Erik Olin Wright, a Marxist sociologist with a focus on the complexities of social classes and inequalities of contemporary capitalism, died from acute myeloid leukemia on January 23 in Milwaukee. He

Emma Engström

I defended my PhD thesis on predictive modeling of groundwater contamination at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH, Royal Institute of Technol

Alexandros Rigos

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm and also affiliated with the Department of Economics at Lund University. My research interests are in economic theory and experimenta I hold a BSc in Physics (University of Athens) and an MSc in Economics (University of Birmingham). I obtained my PhD in Economics from the University of Leicester in 2016, after which I spent four years at Lund University as a postdoc. In 2020, I joined IFFS, where I work on the project , together with Erik Mohlin. You can find more information about me and my research at my website .

in International Journal for the Study of Skepticism10 (ISSN: 2210-5697). Abstract:A long-standing family of worries about moral realism focuses on its implications for moral epistemology. The underlyi

Malcolm Fairbrother

I am a professor of sociology at Uppsala University, and a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I moved to Sweden in 2017, after spending ten years at Bristol University in the UK. Before

The Institute for Futures Studies is looking for a postdoc to be part of a research project on valuing future lives. The applicant needs to hold a PhD degree on a relevant philosophical topic when the (Philosophy).

The Swedish government has appointed Berit Högman to the board of the Institute for Futures Studies during 2017–2022. Berit Högman is Deputy Group Leader (SocDem) in the Swedish Parliament and has been

Erik Mohlin

I am an associate professor (Swedish: docent) at the Department of Economics at Lund University as well as a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. My research is focused on game

Why do some democratic transitions succeed and others do not? We attempt to identify which sequences lead to full and stable democracy and which sequences do not.

Completed: Waiting for Life

A minitour with screening of the film "Waiting for Life" and a panel discussion including three former life-sentenced men, two criminologists and a documentary filmmaker will be made in San Fransisco, Washington DC and Stockholm. How can culture and meaningful content change life in prison?