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23 May, 2004

Forecasting Global Growth by Age Structure Projections

This paper uses demographic projections of age structure and correlations with GDP and GDP growth to study the forecasting properties of demographically based models. Extending the forecasts to 2050 s

Type of publication: Working papers | Bo Malmberg and Thomas Lindh
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15 June, 2009

European Social Models, Protection and Inclusion

Institute for Futures Studies Research Report 2009/1, 101p. The Member States of the European Union have agreed to promote the common goals of economic growth, quality of jobs and comprehensive social

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Joakim Palme, Kenneth Nelson, Ola Sjöberg, Renate Minas
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02 February, 2015

Malcolm Fairbrother: Trust and Public Support for Environmental Protection

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol ABSTRACTMost people say they are concerned about the serious environmental problems confronting the world today and threatening the well-being of future ge

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother
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18 December, 2018

Countering Protection Rackets Using Legal and Social Approaches: An Agent-Based Test

Hindawi, Volume 2018, Article ID 3568085, 16 pages, doi.org/10.1155/2018/3568085. Abstract Protection rackets cause economic and social damage across the world. States typically combat protection rackets

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , , Luis G. Nardin
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26 January, 2023

Rodney Edvinsson: An Economic Philosophy of Production, Work and Consumption

Place: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm or onlineREGISTERResearch seminar with Rodney Edvinsson, professor of economic history, Stockholm University.ABSTRACTThe book An Econom presents a new transhistorical framework of defining production, work and consumption. It shows that they all share the common feature of intentional physical transformation of something external to the agent, at some point in time.

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16 September, 2024

Projecting environmental impacts with varying population, affluence and technology using IPAT – Climate change and land use scenarios

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research Abstract We theoretically explore the interrelations between population (P), affluence (A) and technology (T) for various environmental impacts (I ) using IPAT-typ

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , Kolk, Martin
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27 February, 2025

Future of food: A technology-centered path towards sustainable production in 2100

Futures, vol. 167 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and formulate a specific technology-centered path to reach it. In this scenario, the human population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Engström, Emma
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15 April, 2019

The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

The British Journal of Sociology 2019, Volume 70, Issue 2 Abstract Research on privilege and education often focuses on institutions that are elite in a rather traditional way, for example schools that i

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17 December, 2024

Backcasting the Future of Food: A Technology-Oriented Path to Sustainable Production in 2100

Institute for Futures Studies Working Paper 2024:18 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and identify a technology-centered path to attain it. The target ou

Type of publication: Working papers | Jebari, Karim , Engström, Emma
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26 April, 2022

Networked reports: Commissioning and production of expert reports on Swedish healthcare governance

Politics & Policy 50(1): 59–76. Abstract The article analyzes the commissioning and production of expert reports about Swedish health care management and governance. We show that these reports are r

Type of publication: Journal articles | Svallfors, Stefan , & Anna T. Höglund Falkenström, Erica , & Anna T. Höglund Hammar, Corrie , & Anna T. Höglund
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