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01 January, 2011

Simulated epidemics in an empirical spatiotemporal network of 50,185 sexual contacts

2011. PLoS Comp. Bio. 7(3):e1001109. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001109 Abstract Sexual contact patterns, both in their temporal and network structure, can influence the spread of sexually transmitted inf

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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26 August, 2022
Nanda Wijermans

Nanda Wijermans

I am an interdisciplinary researcher working at both the Insittute for Futures Studies and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University.  I am driven by a deep curiosity to understand dynamics At the Institute for Futures Studies, I explore and develop testable explanations concerning the strength of norms under different levels of risk (e.g. climate change, pandemic). My work is highly collaborative and uses modelling also as a ’tool' for a research process in which different researchers, methods, and/or data are combined. 

Associate Professor in Computer Science and System Science
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15 April, 2019

Living Alone Together: Individualized Collectivism in Swedish Communal Housing

Sociology, first published online,doi.org/10.1177/0038038519834871 Abstract In this study, situated in urban Stockholm, communal housing stands out as highly individualized. The residents positively app

Type of publication: Journal articles |
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01 October, 2024

The global study of everyday norms - seminar with Kimmo Eriksson

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online Society’s everyday norms specify which behaviors are socially acceptable in which situations. How similar or different are

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18 November, 2024
Kimmo Eriksson: The global study of everyday norms

Kimmo Eriksson: The global study of everyday norms

Society’s everyday norms specify which behaviors are socially acceptable in which situations. How similar or different are everyday norms in societies around the world—and why? To answer these questio

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21 December, 2016

Funding received for research projects about democracy and equality

Last week the institute was granted 8 million SEK by the Wallenberg Foundations for two research projects that will go on for four years. The boundary problem in democratic theory. Gustaf Arrhenius was g

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09 November, 2021
Ian Higham

Ian Higham

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I do research and project coordination for Transformative Partnerships 2030, a research project based at the Institute that focuses

PhD, Political Science
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11 March, 2021

“I just want to be the friendly face of national socialism” The turn to civility in the cultural expressions of neo-Nazism in Sweden

in: Nordicom Review, Volume 42: Issue S1This article is based on a case study of the media narratives of the neo-Nazi organisation Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and situates this particular actor w

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina
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27 August, 2024

Ghost Platform at September Sessions: Dirty details of the clean startup chime

Place: Institute for Futures Studies, 4th floor, Holländargatan 13, 111 36 Stockholm  Listening Session And Drinks The Institute for Futures Studies hosts the premiere of a new 15-minute sound work. Regist

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28 November, 2014

Political Philosophy Mini-Workshop

This is an open event with pre-circulated papers, including a presentation of the first paper but not the second. See abstracts below. Schedule 13.15 Coffee 13.30 “Legitimate Authority and Social OntologAuthor: Laura Valentini, LSECommentator: Aaron Maltais, Stockholm University

Workshop on two papers, "Practices and Principles: On the Methodological Turn in Political Theory" and "Practices and Principles: On the Methodological Turn in Political Theory".
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