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25 March, 2020
What we know about the corona epidemic (1)

What we know about the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are

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16 March, 2020
What we know about the corona epidemic

What we know about the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are Welcome to a seminar with Johanna Adami, epidemiologist and president at Sophiahemmet University, in a conversation with our director Gustaf Arrhenius.

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29 September, 2020

What do immigrants know about Sweden?

The degree of trust in a country has proven to be important for many reasons. The population in the Nordic countries has far higher levels of trust than the rest of the world. Studies show that migran

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22 January, 2021

Consequentialism, ignorance, and uncertainty

in: OUP Handbook on Consequentialism, Doug Portmore, ed., Oxford University Press (2020) Abstract:Act consequentialism provides an answer to the question of what one ought to do, no matter which situat

Type of publication: Chapters | Bykvist, Krister
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18 March, 2020

Epidemiologist on the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are

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29 January, 2020

Population Ethics and the Non-Identity Problem

Welcome to a workshop on the non-identity problem and population ethics at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. The workshop will focus on the evaluative and moral significance of acts that

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24 September, 2020

How should we make decisions when we’re uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do?

Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally,to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how strong our duties are to improve the lives of distant strangers

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05 November, 2020
Moral uncertainty

Moral uncertainty

Participants: Krister Bykvist, Toby Ord and William MacAskill. Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how

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25 November, 2020
Disinformation campaings 2.0

Disinformation campaigns 2.0

Propaganda and lying are as old as humanity itself and the post-print social media age has created a hyperactive environment of sharing information including lies. Disinformation and misinformation po

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13 August, 2020

Per Molander: How to build a sustainable welfare state, Nordic design (webinar)

Per Molander, PhD., chairman of the Equality commission of the Swedish government.Abstract:How to build a sustainable welfare state, Nordic design How to build a sustainable welfare state, Nordic desig

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