Forskningens mörkerär en bok om rädslan för att misslyckas och om de negativa känslornas betydelse för forskning och skrivande. Rädsla, ilska, ångest, leda, självförakt är inget en forskare kan eller Om detta skriver Stefan Svallfors, professor i statsvetenskap, i boken Forskningens mörker. Om svarta känslor och konsten att vara lagom rädd som är den avslutande delen i en trilogi om forskandets och det intellektuella livets mänskliga villkor.Kom och lyssna till Stefan Svallfors i ett samtal med Li Bennich-Björkman, professor i statsvetenskap vid Uppsala universitet, och fira boken med ett kortare mingel på Institutet för Framtidsstudier.

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