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Refusing to acknowledge the problem: Interests of the few, implications for the many.
In: G. Sosa-Nunez, & E. Atkins (Eds). E-IR Edited Collections: Environment, climate change and international relations. E-International Relations Publishing. Read more about Edited Collection – Envi
How many refugees can the Swedish welfare state handle?
The past year the influx of refugees has been the topic of many discussions. How will these newcomers affect the people who already live in Sweden? How will they affect the economy, the labour market,
The Dynamics of Democracy, Development and Cultural Values
PLoS ONE 9(6): e97856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097856 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097856 A short summary: Over the past decades many countries have experienced r
R package bdynsys on Bayesian Dynamical Systems Modelling
Shyam Ranganathan, Viktoria Spaiser, Richard P. Mann, David J.T. Sumpter A collaborative work: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bdynsys/index.html
Professor Thomas Lindh has passed away
Today we mourn the passing of Thomas Lindh, a respected researcher, an appreciated colleague and a dear friend. Professor Thomas Lindh has been a coworker at the Institute for Futures Studies for many
Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation
Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2021), 51: 4, 256–269 Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than an outcome where the one is saved and the many die? According to the stan

How do social norms change?
Social norms change all the time, in all societies. But what determines which norms change and which norms do not?
Welcome to our research seminars
Our two seminar series will continue this spring, "Seminar on contemporary social and political issues" on Wednesdays and "Social-mechanism seminar" on Fridays. Come meet among others Michael Macy, Je
Whatever You Want: Inconsistent Results is the Rule, Not the Exception, in the Study of Primate Brain Evolution
PLoS ONE Abstract Primate brains differ in size and architecture. Hypotheses to explain this variation are numerous and many tests have been carried out. However, after body size has been accounted for
The Value of Existence
in: The Oxford Handbook of Value Theory Eds.Iwao Hirose and Jonas Olson, Oxford University Press. Can it be better or worse for a person to exist than not to exist at all? This old and challenging exis