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Educational Expansion and Intergenerational Proximity in Sweden
Population, Space and Place, Volume 23, Issue 1, doi.org/10.1002/psp.1973. Abstract Education is one of the most important drivers of regional migration in European countries, and educational expansion
Pandemic Ethics Workshop
The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and the Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics (CHE) are organizing a workshop on ethical issues related to pandemics. Are you interested in attending? Get in or Greg Bognar.
Jenny Andersson: What is futures studies?
Jenny Andersson, Researcher at Sciences Po & Co-Director of MaxPo in Paris. ABSTRACTAt this seminar, Jenny will present her new book The future of the world. Futurology, futurists and the struggle f
How religiosity is transmitted to new generations and what inequality has to do with it
Many things that we deeply care about are related to the topic of religion: gender norms, sexual morals, work ethics but also altruism, charity and community. It is therefore an important question to Contrary to what you might expect, religion continues to play an important role in countries all over the world, as the figure shows.
Waiting for integration
Open seminar on the European system for receiving and introducing asylum seekers. Migration is in many European countries on the one hand considered a problem, even a threat, on the other hand a possib
Organizing on two wheels. Uncovering the organizational patterns of Hells Angels in Sweden.
Trends in Organized Crime, pp 1–17, doi:10.1007/s12117-017-9310-y Abstract During the last decades, Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs (OMCs) have become a concern for crime prevention and law enforcement agencies
“Time to Abandon Swedish Women”: Discursive Connections Between Misogyny and White Supremacy in Sweden
International Journal of Communication 18(2024) Abstract This article explores the discursive linkages between violent misogyny and violent rightwingextremism in the popular Swedish online discussion foranonymous and relatively unmoderated commenting. Empirically, it focuses on thearticulations of misogyny and anti-feminism mapped onto extreme right ideology includingwhite supremacism in user comments posted across 16 Flashback threads. To analyze theextensive data set, we first drew on a collocation analysis of user comments (N = 20,359)scraped from a strategic selection of threads. From this sample we chose 36 combinationsto be considered for a closer reading. In the second analytical step, critical discourseanalysis coupled with the Essex School’s logics approach helped us unpack the logics ofconspiracy and male entitlement, as well as the fantasmatic projections of Swedish womenas both “race traitors” and “victims” at the heart of extreme right discourse in and beyondSweden today.
Jonathan Boston: Assessing and Applying the Concept of Anticipatory Governance
Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington.ABSTRACTFundamental to good governance is the active anticipation, assessment and management of risBased on this analysis, the paper applies the concept to the policy challenges posed by climate change adaptation, particularly sea-level rise. In this regard, humanity is confronted with a slow-motion disaster that will grow progressively in scope and scale, sometimes abruptly. Societies will face significant uncertainty, multiple and compounding risks, immense costs and difficult intertemporal and intragenerational trade-offs. More specifically, rising sea levels will have a major and increasing impact on the built environment in coastal regions. Globally, hundreds of millions of people could be forced this century to relocate from areas at risk from coastal erosion and inundation, higher water tables, and more frequent and intense rainfall events. Mitigating some of the risks and increasing societal resilience via anticipatory, pro-active, prudent and adaptive policy responses will be politically challenging, not least because of the large upfront costs, the likelihood of powerful blocking coalitions, and the complexities of inter-governmental and inter-agency coordination. This paper outlines how, in the interests of sound anticipatory governance, these challenges might be addressed through the creation of new governmental institutions, funding mechanisms and revised planning processes.
The ethics of age limits
This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care. Time: Wednesday, November 23, 14:00 - 18:00Plac The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Holländardgatan 13, Stockholm According to Jeff McMahan, we ought to save an individual, A, from dying as a young adult (e.g., at age 30) rather than save some other individual, B, from dying as a newborn, even if the latter intervention would give B twice as many years of full-quality life as the former intervention would give A. Call this claim . I argue that if we accept , then we must reject at least one of three other claims:
Three days of separation
The idea that we are only six introductions away from any other person on this planet is both beautiful and compelling. It has inspired research, provided inspiration to a film starring Will Smith and.