The Institute for Futures Studies now has a blog named Framtider (Futures), a name it has inherited from a magazine that was previously published by the Institute. On this blog you will find posts on

Offentliga samtal: Hur påverkar de starka berättelserna oss?

I seminarieserien Offentliga samtal – forskare möter praktiker bjuder vi in två forskare som presenterar sina resultat kring ett aktuellt ämne, för att sedan möta praktiker i ett samtal inför publik.

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

Forskningens mörkerär en bok om rädslan för att misslyckas och om de negativa känslornas betydelse för forskning och skrivande. Rädsla, ilska, ångest, leda, självförakt är inget en forskare kan eller Om detta skriver Stefan Svallfors, professor i statsvetenskap, i boken Forskningens mörker. Om svarta känslor och konsten att vara lagom rädd som är den avslutande delen i en trilogi om forskandets och det intellektuella livets mänskliga villkor.Kom och lyssna till Stefan Svallfors i ett samtal med Li Bennich-Björkman, professor i statsvetenskap vid Uppsala universitet, och fira boken med ett kortare mingel på Institutet för Framtidsstudier.

Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our

The Wrong of Capitalism Beyond Domination

Political philosophy is witnessing a revival of critiques of capitalism. Against those who argue that capitalism is unjust because of (i) its distributive outcomes, (ii) the oppression of workers at t

in Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 2 AbstractKurt Gödel’s version of the Ontological Proof derives rather than assumes the crucial (yet controversial) Possibility Claim, that is, the claim that it is possib

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

A welfare state for all generations

In a society there are always several generations co-existing and they all need different things from the welfare state. This result is a conflict between generations on who should be favored by publi by , Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Joakim Palme.