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The Mimir Center for Long Term Futures Research
A research environment at IFFS with a mission to carry out world leading, rigorous academic basic research on issues regarding the long-term future of civilization.

The Future as a Political Idea - Professor Jonathan White
Introduction to Jonathan White's new book In the Long Run: the Future as a Political Idea. A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the current climate crisis.
Ecocentrism and Biosphere Life Extension
Science and Engineering Ethics, 28. Abstract The biosphere represents the global sum of all ecosystems. According to a prominent view in environmental ethics, ecocentrism, these ecosystems matter for the
Ilja Viktorov: The rise of collateral-based finance under state capitalism in Russia
Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. Ilja Viktorov, researcher at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University. RE
(NEW SEMINAR REPLACING LUKAS MEYER) > Jonathan White: In the Long Run - the Future as a Political Idea
Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, London School of Economics. -- Please note that thi
Declining birth rates - should we worry?
Are declining birth rates one of the biggest threats to humanity? Among others, Elon Musk and Donald Trump's vice-presidential candidate JD Vance seem to think so. But Karim Jebari disagrees. In the p, he explains why we don't need to worry so much.

Modern Vikings in the East. Sweden’s Role in 1990’s Russian Economic Reforms: Institutions, Elite Networks, and Informal Practices
What role did Swedish institutions, experts, and elites play in the economic and political development in post-Soviet Russia, with corruption, tax evasion and the emergence of the oligarchy as a result?

Sverige 2020. Vad kan historiker säga om framtiden?
Klimatkris, terrorhot och välfärdsstatens kollaps de framtida hotbilderna staplas på varandra av klimatforskare, demografer och samhällsvetare. Men vad innebär ett historiskt perspektiv på framtids
Population growth - how great are the risks and what factors affect risk levels?
The global population has increased dramatically since the year 1900 from approximately 1,6 billion to today's 8 billion. The UN estimates that world population will reach 11 billion by the year 2100.
Charles Manski: Seminar with a skeptic
Charles F. Manski On the 21st and 22nd of January this year Charles F Manski was in Stockholm, invited by the Institute for Futures studies to hold three lectures on his newly published book Public Poli.