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09 June, 2017

Wayne Sumner: The Harms of Hate Speech

Wayne Sumner, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. ABSTRACTFew people doubt that hate speech is capable of harming the minorities that it targets. This talk will explore the various ki

Wayne Sumner, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.
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21 March, 2017

Thomas Sommer-Houdeville: Remaking Iraq

- Neoliberalism and a System of violence after the US invasion, 2003-2011 Dr Thomas Sommer-Houdeville, Stockholm University, Department of Sociology. ABSTRACT After the invasion of Iraq and the destructi

Dr Thomas Sommer-Houdeville, Stockholm University, Department of Sociology.
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22 January, 2024

Theron Pummer: Future Suffering and the Non-Identity Problem

Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Theron Pummer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Register hereAbstr

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21 May, 2008

Intergenerational Public and Private Sector Redistribution in Sweden 2003

The paper describes intergenerational redistribution in Sweden the year 2003. Looking over the whole life, the summed per capita consumption from both the private and public side is quite smooth until

Type of publication: Working papers |
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01 December, 2022

Shame or hope? How should we feel about climate change?

Is it okay to enjoy warmer summers, given they are caused by climate change? Should we feel shame when we fly? Is anxiety an overreaction, or a rational response to the current climate crisis? There i

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18 November, 2015

War ethics and international law – a discussion with academics, practitioners and policy-makers

In the summer of 2014, Israel launched a military action against Gaza called "Operation Protective Edge", as a response to Hamas rocket attacks. The conflict brought to the fore important debates in b

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08 May, 2019
Sweden Democrat voters

Sweden Democrat voters. Who are they, where do they come from, and where are they headed?

Forskningsrapport 2019:1, 108 s. Europe has experienced major political changes over recent decades, with new political parties having emerged and become established in many countries. The same develop

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Jylhä, Kirsti , Strimling, Pontus ,
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01 October, 2020

The Nonidentity Problem

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2019 edition), Zalta, E. (red.). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2019/entries/nonidentity-problem The nonidentity problem raises questions regardin

Type of publication: Other | Roberts, Melinda A.
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22 January, 2020

David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica

David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter

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06 May, 2022

Raya Muttarak: Population Dynamics under Global Climate Change

Register Abstract Australian bushfire in 2020 and severe floods in Western Europe and exceptional heatwaves in North America in summer 2021, to name a few, are examples of extreme events that are docume

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