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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
Climate-friendly food-choice intentions among emerging adults: extending the theory of planned behavior with objective ambivalence, climate-change worry and optimism
Frontiers of Psychology, Sec. Environmental Psychology, vol. 14. Abstract Climate-friendly food choices are still relatively rarely addressed in studies investigating climate engagement, particularly am
New initiative: Anxieties of Democracy
New year and new exciting projects! One of them is named Anxieties of Democracy, which will investigate in what ways representative democracy may be said to be in crisis, to explain why this is so, and
Completed: Anxieties of democracy
Is representative democracy in crisis? If so, in what ways and how is it possible to strengthen it?
Kinship, heritage and ethnic choice: ethnolinguistic registration across four generations in contemporary Finland
European Sociological Review Abstract We studied how individuals’ ethnolinguistic affiliation relates to the ethnolinguistic structure of kinship in contemporary Finland, a society in which Finnish-spea

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.
Nollvisionen för ett hållbart samhälle
Ett program för styrnings- och policyrelaterad forskning om trafiksäkerhet som hållbarhetsmål i transportsektorn. Rapport utgiven av Örebro universitet. Summary in English This research program is a con
Research program
The research program that currently sets the framework for research activities at the institute is written by Gustaf Arrhenius, director and professor of practical philosophy and will be ongoing durin

Understanding Political Climate Passivity in Sweden and the US
Many are concerned about climate change and inadequate climate policies. This project aims to figure out why most adults don't use their democratic opportunities to make an impact.
The Future of Inequality
The Future of Inequality: Low Growth, Oligarchic Redistribution, and the Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. The dramatic increase in inequality in advanced capitalist countries is closely related to decl