On the 21st of October The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will arrange a seminar with and about The Rolf Schock Laureate in logic and philosophy, professor Derek Parfit. Other speakers include Gusta

Mikael Bask, Department of Economics Uppsala University Abstract To foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind inequality in society, it is crucial to work with well-defined concepts associa

The Black Beach: Moving Images between Swedish and Caribbean Shores

How can we understand life on the former Swedish Caribbean colony Saint-Barthélemy? This project aims to add to our undestanding using artistic methods as a complement to the juridical documents available in archives.

Cynthia P. Schneider: Why Soft Power is not so Soft

Soft power played a critical role in the most significant socio-political transformation of the twentieth century - the breakup of the Soviet Union and the spread of democracy to Eastern Europe. Yet t

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, level 4, i Stockholm Welcome to a light brekfast before the seminar from 08.00. REGISTER HERE > Soft power played a critical role in the most s

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in a project that aims to empirically investigate the psychological impact of online recommendation systems.

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.

In the new book “Ethics and Existence - The legacy of Derek Parfit”, several of the most prominent scholars on the issues raised by Derek Parfit, contributes 20 completely original articles. "­Derek r