Oxford University Press Today's global economy was largely established by political events and decisions in the 1980s and 90s, when scores of nations opened up their economies to the forces of globaliz

Trailer: David Chalmers - From the Matrix to the Metaverse

From the presentation by David Chalmers, From the Matrix to the Metaverse. Find the full video here: https://youtu.be/7s0SzcUnzZo

Göran Duus-Otterström

I received my PhD in political science from the University of Gothenburg 2008. Since 2021, I am a professor in the department of political science at the same university. I work on the theory of justi

This project will examine what behavioral economics and the nudge agenda are, to get a better understanding of contemporary economics and where it is heading.

Erik Angner, Professor of Practical Philosophy Abstract The nudge agenda due to Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein has proven polarizing. To advocates, nudging allows us to improve people’s choices and th

Anandi Hattiangadi: A Skeptic's Guide to Virtual Worlds - A response to David Chalmers

Are virtual worlds "real"? Or are they merely "virtual"? In a recent book by David Chalmers, "Reality + - Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy", he argues that if we in fact were already livi

David Chalmers: From the Matrix to the Metaverse (With a Little Help From AI)

Part of the Problems of Philosophy in VR-conference hosted by the Institute for Futures Studies in May 2023. David Chalmers' book Reality+ takes as its starting point the recent advances in AI and com

The new pattern in demographic behavior in the industrialized world, i.e. the “second demographic transition”, appeared in the mid-1960s and spread more recently to the Eastern parts of Europe. This o

This paper examines childbearing behavior among Swedish students, and mothers’ enrolment in education in 1984-1999. The student financial aid reform in 1989 had no noticeable impact on students’ child

This study sets out to discuss the Swedish parental leave system and identify achievements, policy dilemmas and reform alternatives in a European perspective. In perspective of changing demographic st