Tina Askanius

Tina Askanius is Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University, where she is also the co-director of the interdisciplinary research pShe holds a PhD in Media and Communication Studies from Lund University, Sweden, where she defended the thesis in 2012. Her research broadly concerns the interplay between social media and social movements, and she has published extensively on these matters in the context of social and climate justice movements as well as ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in Scandinavia. At the institute she works in the project .

On the first of January, 2022 Åsa Romson becomes the new chairman of the board at the Institute for Futures Studies. She will replace Catharina Elmsäter Svärd, who has had the position since 2016. Åsa

A Future of Expulsions

Saskia Sassen was invited to Stockholm on the 25th of November 2014 to talk about her latest book. She looks at the world and sees expulsion. The expulsion of people from their jobs, their homes, even

Our board member Berit Högman is the new County Governor in Västernorrland County, Sweden from April 16. Her appointment as County Governor and Head of the County Administrative Board in the province

Sanja Bogojević is Fellow and Associate Professor of Law at Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law. Prior to joining Oxford Law Faculty, she was Associate Professor (‘Docent’) of Environmental Law More information will follow.

Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin, University Leadership Chair in Behavioural Decision Making at the Leeds University Business School, Director of the Centre for Decision Research and Deputy Director ofAs the climate is changing, effective communications are needed to help policy makers and members of the general public make informed decisions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. Many existing communications are too difficult to understand for audiences without a background in climate science. In this presentation, I will discuss the social science behind developing communications that better take into account audiences’ needs. Examples will focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, but the recommendations about how to develop effective communications are relevant for a wider variety of communication domains.

Sanja Bogojević: Infrastructure for the 21st century: how climate change shapes society and law

Sanja Bogojević is Fellow and Associate Professor of Law at Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law. Prior to joining Oxford Law Faculty, she was Associate Professor (‘Docent’) of Environmental Law

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.  Research seminar with Lea Ypi, Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an

Lea Ypi: Can beauty save the world? On historical injustice, reconciliation and aesthetic education

'Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem The Gods of Greece. He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this le

Anna Hedin Ekström

PhD student at Gävle University. I am focusing on issues regarding unlawful influence, work environment, violent extremism and security. In the project ”countering extremism on a local level” I will s.