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06 February, 2018

Asymmetries in punishment propensity may drive the civilizing process

Nature Human Behaviour, volume 2, pp. 148–155, doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0278-z Abstract Norms about hygiene and violence have both shown a tendency to become increasingly strict, in the sense that the han

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Mícheál de Barra Eriksson, Kimmo , , Mícheál de Barra
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23 January, 2018

The road to civilization goes through threat and punishment

Do you frown at people who sneeze in their hand instead of in a tissue? Would you be prepared to punish that person by frowning at him or her, showing you dislike the behaviour? In that case you are a

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12 June, 2011

Labour Migrants Unbound?

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 2, 2006 The future always seems to come as a surprise. A good example would be the eastern enlargement of the EU two years ago. Regar

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Kristof Tamas and Rainer Münz
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04 February, 2022

Kimmo Eriksson: Social norms and metanorms in 57 countries

Research seminar with Kimmo Eriksson, professor of mathematics/applied mathematics at Mälardalens högskola.RegisterAbstractMetanorms are norms about how to respond to norm violators. In the "InternatiJoin the seminar online or at the Institute for Futures Studies. If you plan to join on site, please check the box in the registration form. .

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03 July, 2023

Climate change and affective conflicts

Sweden has just experienced some unusually warm weeks in June. In Spain, yet another heat wave is causing alarm. In a text published in the Spanish newspaper El País, philosopher Julia Mosquera descri

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