Are some countries better equipped from the onset of a democratization process to become democracies? We compared successful and failed episodes of liberalization over the period 1900 to 2018 to exami

Peter Hedström, Director of the Institute for Futures Studies, will leave the Institute in August 2014. Peter will then be Professor of Sociology at Linköping University, where he will build a new rese

De senaste decennierna har flera politiskt tillsatta framtidskommissioner och utredningar sett dagens ljus för att snart falla i glömska eller drunkna i allt som redan händer här och nu. Men vilka behoVi har bjudit in Katarina Engberg, fil. dr. i Freds- och konfliktforskning samt tidigare departementsråd i Regeringskansliet, att berätta om sin erfarenhet av strategisk planering i Statsrådsberedningen (Kansliet för strategi- och framtidsfrågor och EU-kansliet), Försvarsdepartementet och Försvarsmakten. Tid: Torsdag, 15 februari 08.30–10.00 med enklare frukost från kl. 08.00Plats: Institutet för Framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 i Stockholm

De Montfort University Abstract This report reviews various regulatory options that support the ethical and/or responsible development of smart information systems (AI and big data). Its insights will b

Kay Axhausen, ETH Zürich Transport planning has studied social networks as central element behind the location choice for residential locations and for leisure activities. The talk will introduce the o

Why we need research on AI impact now. Pontus Strimling (introduction from Gustaf Arrhenius)

Artificial intelligence is already here and is changing society. But social science research on the impact of AI and which choises and ethical considerations societies will face due to developments in

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 72 (10), 2423-2436 Abstract During the last decades, there have been a large number of studies into the number-related abilities of humans. As a result, we kn

In Hanemaayer, A. (editor) Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents. Palgrave. Abstract AI has often reached individuals covertly, rather than by their own choosing. Standard automatic version update

Harper Collins India’s air pollution is a deadly threat. Will its politics meet the challenge? Exposure to the world’s worst air pollution kills over a million Indians each year. It also affects childr

This paper uses demographic projections of age structure and correlations with GDP and GDP growth to study the forecasting properties of demographically based models. Extending the forecasts to 2050 s