IFFS Policy Paper: 2022:1 With the rapid rise of the global human population, long term consequences materialize. These concern the welfare of future generations and the safety of eco-systems on the pl

Why are Italians so reluctant to pay taxes? This is what Josef Hien explores in his paper "Culture and tax avoidance: the Italian case" - for which he has now been awarded the2022 Herbert Gottweis Prize for Best Paper of 2021 by the Critical Policy Studies awards committee. 

Malcolm Fairbrother is professor of sociology at Umeå University and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. In this seminar he presents the paper How Much Do People Value Future Generations? C

What is the future of work in terms of justice and equality? At a big conference at the Institute for Futures Studies which included 17 speakers, this question was discussed by researchers from politi

Commission: The global politics of AI and healthcare

This is a commission to write a discussion piece for policy makers on how to navigate the changing global politics of AI and healthcare. It is part of the Global (Dis)order Policy Program lead by the British Academy and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Victor Galaz, deputy director and associate professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.AbstractThe role of “tax havens” in the global economy has gained increasing attention in recent years. The dis

Tim Campbell

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I defended my dissertation in October 2015 at Rutgers University.  My research focuses on a range of topics related to the evaluation of different

Jesper Roine, Associate Professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics I will present what we know about long run income and wealth distribution across countries and also connect these findin

In June 2013, the 6th annual conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociologists (INAS) will be held in Stockholm, with the aim to create synergistic contacts between researchers withinThis year, Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has on April the 11th decided to grant SEK 225,000 to this year's conference that will be hosted by the Institute of Futures Studies in collaboration with the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. During 7th and 8th of June, both Swedish and international researchers from the world’s leading universities will present their work in the field of analytical sociology. Over forty papers will be presented at the conference, where Thomas Schelling will deliver the opening keynote speech. Schelling was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis.