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New seminar series on the future
This autumn the Institute for Futures Studies is launching a new seminar series. Under the title "The Future of ... " we will investigate a number of key issues that are of great importance for the fu
Completed: Subterranean politics – the world and work of policy professionals
What are the implications of policy professionals gaining more and more influence over the political agenda, rather than elected officials? This project examines how these policy professionals, who are employed rather than elected to office, view their work.
How to be an anti-capitalist today
The American sociologist Erik Olin Wright lecture on "How to be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century". What are the reasons to be "anti-capitalist" and what does this really mean? Is it still possibl
On the contagiousness of non-contagious behavior: The case of tax avoidance and tax evasion
Pp. 315-336 in The Benefit of Broad Horizons: Intellectual and Institutional Preconditions for a Global Social Science, edited by Hans Joas and Barbro Klein. Leiden: Brill.
Rethinking society for the 21st century
A couple of weeks ago it was decided that the Institute for Futures Studies will support the project International Panel on Social Progress. It is a large project with high ambitions that mobilizes se
“Most MPs are Not All that Sharp.” Political Employees and Representative Democracy
International Journal of Public Administration, Vol 40 (7), s 548-558 (2017) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2016.1157693 Abstract The article analyses the orientations of political employees in
Networked reports: Commissioning and production of expert reports on Swedish healthcare governance
Politics & Policy 50(1): 59–76. Abstract The article analyzes the commissioning and production of expert reports about Swedish health care management and governance. We show that these reports are r
Emily Jones: Afterlives: Edmund Burke, Benjamin Disraeli, and the Invention of Modern Conservatism
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online Research seminar with Emily Jones, Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. Register here > Abs
"Most MPs are not all that sharp." Political employees and representative democracy
Working Paper 2016 no. 2(Published in International Journal of Public Administration, Vol 40 (7), pp 548-558 (2017) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2016.1157693) This paper analyses the orient
Setting priorities during pandemics
This projects aims to present a framework for making sound decisions in times of pandemics - when experience and time is scarce, and uncertainties are many.
