In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies arranged the 6th annual INAS-Conference in Stockholm. The conference was opened by Thomas Schelling, being interviewed by Richard Swedberg.

Anthem Press (2020) A book about the misery and joy of life as a researcher, and on the role of emotions and social relations in research based on the author’s reflections from a life as a researcher a

Register: The seminar is free of charge, but you need to register, REGISTER HERE The Inner World of Research - On Academic Labor is a book about the misery and joy of life as a researcher. It deals with ess

On the 7th and 8th of June, the International Network for Analytical Sociologists, INAS, will meet for its sixth conference, this time in Stockholm hosted by the Institute for Futures Studies. Thomas

Det hotade universitetet

Idén om att toppstyra universiteten vinner alltmer mark i förhoppning om ökad kreativitet, ekonomisk tillväxt och innovation. Detta trots att de framgångar som forskningsuniversiteten har skördat de s

Waiting for Integration Allieu Jalloh

Allieu Jalloh berättar om sin resa som asylsökande in i Europa på Framtidsfokus Waiting for integration anordnat av Institutet för Framtidsstudier den 5 februari 2013. Genom hans berättelse om livet i

This paper examines the Nordic Social Democratic parties’ own efforts to manage the inner and outer challenges of the so-called Nordic welfare model, i.e. how it is described, legitimized, and what ro

Interview with Thomas Schelling

On the 7th of June, 2013 professor and Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Schelling came to visit Stockholm, Sweden and the Institute for Futures Studies in order inaugurate an international research conferenc

Rae Langton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University ABSTRACTWhat we do with words can help or hinder justice in ways that exploit rules of accommodation: a process of adjustment that tends to

The workshop will focus on how one can account for value incommensurability, its implications for ethical theory and decision theory.