seated
Amir Rostami
Amir Rostami is Professor of Criminology and Head of the Police Science Division at the School of Police Studies, Södertörn University, and Research Leader at the Institute for Futures Studies. He also (SMOB). In addition to his academic role, Rostami has several years of experience in law enforcement and has served as a Police Superintendent with the Swedish Police. In 2021, he was appointed by the Swedish Government as Inquiry Chair for the national investigation on welfare fraud, tasked with analyzing and proposing measures to counteract fraud within the Swedish welfare system.
Anca Gheaus: What does it mean to have a gender identity?
Anca Gheaus is a political philosopher interested in justice and the normative significance of personal relationships. Abstract The concept of "gender identity" is at the core of heated current p
Anca Gheaus: What does it mean to have a gender identity?
THIS SEMINAR WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17. If you are already registered you do not need to register again in order to get the link to the seminar. Anca Gheaus is a political philosopher inter
Persson's merely possible persons
in: Utilitas 32 (4): 1-9 (2020) Abstract:All else being equal, creating a miserable person makes the world worse, and creating an ecstatic person makes it better. Such claims are easily justified if it
Robert Goodin: Wisdom of the Multitude? Trump? Brexit?
Robert Goodin, Research Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University. Robert Goodin's research focuses on political theory and public policy. Read more about Robert Goodin ABSTRACT According
Persson’s Merely Possible Persons
Bykvist, K., & Campbell, T. (2020). Persson's Merely Possible Persons. Utilitas,32(4), 479-487. doi:10.1017/S0953820820000199 AbstractAll else being equal, creating a miserable person makes the worl
Diversity preferences among employees and ethnoracial workplace segregation
Social Science Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.009 Abstract Ethno-racial workplace segregation increases already existing ethno-racial inequality. While previous research has identified d
Completed: Harm and discrimination
What is it that makes discrimination wrong? We examine the concept of harm and its philosophical relevance, as well as the role it plays in discrimination.
Bias and Wisdom of Crowds
Philosophical Psychology Abstract Implicit biases have been studied by social psychologists for almost three decades, mainly as an individual phenomenon. Recent proposals, however, reframe implicit bias
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