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Hanna Wass: Too much of a good thing? The future of the antifragile democracy
Hanna Wass is an Academy Research Fellow and University Lecturer in the Department of Political and Economic Studies at the University of Helsinki. ABSTRACT As a potentially antifragile system, the stre
Karsten Klint Jensen: Future Generations in Democracy
Karsten Klint Jensen, Associate Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), University of Copenhagen. ABSTRACTIn this talk I ask whether the genuine representation of future generation
Ghost Platform at September Sessions: Dirty details of the clean startup chime
Place: Institute for Futures Studies, 4th floor, Holländargatan 13, 111 36 Stockholm Listening Session And Drinks The Institute for Futures Studies hosts the premiere of a new 15-minute sound work. Regist
How much scope for a mobility paradox? The relationship between social and income mobility in Sweden
Sociological Science 3:39-60. 10.15195/v3.a3. Abstract It is often pointed out that conclusions about intergenerational (parent–child) mobility can differ depending on whether we base them on studies of c
What to lobby on? Explaining Why Large American Firms Lobby on the Same or Different Issues
Business and Politics Abstract What determines whether or not firms lobby on the same policy issues? Scholars offer two broad answers to this question. Firms that are (1) similar or (2) connected throug
Debunking and Disagreement
Noûs, (Early View), DOI: 10.1111/nous.12135. Introduction A familiar way of supporting skeptical doubts about the beliefs in some area, such as ethics orreligion, is to provide a “debunking argument” agaiway is to appeal to the disagreement that occurs in the area.2 These types of challenge areoften treated separately and there is not much overlap in the literature they have given rise to.Yet, as they pursue the same conclusion—that the target beliefs are not (fully) justified andthat we should reduce our confidence in them—one might well wonder how they are related.Are they entirely independent or do they interact in non-trivial and interesting ways? That isthe question I shall explore.
Research program
The research program that currently sets the framework for research activities at the institute is written by Gustaf Arrhenius, director and professor of practical philosophy and will be ongoing durin