Is it possible to study emotions using mathematical models? Frank Schweizer is one of the resesarchers who have tried and he finds for example that we are quite nice to each other online. He came to te

Foresight, doi.org/10.1108/FS-04-2018-0042  Abstract PurposeThe claim that super intelligent machines constitute a major existential risk was recently defended in Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence and

I am Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University, having previously served as Professor of Government at University of Essex. I work on a range of topics in political theor

Anders Ekholm

I have had the position as vice president and advisor at the Institute for Futures Studies and before that I worked as head of analysis at the Ministry of Social Affairs, with research concerning our

Kan man planera för framtiden? Föredrag av Katarina Engberg

Vad är meningen med ett institut för framtidsstudier? Med framtidskommissioner och långtidsutredningar? Hur bra är politiker och tjänstemän i Regeringskansliet på att ta till sig det dessa kommer fram

The labor market has changed in recent decades, demanding a high level of education. Meanwhile, a high percentage of the individuals who have sought refuge in Sweden the past two years have been to sc

Welcome to a One-Day Workshop at the Institute for Futures Studies in StockholmWhen:  25:th of September at 9.00–18.00Where: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmThis workshop ai

Andreas Duit

Andreas Duit works in the field of comparative environmental politics and policy, with special focus on the role of the state in addressing environmental problems. Duit is a currently Professor at the

Every year nine millionpeople are diagnosed with tuberculosis, every day over 13,400 people areinfected with AIDs, and every thirty seconds malaria kills a child. For most ofthe world, critical medica

2010. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:5706-5711. Abstract Like many other social phenomena, prostitution is increasingly coordinated over the Internet. The online behavior affects the offline activity; the r