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17 March, 2021

Population axiology and the possibility of a fourth category of absolute value

i:  Economics and Philosophy Vol. 36:1 AbstractCritical-Range Utilitarianism is a variant of Total Utilitarianism which can avoid both the Repugnant Conclusion and the Sadistic Conclusion in population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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08 March, 2018

Completed: Network and net worth. A longitudinal study of women’s and men’s social networks in Swedish business education and their effect on career outcomes

Few women reach top positions in the corporate world, despite increased gender equality. This project examines gender differences in social networks at the Stockholm School of Economics.

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01 February, 2001

Education and Research in Times of Population Ageing

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

Type of publication: Working papers | Lena Sommestad
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05 May, 2021

On Frogs, Monkeys, and Execution Memes: Exploring the Humor-Hate Nexus at the Intersection of Neo-Nazi and Alt-Right Movements in Sweden

Television and New Media. Special issue: Nationalisms and Racisms on Digital Media. Volume: 22 issue: 2,page(s): 147-165 Abstract This article is based on a case study of the online media practices of th

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina
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14 February, 2020

More Than a Revolving Door: Corporate lobbying and the socialization of institutional carriers

Organization Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619848014  Abstract In this paper, I study an epitomic case of institutional carriers of ideas: revolving door lobbyists. In a multi-directional interv

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tyllström, Anna
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12 June, 2011

How Migration Can Benefit Development

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 5, 2006 Migration can make positive contributions to the economic development of poor countries, but needs to be incorporated into th

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Eds. Kristof Tamas and Joakim Palme
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11 July, 2019

The Swedish Mujahideen. An exploratory study of 41 Swedish foreign fighters deceased in Iraq and Syria.

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1463615 Abstract This study analyzes the demographics, criminality, and network relations of forty-one deceased Swedish foreign fighter

Type of publication: Journal articles | Edling, Christofer , , P.Thevselius & J.Sarnecki Rostami, Amir , , P.Thevselius & J.Sarnecki Mondani, Hernan , , P.Thevselius & J.Sarnecki
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09 June, 2023

Qué futuro tiene el futuro? El País reports on our AI research

"We live in an unpredictable time, the leading experts in artifical intelligence tell us. They have no answers and ordinary citizens are not even capable of asking the pertinent questions. We traveled

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12 December, 2023

Climate policies for conservatives

In the 1970s and 1980s, conservatives were prominent in climate and environmental issues. Now, this political domain is dominated by the left. How did this happen and what policies aiming to mitigate

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22 October, 2013

The Institute for Futures Studies has been granted financial support from Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for INAS Conference

In June 2013, the 6th annual conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociologists (INAS) will be held in Stockholm, with the aim to create synergistic contacts between researchers withinThis year, Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has on April the 11th decided to grant SEK 225,000 to this year's conference that will be hosted by the Institute of Futures Studies in collaboration with the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. During 7th and 8th of June, both Swedish and international researchers from the world’s leading universities will present their work in the field of analytical sociology. Over forty papers will be presented at the conference, where Thomas Schelling will deliver the opening keynote speech. Schelling was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis.

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