I Organization outside Organizations, red. Göran Ahrne. Cambridge Core. The book explores how various social settings are partially organized even when they do not form part of a formal organization. It

This conference is a collaboration between Sweden and Canada Organized crime and violent extremism are violent threats to the democratic society. Sweden is a country where the number of shootings and e  

Trends in Organized Crime, pp 1–28, doi:10.1007/s12117-017-9315-6. Abstract We explore how the idea of partial organization can provide insights in the study of organized crime. Studying criminal organi

New Political Economy. Published online. Abstract In this paper, Sweden is used as an example of how organized politics has changed quite dramatically in the last couple of decades. The paper argues that

Stefan Svallfors Working Paper 2016 no. 3(Published in New Political Economy , Vol 21 (6), pp 505-19 (2016). DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2016.1156662) In this paper, Sweden is used as an example of how organize

Venue: Masthuggsterrassen 3, Göteborg A methods workshop, work-in-progress screening, and open discussion bringing together participants, media, and approaches from the three year artistic research proj. We will engage with group efforts to offer new visual approaches to hidden struggles within transport, data, and logistics industries—workers, stories, and vantage points that have been “ghosted” from dominant narratives. Through the concept of a collectively investigated counter-aesthetics we will examine how art practices embedded within or alongside labour organizing and social movements, seeing and sensing systems of power, production, and resistance. Beyond basic introductions of why we need different forms of public engagement with logistics, the conversation will connect sites and contexts from the Nordics to Southern Europe to the Middle East, asking for example how struggles against Amazon connect cross-border to struggles for Gaza.We welcome guests—a mix of workers, organizers, artists and ad hoc researchers—from near and far.Participants:• Michele Amaglio, artist (Bologna)• Bahaleen Collective (Aya Besio, Noura Salem, Elia El Khazen) (Jordan)• Peppe Dalesio, organizer, S.I.Cobas (Naples)• Benjamin Gerdes, artist and organizer, Ghost Platform (Stockholm)• Magda Malinowska, filmmaker, worker, and organizer, Amazon Workers International & OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza (Poznań)• Robert Ochshorn, software engineer and media researcher (Brussels)***The workshop is open to everyone. Artists, students, activists, researchers and logistics, data, and transportation workers are particularly invited to participate.Language: EnglishAfter the program, Skogen invites everyone to participate in a communal dinner. Skogen has no set ticket fee, but we take in donations for art, workshops, food.With the support of: Vetenskapsrådet, Nordisk Kultur Fond, and Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.

Completed: Violent threats and internal security. Canadian-Swedish bilateral research collaboration on organized violent threats

Both Canada and Sweden experience serious problems with violent groups. This project aims to answer a range of questions about these groups, and to initiate a national network for researchers studying internal security.

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm This workshop is open to invitees only. For more information please contact the organizers. The imperative to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) has be

The Institute regularly organizes research seminars that are primarily aimed at researchers, although other participants are also very welcome.  The seminars will be held in English unless all partici

In order to offer more in-depth knowledge in research methodology and application the Institute organizes courses open to researchers and to people who use research in their work. In addition, we orga