societies

Completed: Cultural Evolution in Digital Societies
This project will build on evolutionary models and insights to study how conditions change with new information pathways, and technologies capable of acting with increasing authonomy from human control.

Solidarity in diverse societies - interview with Will Kymlicka
Will Kymlicka, researcher of political philosophy, came to visit the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm in April 2016, thanks to funding from The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social S

Solidarity in diverse societies - interview with Will Kymlicka
Will Kymlicka, researcher in political philosophy, is interviewed by Gustaf Arrhenius, director of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. The topic is multiculturalism and the welfare state.
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies
in: Nature Communications 12, 1481. AbstractNorm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violation
Different Approaches to Providing Intergenerational Transfers in Aging Societies
Pp. 317-335, Chapter 13 in Bohne, Eberhard and Karlsson, Charlie (eds), Repositioning Europe and America for Growth. LIT Publishers.
Weak support for a U-shaped pattern between societal gender equality and fertility when comparing societies across time
Demographic Research, Volume 40 - Article 2, p. 27–48. Abstract Background:A number of recent theories in demography suggest a U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility. Fertility is t
Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies
Nature Scientific Reports Abstract When someone violates a social norm, others may think that some sanction would be appropriate. We examine how the experience of emotions like anger and disgust relate

Julia Mosquera
I defended my dissertation in philosophy at the University of Reading, UK 2017. My dissertation, Disability, Equality, and Future Generations,is an attempt to answer the question of how egalitarian soc

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
Government transfers to parents and population policy in a global perspective: An economic demographic approach
Stockholm Research Reports in Demography no. 2020:52 AbstractThe world is rapidly converging towards lower fertility: in 2020, countries with a total fertility rate of less than 2.25 will encompass mor