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08 June, 2017

The Generational Welfare Contract: Justice, Institutions and Outcomes.

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (Forthcoming, Publication in August 2017). This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational

Type of publication: Books |
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09 December, 2003

Leaving Rurality Behind: Re-orientation of Spatial Policies in Sweden

The paper will address the changing status of rural regions in policy formation in Sweden, which includes two processes: self-propelling de-population and a shift towards supporting dynamic growth reg

Type of publication: Working papers | Erik Westholm
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10 March, 2016

Debunking and Disagreement

Noûs, (Early View), DOI: 10.1111/nous.12135. Introduction A familiar way of supporting skeptical doubts about the beliefs in some area, such as ethics orreligion, is to provide a “debunking argument” agaiway is to appeal to the disagreement that occurs in the area.2 These types of challenge areoften treated separately and there is not much overlap in the literature they have given rise to.Yet, as they pursue the same conclusion—that the target beliefs are not (fully) justified andthat we should reduce our confidence in them—one might well wonder how they are related.Are they entirely independent or do they interact in non-trivial and interesting ways? That isthe question I shall explore.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tersman, Folke
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28 April, 2021
Alexandros Rigos

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 .

PhD, Economics
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19 February, 2020

Ideology and climate change denial

Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 70, Pages 62-65.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.030 Abstract Examining the relation between ideological variables and climate change denial, we found social

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , & Nazar Akrami
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10 November, 2021

Where Does Europe End? Christian Democracy and the Expansion of Europe

Journal of Common Market Studies Abstract In this article, we argue that an analysis of the conflict around the nature and limits of European integration that arose between Catholic and Protestant Chris

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef , & Fabio Wolkenstein
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11 January, 2016
Folke Tersman

Folke Tersman

At the Institute for Futures Studies I serve as Deputy Director, supporting both the Director and the managers in Organizational support. Besides working at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) I a

Chair Professor, Practical Philosophy
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06 May, 2020
Erik Mohlin

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

Associate Professor, Economics
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18 December, 2017

Equality of opportunity and the precarization of labour markets

European Journal of Political Theory, DOI: 10.1177/1474885117738116 Abstract How can we equalize opportunities while respecting people’s freedom? According to a view that I call libertarian resourcism, pbecome a powerful weapon to criticize work conditionality as unfair and perfectionistic (or illiberal), and to motivate political struggles for the emancipation of the precariat. However, similar views are also expressed in many other justifications of basic income that stress the strategic importance of exit-based empowerment. This article argues that the reliance of these theories on concepts and assumptions of libertarianism makesthem ill-equipped to justify core requirements of social empowerment, and to identify the forms of agency needed to sustainably advance the radical objectives they favour. The implication of this is not to reject the link between social justice and unconditional resource endowments but to dissociate the justification and design of such measures from libertarian ways of thinking.

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18 December, 2023

Is conservative opposition to climate change threat-based? Articulating an integrated threat model of climate change attitudes

British Journal of Social Psychology Abstract Throughout the literature, there are assertions that those endorsing conservative ideologies reject the science and solutions of climate change due to perce

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Stanley, S.K., Leviston, Z. & I. Walker
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