The European Social Fund (ESF) aims to be more successful in helping people to get a job than Arbetsförmedlingen. The Institute for Futures Studies has studied the results of a variety of projects and

A comparison between projects financed by the European Social Fund and Arbetsförmedlingen. The seminar will be held in Swedish at Ingenjörshuset, Malmskillnadsgatan 46 in Stockholm. Breakfast will be s

The more things change, the more they stay the same. A follow up of participants in Social Fund financed projects

Research report 2014/5, 77 p. Every year in Sweden, over one hundred thousand job-seekers are assigned to local labour market policy measures, of which a large proportion are financed with money from t

During this year's politicians week in Almedalen the Institute for Futures Studies and the Thematic Group on Inclusion in Working Life organized a breakfast seminar together with the European Social F

Success factors for effective labour market projects

Success factors for effective labour market projects. A comparative study of fifteen Social Fund financed projects.Research report 2014/7, 96 p. For decades, the Swedish municipalities have had a major

Labour market policies against the odds? Job finding among participants in ESF projects in comparison with the Public Employment Service

Research report 2014/1, 115 p. The European Social Fund (ESF) has complemented the Swedish Employment Service’s work assisting job seekers in finding new jobs, by financing projects specifically design

The main purpose of this work is to assist the secretariat in administrative matters including maintaining the web site, the Facebook and the Twitter accounts, organising events, editing the Newslette Fund-raising is a substantial part of our work and the person we’re seeking will also be asked to assist in this work (complete the forms, submit the paperwork and follow up on behalf of the association). All communication will be in English. The person we are looking for will be placed at the Institute for Future studies in the very centre of Stockholm.

Jan O. Jonsson is Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University, and an Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University. The Swedish Council for Working Li.

On the 21st of October The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will arrange a seminar with and about The Rolf Schock Laureate in logic and philosophy, professor Derek Parfit. Other speakers include Gusta

A Climate Bank to Combat Climate Change: A conversation between John Broome & Gustaf Arrhenius

Reducing emissions and combatting climate change now will be of huge value for the coming generations. In principle this value could be used to fund the huge green investment loans needed today in ord