Global Environmental Change, vol. 76, 2022. Abstract Climate anxiety is a phenomenon which raises growing attention. Based on a national survey of climate-related feelings and behaviors (N= 2070) in Fin

The first draft of the report of the International Panel of Social Progress (IPSP), "Rethinking Society for the 21st Century", is out now! We welcome you to comment on the online platform  https://comme

Completed: Cultural Evolution in Digital Societies

This project will build on evolutionary models and insights to study how conditions change with new information pathways, and technologies capable of acting with increasing authonomy from human control.

Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg The Guardian recently decided to change house style and start using terms like Climate Crisis instead o

Dr Sarah Fine, Lecturer in Philosophy, King's College London. Abstract Migration is a subject which generates intense debate and disagreement. For example, there is a great deal of debate about whether

This paper develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. It argues that the transiti

The societal impact of new technologies

In order to meet global challenges such as poverty and climate change, we depend on technological innovations. We have already become increasingly embedded in a technological ecosystem that have significant effects on our everyday lives. But even small mistakes in how new technologies are being introduced, can cause negative impacts on our societies. In this theme we try to understand this process.

Should Extinction Be Forever?, Philosophy and Technology, First online: 17 october 2015 This article will explore a problem which is related to our moral obligations towards species. Although the re-cr, (6128), 32–33, ). This article will provide an argument in favour of re-creation based on normative considerations. The environmentalist community generally accepts that it is wrong to exterminate species, for reasons beyond any instrumental value these species may have. It is often also claimed that humanity has a collective responsibility to either preserve or at least to not exterminate species. These two beliefs are here assumed to be correct. The argument presented here departs from and places these two ideas in a deontological framework, from which it is argued that when humanity causes the extinction of a species, this is a moral transgression, entailing a residual obligation. Such an obligation implies a positive duty to mitigate any harm caused by our moral failure. In light of recent scientific progress in the field of genetic engineering, it will be argued that humanity has a prima facie obligation to re-create species whose extinction mankind may have caused, also known as de-extinction.

New director – new research focus. That is how it works at the Institute for Futures Studies. This means that the new director Gustaf Arrhenius will also act as a research director and is now creating