introductions
EU Citizens - Thirty years on. An introduction
Nordisk Socialrättslig Tidskrift/Nordic Social Law Journal 38.2024 Patricia Mindus & Anna-Sara Lind (eds.) Abstract 2023 marked thirty years since European Union citizenship was introduced as the Trea
Symposium on the ethics of economic ordeals: Introduction
Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract Economic ordeals are allocation mechanisms that impose non-financial ‘deadweight costs to qualify for a transfer’ (Nichols and Zeckhauser 1982: 372). Examples include
Italienska maffiagrupper - en kort introduktion
Carina Gunnarsson, statsvetare vid Institutet för framtidsstudier, berättar i denna kortföreläsning om de olika maffiagrupper som är aktiva i Italien idag och hur de med olika aktiviteter gjort sig sj
Environmentalism around the globe. An introduction to the 2020 ISSP environment module and selected country-level findings
International Journal of Sociology Abstract Environmental problems such as climate change, air and water pollution, and biodiversity loss affect humans globally. The International Social Survey Programm
Why we need research on AI impact now. Pontus Strimling (introduction from Gustaf Arrhenius)
Artificial intelligence is already here and is changing society. But social science research on the impact of AI and which choises and ethical considerations societies will face due to developments in
What is analytical sociology all about? An introductory essay
Pp. 3 - 24 in P. Hedström and P. Bearman (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Waiting for Integration Christian Åbergh
Christian Åbergh från Svenska ESF-rådet ger en introduktion till Framtidsfokus Waiting for integration anordnat av Institutet för Framtidsstudier den 5 februari 2013 på Westmanska palatset i Stockholm
How policy creates politics. Policy feedback in contemporary democracies
Why do political actors find it increasingly difficult to design effective policies and address pressing social problems. This project tries to find the answer in changes of the policy feedback mechanisms by using longitudinal datasets from 30 countries.
Waiting for Integration Paneldiskussion
Panelsamtal på Framtidsfokus Waiting for integration anordnat av Institutet för Framtidsstudier den 5 februar 2013. Ämnet är asylmottagning och introduktion av asylsökande i Sverige och EU. Medverkand
Countering Across Contours - A Collective Conversation: Workshop, film screening and discussion
Venue: Masthuggsterrassen 3, Göteborg A methods workshop, work-in-progress screening, and open discussion bringing together participants, media, and approaches from the three year artistic research proj. We will engage with group efforts to offer new visual approaches to hidden struggles within transport, data, and logistics industries—workers, stories, and vantage points that have been “ghosted” from dominant narratives. Through the concept of a collectively investigated counter-aesthetics we will examine how art practices embedded within or alongside labour organizing and social movements, seeing and sensing systems of power, production, and resistance. Beyond basic introductions of why we need different forms of public engagement with logistics, the conversation will connect sites and contexts from the Nordics to Southern Europe to the Middle East, asking for example how struggles against Amazon connect cross-border to struggles for Gaza.We welcome guests—a mix of workers, organizers, artists and ad hoc researchers—from near and far.Participants:• Michele Amaglio, artist (Bologna)• Bahaleen Collective (Aya Besio, Noura Salem, Elia El Khazen) (Jordan)• Peppe Dalesio, organizer, S.I.Cobas (Naples)• Benjamin Gerdes, artist and organizer, Ghost Platform (Stockholm)• Magda Malinowska, filmmaker, worker, and organizer, Amazon Workers International & OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza (Poznań)• Robert Ochshorn, software engineer and media researcher (Brussels)***The workshop is open to everyone. Artists, students, activists, researchers and logistics, data, and transportation workers are particularly invited to participate.Language: EnglishAfter the program, Skogen invites everyone to participate in a communal dinner. Skogen has no set ticket fee, but we take in donations for art, workshops, food.With the support of: Vetenskapsrådet, Nordisk Kultur Fond, and Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
