Ethnopolitics Abstract Previous literature explains the fact that sub-national elections tend to be more inclusive than national elections by reference to the level of the election. This paper argues th

Social Epistemology Abstract According to contextualism, a gender term such as ‘woman’ does not invariantly refer to a specific social orbiological kind. Instead, gender terms have different extensions dincludingexcluding

Here you can find research projects that are currently active at IFFS, including some that our researchers work with but are administered by other research institutions. The projects are sorted accord

Melinda A. Roberts

I am a professor of philosophy at the College of New Jersey and serve as the coordinating prelaw advisor for the College. Previously, I worked as an associate at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb in Ne

Communications officerE-mail: [email protected]: +46 72 080 23 77 At the Institute for Futures Studies, I work with research communication, including open seminars, newsletters and social m

Forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Available on internet: http://sjp.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/04/09/1403494814529033.abstract The aim of this study is to follow-up on previous res

This paper discusses and aims to explain the emergence of foresight activities in Swedish government authorities, including environmental scanning and analysis, futures studies and other activities tr

Environmental Sociology Abstract Existing research shows that public attitudes toward climate policies reflect political trust. Support for some policies may reflect not only trust in the state and its

Karsten Klint Jensen

One part of my research has been within applied ethics. Much of this research has been in connection with international interdisciplinary research projects. I have mainly been concerned with how factu

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