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Housing and First Births in Sweden, 1972-2005
The aim of this study is to explore to what extent housing is a constraint for first births in Sweden 1972-2005. Three characteristics of housing are studied: housing type, tenure, and size of dwellin
Democracy first, and then civil rights for women?
The year is 2010 when the Arab Spring begins in North Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula. The protesters’ calls for democracy spread from country to country during 2011 and there was a strong belief
Critique and Capital in History and in the Twenty-first Century
Organised by the Institute for Futures Studies and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality as we.
Becoming a business student: Negotiating identity and social contacts during the first three months of an elite business education
Institute for Futures Studies, working paper 2022:13, 23 pages. We know that informal networks explain differences in career success. Historical differences in business careers of men and women have fr
Janine Wedel: Meet the new influence elites. How top players sway policy and governing in the twenty-first century
Janine R. Wedel is a university professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University and a Senior Research Fellow of the New America Foundation. ABSTRACTA new breed of influence elite ha
Erez Maggor: Bidenomics, Industrial Policy, and the Twenty-First Century American Developmental State
Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Research seminar with Erez Maggor, Assistant Professor at Ben-Gurion University. He studies the political economy of industrial policy and innovation. Register here &
Gert Helgesson: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries
Research seminar with Gert Helgesson, Professor, Stockholm Centre for Healthcare EthicsTitle: Dealing with a university’s historical heritage: ethical quandaries. RegisterAbstractIn the fall of 2020 a wo
Lars Ingelstam on the beginnings of the Institute for Futures Studies in Sweden
In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm celebrated 40 years. Lars Ingelstam, the first CEO of the organisation reminisces how it all began and talks about the first years of activities
Research projects
Here you can find research projects that are currently active at IFFS, including some that our researchers work with but are administered by other research institutions. The projects are sorted accord
Institute staff lecture on Understanding Society
July 24 to 26 Essex university arrange Understanding Society Research Conference. Institute employee Kenisha Russell Jonsson gives a lecture with "Cohabitation or Marriage? The socioeconomic and famil
