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06 January, 2010

Private Financing of Elder Care in Sweden. Arguments for and Against

This paper outlines recent developments in private provision of elder care services and examines arguments and actors for increasing private financing, both supportive and dissenting. The purpose is t

Type of publication: Working papers | Gabrielle Meagher and Marta Szebehely
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02 February, 2015

Malcolm Fairbrother: Trust and Public Support for Environmental Protection

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother, University of Bristol ABSTRACTMost people say they are concerned about the serious environmental problems confronting the world today and threatening the well-being of future ge

Dr Malcolm Fairbrother
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22 March, 2024

Potential Institutions for Future Generations: What Do Current Generations Think?

Results from a Six-Country Public Opinion Survey 32 s. Summary Policymakers, civil society organizations, and academics are proposing the establishment of new institutions for better representing the rig

Type of publication: Other | Fairbrother, Malcolm
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26 June, 2018

Denial versus reality of climate change

In: D. DellaSala, & M. Goldstein (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier. Sammanfattning Despite the extensive supportive evidence for climate change, there still exists doubt and denial a

Type of publication: Books | Jylhä, Kirsti
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06 February, 2018

Denial versus reality of climate change.

In: D. DellaSala, & M. Goldstein (Eds), Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier. Despite the extensive supportive evidence for climate change, there still exists doubt and denial about the topic

Type of publication: Chapters | Jylhä, Kirsti
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12 May, 2021

Ron F Inglehart 1934–2021

We are saddened to announce that the founding president of the World Values Survey, Ron F Inglehart passed away on Saturday 8 of May. He was the president of the World Values Survey Association (WVS)  

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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

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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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