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22 October, 2013

ERC Advanced Grant 2012 to Peter Hedström

Peter Hedström at the Institute for Futures Studies has been granted funding for a project called "Analytical sociology: Theoretical developments and empirical research”. 302 researchers in total were

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16 September, 2024

New Arguments for a pure lottery in Research Funding: A Sketch for a Future Science Policy Without Time-Consuming Grant Competitions

Minerva, vol. 62 Abstract A critical debate has blossomed within the field of research policy, science and technology studies, and philosophy of science regarding the possible benefits and limitations opure lottery

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roumbanis, Lambros
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11 January, 2016

Research

Research at the Institute is structured around a research program, usually conducted over a period of six years. What they all have in common is the futures perspective and the fact that they are all

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09 June, 2017

Research areas

The Institute for Futures Studies is an institute for social science research focusing on issues deemed important for the future.

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08 June, 2017

Basic Income in the Capitalist Economy: The Mirage of ‘Exit’ From Employment

Basic Income Studies, 11 (1), 61–74. https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2016-0013 Abstract A widespread argument in the basic income debate is that the unconditional entitlement to a secure income floor improve

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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03 February, 2017

Missions

In addition to research projects that are funded by research grants, we also work with missions from different agencies. The following are now ongoing missions. The global politics of AI and healthcareCli

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03 February, 2017

Funding

The institute is primarily funded through a grant from the state budget and external research funding from government and private research financiers, awarded in competition with other research organi

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15 May, 2013

Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income, Debt, and Energy Consumption

Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland By analogy with the probability distribution of energy in statistical physics, I argue that the probability distribution of money in a closed economic system sh, Reviews of Modern Physics 81, 1703 (2009), New Journal of Physics 12, 075032 (2010).  This work is currently supported by the Institute for New Economic Thinking,

Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
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24 October, 2016

Epistemic Utility Theory Meets Population Ethics

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. It has become apparent t

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. The aim of this workshop is to discuss what epistemic utility theorists can learn from population ethicists (and vice versa).
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26 October, 2021

Post doc for project on how social norms emerge and change

We are seeking a strong and highly motivated candidate with a background in experimental sociology, economics, or social psychology for a postdoctoral position. The advertised position is a two-year po, the Principal Investigator of the five years Wallenberg Foundation Project

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