocial behaviour
School Psychology International, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 283-300. Abstract This study examined how psychosocial conditions at school are associated with prosocial behaviour, a key indicator of positive me
Discontinuous and continuous stochastic choice and coordination in the lab
Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 206, 2022. Abstract We experimentally test theoretical predictions on equilibrium selection in a two-player coordination (investment) game. Through a minimal visual vari
David Owen: Refugees, EU Citizenship and the Common European Asylum System: A normative dilemma for EU Integration.
David Owen, Professor of Social & Political Philosophy, University of Southampton. Abstract This article argues that the practical difficulties and normative dilemmas at stake in the European refuge
Identification of influential spreaders in complex networks
2010. Nature Physics 6:888-893. AbstractNetworks portray a multitude of interactions through which people meet, ideas are spread, and infectious diseases propagate within a society. Identifying the most
Ecocentrism and Biosphere Life Extension
Science and Engineering Ethics, 28. Abstract The biosphere represents the global sum of all ecosystems. According to a prominent view in environmental ethics, ecocentrism, these ecosystems matter for the
Egalitarian Concerns and Population Change
in Ole Frithjof Norheim (ed.) Measurement and Ethical Evaluation of Health Inequalities, Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199931392.003.0007 We usually examine our considered
