Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.  Research seminar with Patricia Mindus and Rebecca Stern. Patricia Mindus is Professor in Practical Philosophy at Uppsala University. Her research mainly f

2023:3. Expertgruppen för Studier i Offentlig ekonomi. Abstract Trots nästan dagliga nyhetsrapporteringar som pekar på motsatsen har det totala våldet per capita i Sverige inte ökat sedan början av 2000

Andreas Gustafsson

I work as a research assistant in the SEMI project. I study integration and education with a focus on study choice and study outcomes among youth and young adults with Swedish and foreign backgrounds. . I have BSc in Biology, with focus on ecology and evolutionary biology, and a MSc in Sociological Demography from Stockholm University. I also work at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University.

The goals of growth and competitiveness as promoted by the European Union are discussed in the context of forecasts claiming the European population to be declining in size and growing increasingly ol

New Methods for Sharing Research Findings with Society

Finding new formats for presenting policy-relevant research results.

FOCUS, a EU security research project (Foresight Security Scenarios – Mapping Research to a Comprehensive Approach to Exogenous EU Roles) will be arranging a final symposium on the 31st of January and

The new pattern in demographic behavior in the industrialized world, i.e. the “second demographic transition”, appeared in the mid-1960s and spread more recently to the Eastern parts of Europe. This o

After having illustrated both theoretical and empirical sides of the debate on the ability of a pension system to fulfill its aim with an aging population, the paper makes two main claims: the debate

How the state can afford pension and healthcare costs for ageing populations, and who should carry the burden has become a central question. Thus far, focus has been on public transfers while neglecti

In Sweden, efforts to develop knowledge based niches have become key elements in an increasingly growth oriented regional/industrial policy. This paper addresses the spatial implications of these chan