hosts
Putting costs and benefits of ordeals together
Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract This paper addresses how to think about the permissibility of introducing deadweight costs (so-called ‘ordeals’) on candidate recipients of goods in order to attain b
Perceived costs and benefits and public support for climate policies
npj Climate Action Abstract Public support for climate policies remains limited, partly due to perceived economic costs. However,using survey data from four European countries, we show that support is mperceived benefits than costs. This suggests that public discourse has overemphasized costs. Tobuild broader support, advocates should focus on communicating the benefits and effectiveness ofclimate action, rather than merely addressing concerns about economic burdens.
Public seminars
The Institute regularly hosts public seminars that are open for anyone and free of charge. The seminars are often in English. If you wish to be invited to our open seminars, subscribe to our newsletter
Comparing Fictitious and Real Persons: Explaining the Unexplained Ethnic Labor Market Gap from Register Data. A Replication of a Randomized Field Experiment in Sweden
Moa Bursell, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge
Segregation and Urban Design: Does the Urban Structure Inhibit the Sharing of Public Space?
Ann Legeby, KTH School of Architecture Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 12
Human Empowerment and the Utility Ladder of Freedoms
Christian Welzel Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are fr
The Role of Intersubjectivity in the Evolution of Cooperation and Communication
Peter Gärdenfors, Philosophy department Lund University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and
The Role of Intersubjectivity in the Evolution of Cooperation and Communication
Peter Gärdenfors, Philosophy department Lund University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and
IF starts a blog
The Institute for Futures Studies now has a blog named Framtider (Futures), a name it has inherited from a magazine that was previously published by the Institute. On this blog you will find posts on
The Naturalistic Fallacy Intuition
Kimmo Eriksson, Mälardalen University According to social intuitionist research, moral (or “injunctive”) norms are often not rationally motivated. Where do these norms come from then? We propose that o
