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22 January, 2024

Theron Pummer: Future Suffering and the Non-Identity Problem

Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Theron Pummer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Register hereAbstr

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18 November, 2015

War ethics and international law – a discussion with academics, practitioners and policy-makers

In the summer of 2014, Israel launched a military action against Gaza called "Operation Protective Edge", as a response to Hamas rocket attacks. The conflict brought to the fore important debates in b

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08 May, 2019
Sweden Democrat voters

Sweden Democrat voters. Who are they, where do they come from, and where are they headed?

Forskningsrapport 2019:1, 108 s. Europe has experienced major political changes over recent decades, with new political parties having emerged and become established in many countries. The same develop

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Jylhä, Kirsti , Strimling, Pontus ,
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01 October, 2020

The Nonidentity Problem

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2019 edition), Zalta, E. (red.). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2019/entries/nonidentity-problem The nonidentity problem raises questions regardin

Type of publication: Other | Roberts, Melinda A.
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22 January, 2020

David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica

David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter

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06 May, 2022

Raya Muttarak: Population Dynamics under Global Climate Change

Register Abstract Australian bushfire in 2020 and severe floods in Western Europe and exceptional heatwaves in North America in summer 2021, to name a few, are examples of extreme events that are docume

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24 March, 2022

Policy brief: 300 000 from Ukraine wants to come to Sweden

According to a new Policy Brief by Swedish Delmi, a third of all Ukrainians - 12 million - wanted to move permanently to another country when asked by Gallup World Poll in summer 2021. 300 000 of them

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17 February, 2015

Rethinking society for the 21st century

A couple of weeks ago it was decided that the Institute for Futures Studies will support the project International Panel on Social Progress. It is a large project with high ambitions that mobilizes se

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09 May, 2016

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01 December, 2022

Shame or hope? How should we feel about climate change?

Is it okay to enjoy warmer summers, given they are caused by climate change? Should we feel shame when we fly? Is anxiety an overreaction, or a rational response to the current climate crisis? There i

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