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23 September, 2024

Parental union dissolution and the gender revolution

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & H. Eriksson
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19 June, 2024

Aid and child health: A disaggregated analysis of the effects of aid on impaired growth

World Development, vol. 182 Abstract Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help reduce stunting or impaired growth among childre

Type of publication: Journal articles | Isaksson, Ann-Sofie , Dick Durevall
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05 May, 2015

The Future of Privacy with Bruce Schneier

Welcome to a seminar on personal integrity in the era of digitalisation, and Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath. The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. Main speaker:Bruce Sc

Welcome to a seminar on personal integrity in the era of digitalisation, and Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath. The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. Main speaker: Bruce Schneier
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31 March, 2020

Articles, videos and interviews on the corona pandemic

Our researchers comments the corona pandemic from their field of expertise. All the articles, videos and interviews are collected here. Is Sweden's soft lockdown working?Despite relatively high number

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03 September, 2020

Hobbesianische Theorien des Sozialvertrags

Aufklärung und Kritik, 69, 93-104 Abstract Auch Dr. Vuko Andrić befasst sich in "Hobbesianische Theorien des Sozialvertrags" mit dem Verhältnis von Politik und Philosophie. Er weist nach, dass Hobbes’ T

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andric, Vuko
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11 January, 2016
Anders Ekholm

Anders Ekholm

I have had the position as vice president and advisor at the Institute for Futures Studies and before that I worked as head of analysis at the Ministry of Social Affairs, with research concerning our

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12 December, 2018

The intelligence explosion revisited

Foresight, doi.org/10.1108/FS-04-2018-0042  Abstract PurposeThe claim that super intelligent machines constitute a major existential risk was recently defended in Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence and

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , & Joakim Lundborg
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17 January, 2025

Ann-Sofie Isaksson: Internet Connectivity and Child Learning: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and

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16 April, 2019

Parity and Mortality: An Examination of Different Explanatory Mechanisms Using Data on Biological and Adoptive Parents

European Journal of Population,  Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 63–85. doi.org/10.1007/s10680-018-9469-1 Abstract A growing literature has demonstrated a relationship between parity and mortality, but the explana

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & Kieron Barclay
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05 February, 2015

Robert Goodin: Structures of Complicity

Structures of Complicity: Consumers, Producers, Suppliers with Professor Robert E. Goodin, Australian National University AbstractUnder certain circumstances, businesses and consumers might be morally

Professor Bob Goodin, Australian National University
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