The goals of growth and competitiveness as promoted by the European Union are discussed in the context of forecasts claiming the European population to be declining in size and growing increasingly ol

Philosophical Studies Abstract Parfit (Theoria 82:110–127, 2016) responded to the Sequence Argument for the Repugnant Conclusion by introducing imprecise equality. However, Parfit’s notion of imprecise degrees of incommensurabilityeveryone

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Parfit (2016) responded to the Sequence Argument for the Repugnan

Futures: Climate policies and public support in the US - the way forward

Many agree that some aggressive policy changes need to be put in place when it comes to climate change. Megan Mullin, associate professor of environmental politics at Duke University’s Nicholas School

In order to reach the goals in the Paris Agreement on how to combat climate change, some aggressive policy changes need to be put in place. Apart from creating policies, policy makers also need to gai

Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Implicit Cognition. Workshop on the 25th and 26th of May at the Institute for Futures Studies. The theme of this workshop is implicit cognition, with a p

Welcome to a seminar where the book "A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century" by Andreas Bummel is presented and discussed.SPEAKERSAndreas Bummel, author of the book (read mor)Adrienne Sörbom, sociologist at Stockholm UniversityHans Agné, political scientist at Stockholm University

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, and online Research seminar with Sarah Birch, Professor of Political Science atKing's College London. You can join in person or onlin

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, and onlineResearch seminar with Michael Rosen, professor of political theory, Government Department, Harvard UniversityYou can jo

Adina Preda: Can there be positive human rights?

Research seminar with Adina Preda, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Abstract This paper aims to establish that there can be human rights to socio-economic goods or services