Completed: Preferences for coordination - their function and evolutionary foundation

Using behavioral game theory, this project aims to provide a deeper understanding of how collective action decisions are made and why people make the choices they do.

Economic Letters, vol. 203 Abstract Economic policy evaluations require social welfare functions for variable-size populations. Two important candidates are critical-level generalized utilitarianism (CL

Offentliga samtal: Hur påverkar de starka berättelserna oss?

I seminarieserien Offentliga samtal – forskare möter praktiker bjuder vi in två forskare som presenterar sina resultat kring ett aktuellt ämne, för att sedan möta praktiker i ett samtal inför publik.

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axx035 Abstract According to the orthodox treatment of risk preferences in decision theory, they are to be explained in terms of th

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), 2017: 485-533. Abstract The desirability of what actually occurs is often influenced by what could have been. Preferences based on such value de

Solidarity in diverse societies - interview with Will Kymlicka

Will Kymlicka, researcher in political philosophy, is interviewed by Gustaf Arrhenius, director of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. The topic is multiculturalism and the welfare state.

Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy ABSTRACTPrioritarianism is the equitable counterpart to utilitarianism. Rather than merely ad

Utilitas Abstract According to positive egalitarianism, not only do relations of inequality have negative value, as negative egalitarians claim, but relations of equality also have positive value. The eg

Folke Tersman

At the Institute for Futures Studies I serve as Deputy Director, supporting both the Director and the managers in Organizational support. Besides working at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) I a

2011. Journal of Statistics Physics 145:1368-1384. AbstractA random graph model with prescribed degree distribution and degree dependent edge weights is introduced. Each vertex is independently equipped