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Great expectations
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences), the foundation arranged the seminar "Great expectations", on the future
Climate change action cannot ignore social issues
How come, despite a series of troubling new reports and studies, the world has yet to respond adequately to the threat posed by global warming? In this article, published at the website Project Syndica
Urban Futures from Essentials to Experiences - The transformative role of marketplaces in 21st century cities
Place: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmRegister hereInformality is on the rise. From remote labour and services-on-demand to food trucks and pop-up shops, its transformat
The Future of the end of Ideology
Main speaker: Mark Lilla. The seminar will be held in English in central Stockholm. Read more about Mark Lilla on Wikipedia.
Implicit Mind: De-Freuding Implicit Attitudes with Edouard Machery
Recording from "The Implicit Mind Workshop" in May 2015, held at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm.
Research seminars
The Institute regularly organizes research seminars that are primarily aimed at researchers, although other participants are also very welcome. The seminars will be held in English unless all partici
The good man's racism?
It is becoming common for political parties with xenophobic views to appear in parliaments in Europe, Sweden is no exception. There is an ongoing debate about xenophobia and diversity in the media, in
Searching for successful integration – presentation of a an assessment of projects which aim to help young adults and immigrants to find employment
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
Janine Wedel to the Institute for Futures studies
In 2018 the Institute for Futures Studies will host the Kerstin Hesselgrens gästprofessur, held by Janine R Wedel, an American anthtropologist and professor at George Mason University i USA. Janine Wed at the institute in 2016. Follow that link and listen to Janine's TEDx-talk about the shadow elite affecting American politics.
Debating demography
This week the newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning published an article by Joakim Palme, former CEO at the Institute, on how we can meet the challenge of an ageing population. Educating young people is necess
