Tom Medvetz, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego To Tom Medvetz at University of California Registration for the research seminars. The research seminars are free of charge and t

Professor Li Bennich-Björkman, Department of Political Science, Uppsala University Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s se

Workshop talk: War and cultural property in the era of identity wars by Frederik Rosén

Frederik Rosen from the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, talks about the gap between the growing international discourse on the topic of cultural property a

Lars Ingelstam on the beginnings of the Institute for Futures Studies in Sweden

In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm celebrated 40 years. Lars Ingelstam, the first CEO of the organisation reminisces how it all began and talks about the first years of activities

Listen to our Director Gustaf Arrhenius'talk "Ethical, legal and political implications of self driving vehicles", held at the Transport Initiative Seminar at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothe

Equality seems like a simple enough notion. It is about everybody having the same amount of whatever resources we care about. But is it really that simple? The American philosopher Larry Temkin tells

Economics has always been shadowed by a movement called "anti-economics", denouncing its practitioners, attacking its assumptions, rejecting its conclusions, and protesting its influence. In his book H

In six months libraries and schools will once again be transformed into voting stations and the Swedish people will vote for the Sweden they want for the next four years. A question that has been on p

Here you will find documentation from public seminars in English. October 31st 2013: Is the world ready for democracy? New results from the World Values Survey. Film from the seminar October 14th 2013: Th Researcher Richard B. Freeman talks about the paradox of increased team production and the greater inequality in pay in the knowledge economy.

Karim Jebari: The social impact of AI - Inspirations on what to explore and how to aviod the hype

Karim Jebari, PhD in Philosophy and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies talks about some tools for finding interesting things to study in the field of the social impact of artificial intelligence. And also, advice on how to avoid some of the hype surrounding AI. From the workshop “Why we need research on AI impact now”, that was held at the Institute for Futures Studies on January 21st 2020.