Rod Rhodes is Professor of Government (Research) within Social Sciences at the University of Southampton.ABSTRACTIn the 2000s, the New Public Governance (NPG) became prominent and this article takes s

Research seminar with Julia Cage, Associate Professor of Economics, Sciences Po Paris Register Abstract Electoral democracies are in crisis. Turnout is at its lowest point in the history of universal sufand argue that the solution involves a radical rethinking of our system of political finance, participation and representation.

Katarina Engberg

I hold a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research (Uppsala University), and a Master in Public Administration, MPA (Harvard Kennedy School). I have been a Fellow and research associate with Weatherhead Cent

How do social norms change?

Social norms change all the time, in all societies. But what determines which norms change and which norms do not?

The British Journal of Criminology Abstract In this exploratory study, individuals’ processes of engagement in violent extremist groups are analysed by drawing from criminological life-course theory and

Klaus Georg Hansen: Greenland – 300 years of colonisation

Since the formal colonisation of Greenland in 1721 by the Norwegian-Danish missionary Hans Egede Greenland has experienced five 'constitutional' breaks. Thus, seven distinct colonial eras can be ident

A conversation with Lea Ypi: Indignity - A Life Reimagined

We welcome back Lea Ypi, professor and award-winning author of the book Free: Coming of Age at the End of History. Now she returns to present her new book, Indignity: A Life Reimagined. In this work,

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 80, Issue 8, October 2013, Pp. 1546–1556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.02.002 Abstract Recent ‘democratic revolutions’ in Islamic countries

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online  Research seminar with Klaus Georg Hansen, PhD in Colonial History and modern society of Greenland. He is an independent fil

Venue:Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in StockholmNote that this seminar will not be broadcasted, but recorded. REGISTER > Join us as we welcome back Lea Ypi, professor and award-win. In this memoir, Ypi tells the story ofgrowing up in Albania during the rule and collapse of communism.