Chesa Boudin, former District Attornay in San Francisco, about crime and punishment.

Does the severity of punishment affect crime rates?⁠ ⁠ One common argument for increasing the length of prison sentences for serious crimes is that harsher penalties will deter people from committing

On the first of January, 2022 Åsa Romson becomes the new chairman of the board at the Institute for Futures Studies. She will replace Catharina Elmsäter Svärd, who has had the position since 2016. Åsa

Why do some democratic transitions succeed and others do not? We attempt to identify which sequences lead to full and stable democracy and which sequences do not.

Nanda Wijermans, Stockholm Resilience Centre Human behaviour is a complex phenomenon with a lot of open questions. Computational modelling can support the scientific quest for more understanding of hum

The 9 members of the Institute’s board of directors are appointed by the Government. Åsa Romson, Chair, Jur. Dr., IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, former Minister for the Environment, and D

This year the Institute for Futures Studies celebrates 40 years of research. The anniversary was celebrated together with some of the people who are and have been important for the Institute. Among the

Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 8 issue 2 Abstract Current patients seem to be subject to certain biases when it comes to the report of their utility. Eyal’s proposal is to calibrate current pa

This week the newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning published an article by Joakim Palme, former CEO at the Institute, on how we can meet the challenge of an ageing population. Educating young people is necess

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond is celebrating it's 50th anniversary and is organizing an international symposium on research at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on 6 May 2015. Several international researchers

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online  Research seminar with Klaus Georg Hansen, PhD in Colonial History and modern society of Greenland.He is an independent film