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Future of food: A technology-centered path towards sustainable production in 2100
Futures, vol. 167 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and formulate a specific technology-centered path to reach it. In this scenario, the human population
Backcasting the Future of Food: A Technology-Oriented Path to Sustainable Production in 2100
Institute for Futures Studies Working Paper 2024:18 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and identify a technology-centered path to attain it. The target ou
Are animals needed for food supply, efficient resource use, and sustainable cropping systems? An argumentation analysis regarding livestock farming
Food Ethics, vol. 9 Abstract It has been argued that livestock farming is necessary to feed a growing population, that it enables efficient use of land and biomass that would otherwise be lost from the
Climate-friendly food-choice intentions among emerging adults: extending the theory of planned behavior with objective ambivalence, climate-change worry and optimism
Frontiers of Psychology, Sec. Environmental Psychology, vol. 14. Abstract Climate-friendly food choices are still relatively rarely addressed in studies investigating climate engagement, particularly am

Carina Mood
My research concerns poverty, inequality, integration and the welfare of children and youth. At the Institute for Futures Studies I am one of the researchers leaders of the current reseach program's t
Do good. And do it better
Do you ever donate money to a charitable cause? If you do, how do you choose what cause to favour? The Scottish philosopher William MacAskill says that we are generally quite bad at regarding donation
The good man's racism?
It is becoming common for political parties with xenophobic views to appear in parliaments in Europe, Sweden is no exception. There is an ongoing debate about xenophobia and diversity in the media, in
Never eat a Pigeon with a Pumpkin: a model for the emergence and fixation of unsupported beliefs
This work was presented at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2023, and a shortened form of the paper is Chapter 30 in Food Rules and Rituals: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Coo

Do good and do it better. Interview with William MacAskill
Gustaf Arrhenius, director at the Institute for futures studies in Stockholm, interviews philosoper William MacAskill about effective altruism, doing good better.
Democracy and the Common Good: A Study of the Weighted Majority Rule
Doctoral thesis in practical philosophy, Stockholm: Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University. Abstract In this study I analyse the performance of a democratic decision-making rule: the weighted ma