Journal of personality and social psychology. Abstract Does selfishness pay in the long term? Previous research has indicated that being prosocial (or otherish) rather than selfish has positive conseque

in: Saving People from the Harm of Death, Eds. Espen Gamlund and Carl Tollef Solberg, p. 255-266, Oxford University Press. In this volume, leading philosophers, medical doctors, and economists discuss

in: Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison, Reds.: H-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, J. Skopek och M. Triventi, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, s.165-180. From an interna

Would you cut off your legs and replace them with prostheses which can take you places faster? Would you take drugs to enhance your cognitive skills? Perhaps you are already doing that? In the latest

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.

Ane Engelstad

I am a postdoctoral reseach fellow in practical philosophy at the University of Bergen. In my research, I show that key arguments from feminist epistemology can lead to new insights in political philo we should approach doing political philosophy more broadly.

Venue: Campus Albano, Lärosal 11 (before lunch) and Lärosal 10 (after lunch) Anyone who is interested in the intersection between social and political philosophy and philosophy of language is welcome to (You are welcome to attend even if you do not indicate it on the doodle beforehand, but doing so is appreciated for planning purposes).

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 20, Issue 5,  pp 957–968, doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9842-x. Abstract Deprivations normally give rise to undeserved inequality. It is commonly thought that one

Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin, University Leadership Chair in Behavioural Decision Making at the Leeds University Business School, Director of the Centre for Decision Research and Deputy Director ofAs the climate is changing, effective communications are needed to help policy makers and members of the general public make informed decisions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. Many existing communications are too difficult to understand for audiences without a background in climate science. In this presentation, I will discuss the social science behind developing communications that better take into account audiences’ needs. Examples will focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, but the recommendations about how to develop effective communications are relevant for a wider variety of communication domains.

How to be an anti-capitalist for the 21st century

The American sociologist Erik Olin Wright was invited  to Stockholm for a talk in 2017 by the Institute for Futures Studies and Katalys. Moderator is Stefan Svallfors, and discussants are: Marika Lindg