This seminar was postponed from October 14th to November 11th. Kirsti M. Jylhä, Ph.D. psychology AbstractThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is influencing our lives at many levels. The new corona virus is not

Futures: Politics and psychology - how to gain support for climate policies

Combating climate change means implementing policies that will encourage people to act in a more sustainable way. But how can policies be constructed and implemented in a way that is acceptable to the

Ambivalence: A new unified theory about its nature, grounds, and application to normative conflicts

Having mixed feelings about something can help us to deal with conflicts. Since this view on ambivalence challenges traditional approaches that see ambivalence as a flaw, this project aims to develop a new theory of ambivalence.

Gert Helgesson: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries

Research seminar with Gert Helgesson, Professor, Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics Abstract In the fall of 2020 a working group was appointed to deal with the historical heritage of Karolinska In

Reducing populations' vulnerabilities to mis-disinformation related to scientific content

The purpose of this project is to develop evidence-based strategies to address populations’ vulnerabilities to scientific mis-disinformation.

Research seminar with Gert Helgesson, Professor, Stockholm Centre for Healthcare EthicsTitle: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries. RegisterAbstractIn the fall of 2020 a wo

Niels Selling

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies, an adjunct associate professor at Linköping University, and an adjunct professor at IESEG School of Management. I am a mixed-methods researcher w

Is it okay to enjoy warmer summers, given they are caused by climate change? Should we feel shame when we fly? Is anxiety an overreaction, or a rational response to the current climate crisis? There i

European Psychologist Abstract Science denial has adverse consequences at individual and societal levels and even for the future of our planet. The present article aimed to answer the question: What lea

Professor Julia Driver, Dept. of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis.ABSTRACT One typical definition of "schadenfreude" is:   "a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the