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Completed: Conflict, cooperation and equality
Our social networks are widening, our society is becoming more egalitarian and violent social conflicts are decreasing. What is the connection between these three long-term and persistent trends?
Charles Manski: Seminar with a skeptic
Charles F. Manski On the 21st and 22nd of January this year Charles F Manski was in Stockholm, invited by the Institute for Futures studies to hold three lectures on his newly published book Public Poli.
Research program
The research program that currently sets the framework for research activities at the institute is written by Gustaf Arrhenius, director and professor of practical philosophy and will be ongoing durin

Did the COVID-19 pandemic change our social norms?
As you might remember, a lot of our social behaviors changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we perceived the behaviors of others. What was once deemed acceptable behavior became scrutinized, wi
The Oxford Handbook of Population Ethics - Interview with the editors
If we can affect how many people will be born in the future, what does that mean for our decisions today? Would it be bad if much fewer people would exist in the future, as an adaption to climate chan