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12 February, 2019

Steven Vanderheiden: Sovereignty and sustainability: friends or foes?

Steven Vanderheiden, Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR), University of Colorado at Boulder Abstract In this tal

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04 July, 2019

Albert Weale: Democracy Across Time

Albert Weale, Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy at University College London.  AbstractMany democratically made choices involve commitments across time. International obligations,

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15 January, 2025

Julie Jebeile: Technological innovation facing climate change

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online Research seminar with Julie Jebeile, SNF professor at the Institute of Philosophy of Universität Bern. She is a philosophe

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12 December, 2014

Human enhancement and technological uncertainty

It's hard to know where the knowledge we acquire and the technology we develop may take us. Sometimes it is not until after several years that we learn how these skills or technologies can benefit - o

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16 August, 2023

Why Canada should rethink their Net-Zero act

Considering the recent wildfires in Canada, the harmful effects of climate change are undeniably evolving faster than previously expected. It is now imperative for leaders in government, business and

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09 February, 2018

Kimberly Nicholas: From Population to A Child: Personalizing Future Generations and Climate Change

Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University in Sweden. ABSTRACT Based on questions from high school students, Seth Wynes and I set out to identify which personal

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15 February, 2023

AI in healthcare

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm This workshop is open to invitees only. For more information please contact the organizers. The imperative to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) has be

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09 December, 2015

Virginie Pérotin: Are more democratic firms more productive?

Virginie Pérotin, Professor of Economics at Leeds University Business School ABSTRACTFirms run by their employees are often thought to be more productive than other firms because of the effects of work

Virginie Pérotin, Professor of Economics at Leeds University Business School
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20 December, 2016

Erik Olin Wright: Pathways to a Cooperative Market Economy

Erik Olin Wright: Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Madison-Wisconsin. ABSTRACT The idea that there is a pathway from a capitalist economy to a cooperative market economy is grounded in

Erik Olin Wright: Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Madison-Wisconsin.
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