The conference Future of Welfare State Studies Conference was held in Umeå for postdoctoral researchers, on May 15–17. It included parallel sessions focusing on the most central aspects in the researc' address had the title .

On the 7th and 8th of June, the International Network for Analytical Sociologists, INAS, will meet for its sixth conference, this time in Stockholm hosted by the Institute for Futures Studies. Thomas

Journal for the scientific study of religion Abstract Secularization theory has been challenged by research showing religious persistence and upswing in contexts across the world. In Europe, particularl

A seminar on the future of social sciences. Main speaker: Jon Elster.Commentators: Tore Ellingsen and Bengt Hansson. Read more in the invitation (pdf)

Main speaker: Mark Lilla. The seminar will be held in English in central Stockholm. Read more about Mark Lilla on Wikipedia.

Listen to our Director Gustaf Arrhenius'talk "Ethical, legal and political implications of self driving vehicles", held at the Transport Initiative Seminar at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothe

The future of work: the paradox of increased  team production and greater inequality in pay in the knowledge economy. Main speaker: Richard B. Freeman. The seminar will be in English. It will also be r

Going Solo and Connecting. Main speaker: Eric Klinenberg. Comments: Maria Törnqvist and Elizabeth Thomson. Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociologi and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at

Place: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmInternational institutions make claims to authority that can clash with both personal and collective autonomy. At the same time, th

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