In: Power, Policy and Profit: Corporate Engagement in Politics and Governance. C. Garsten and A. Sörbom. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar: pp. 82-99. Power, Policy and Profit investigates the manifold ways in

This issue is about unexpected futures in five separate areas: demography, medicine, the environment, superpowers and technology. Contents Is it harder to foresee the future nowadays?Arne Jernelöv ImaginArne Jernelöv

With intensified globalization of markets, the restructuring of provisions of welfare services and accumulation of private capital, opportunities for corporate influence in politics have multiplied. IWelcome to a seminar where some of the authors present and discuss the contents of the book.When: Friday December 15th, at 16.00 –18.00 including a mingleWhere: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in StockholmSpeakers:Christina Garsten, Professor of Social Anthropology, SCOREAdrienne Sörbom, Associate Professor of Sociology, SCOREAnna Tyllström, PhD in Business Studies, Institute for Futures StudiesStefan Svallfors, Professor in Sociology, Institute for Futures StudiesLiv Fries, PhD Management, Senior Advisor at Decigo The book will not be for sale at the seminar, but a flyer offering discount will be distributed.

AI Policy Lab Abstract As AI becomes integral to critical civil sectors like healthcare, its governance can no longer be divorced from international security. This paper argues that NATO must play a str

Scientific Reports 14 Abstract Trust encourages members of communities to cooperate and provide public goods. However, the literature has yet to fully investigate how high and low trusting communities de

Journal of Peace Research,  vol. 52,  no. 4,  p. 418-434. Abstract The Democratic Peace thesis suggests that the absence of war between major powers since 1945 is caused by the spread of democracy. The

Harper Collins India’s air pollution is a deadly threat. Will its politics meet the challenge? Exposure to the world’s worst air pollution kills over a million Indians each year. It also affects childr

Social Forces Abstract This study investigates two concurrent trends across Europe and North America: the increasing instability of parental unions and men’s rising contributions to household work. Beca

Prof. Arne Jarrick and PhD. Maria Wallenberg Bondesson, Centre for the study of Cultural Evolution at Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies.ABSTRACTOur presentation gives significant hig

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online Research seminar with Per Molander, PhD in control engineering and Bachelor's in mathematics, literature, etc. Throughout h