School impacts of violent relgious extremism

How does the spread of violent extremism in the Sahel region in Africa affect the access to education for boys and girls?

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm The project Global Social Norms(GSN) aims to organize global studies of social norms, how they vary across societies and change over t), and one of them is John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta at De La Salle University in the Philippines. 

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.

Every year nine millionpeople are diagnosed with tuberculosis, every day over 13,400 people areinfected with AIDs, and every thirty seconds malaria kills a child. For most ofthe world, critical medica

There is no denying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the world of work. In the report "The Future of Work: Augmentation or Stunting?" philosopher Karim Jebari and Markus Furendal, a polit

Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist: Impacts of past climate variability – lessons for the 21st century

The talk summarizes key findings of state-of-the-art research on how climate variability and change have affected different aspects of human history in medieval and early modern Europe (c. 700–1815 CE

Place: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm or onlineREGISTERResearch seminar with Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Professor of History.ABSTRACT The talk will start with summaris

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research Abstract We theoretically explore the interrelations between population (P), affluence (A) and technology (T) for various environmental impacts (I ) using IPAT-typ

Journal of Development Economics 166 (2024) Abstract We investigate the long-run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting (FGC) in Africa. Our empirical analysis draws on historical data o

Vienna Institute of Demography and Institute for Futures Studies, Research Report No. 28 Various studies on policy implications of demographic changes in national and community policies: Lot6: Impact o