Welcome to the Institute for Futures Studies. We are an independent research foundation for interdisciplinary research on issues that are of great importance for how we shape our future society. Why we

Ernst Fehr On the 7th of December 2012 the tipped Nobel Prize-candidate and Professor of Economics Ernst Fehr came to visit the Institute for Futures Studies in order to hold the seminar "The Weave of

The conversational context and conceptual engineering

Conceptual engineering concerns what it is for a concept to be defective and therefor ameliorated or abolished. The goal of this project, however, is to shift the focus to the role of the context, which might help us understand conflicts about the meaning of our words.

BMJ Global Health 6: e004812. 2021 ABSTRACT Authorized COVID-19 vaccines must be distributed fairly. Several proposals have emerged offering guidelines for how to do this. However, insofar as the aim is A total of 182 countries have joined the facility so far, which has secured about US$2 billion for its advance market commitment (AMC). The AMC will allow 92 low-income and middle-income countries to obtain vaccine doses as they are approved or authorised. Currently, COVAX is set up so that in a first phase poor countries can vaccinate 3% of their populations, while rich countries can vaccinate up to 50%. Though the facility hopes to allow all members to vaccinate at least 20% of their populations by the end of 2021.Other proposals by theprioritising healthcare workers, the elderly and, those with comorbidities that put them at greater risk of severe illness if infected with COVID-19, people from certain high-risk sociodemographic groups and some teachers.

Iwao Hirose is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Value Theory and the Philosophy of Public Policy. His research areas are normative ethics and the philosophy of social science. AbstractIn order tThis seminar will be held online. The number of people who can join i s limited. You can check in a couple of minutes before the seminar begins. Do you wish to get reminders about our research seminars? 

Dags för omprövning? Om de offentliga verksamheternas organisering

Sverige har under de senaste decennierna genomfört storskaliga privatiseringar av verksamheter som tidigare drivits i offentlig regi. Likaså har traditionellt offentliga verksamheter anammat styrnings

2012. PLoS ONE 7, e36439. AbstractDecreasing the number of people who must be vaccinated to immunize a community against an infectious disease could both save resources and decrease outbreak sizes. A k

This is an open event with pre-circulated papers, including a presentation of the first paper but not the second. See abstracts below. Schedule 13.15 Coffee 13.30 “Legitimate Authority and Social OntologAuthor: Laura Valentini, LSECommentator: Aaron Maltais, Stockholm University

Chantal Mouffe on The Future of Democracy

On the 6th of March 2014 Chantal Mouffe was invited to Stockholm to talk about "The future of democracy: How to face the challenge of the protest movements?"

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