At last Friday’s research seminarKatrin Ausprung from the Department of History and Sociology at Konstanz University in Germany came to talk to us about her reserach on discrimination in housing marke

International Journal of Sociology Abstract Environmental problems such as climate change, air and water pollution, and biodiversity loss affect humans globally. The International Social Survey Programm

Population, Space and Place, VolumLäe 23, Issue 3, e2020, doi.org/10.1002/psp.2020 Abstract This study makes a contribution to the demography and geography of kinship by studying how internal migration

Laurie Paul: Value by Acquaintance

Laurie Ann Paul, Milestone Family Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. L.A. Paul's book Transformative Experience has sparked many discussions in philosophy since its publi

Public Opinion Quarterly Abstract An empirical result in Moral Foundations Theory is that liberals and progressives endorse the individualizing factors of care and fairness, while conservatives claim th

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Laurie Ann Paul, Milestone Family Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. L.A. Paul's book Transformative Expe has sparked many discussions in philosophy since its publication in 2014. In the book she describes how experiences wehave not had before can transform us in several ways – we can learn new things,and change our views radically – which, among other things, has implicationsfor decision-making.

Today we mourn the passing of Thomas Lindh, a respected researcher, an appreciated colleague and a dear friend. Professor Thomas Lindh has been a coworker at the Institute for Futures Studies for many

Peter Hedström was elected to the board of the Swedish Research Council (VR) on the 4th of December for the period of 2012–2015. The researcher Christofer Edling was elected to the Scientific Council

During the Swedish politician's week in Visby, the government decided to appoint a scientific council for sustainable development. The council will strengthen the link between politics and academia. Th

On the 6th of May, Peter Hedström was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities was founded in 175