Population Aging and the Generational Economy The American magazine Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries has chosen the book Population Aging and the Generational Economy(eds: Ronald Lee, Andrew

For three years, three researchers and two research assistants have surveyed and interviewed a group of people who are remarkably invisible in research. it's remarkable since it is a category of peopl (in Swedish).

This project examines so called "policy professionals", people who are employed in order to affect policy and politics. What is the impact of them, rather than elected officials, gaining more influence over politics?

Luke Russell - What is forgiveness? On the philosophical disagreements of what forgiveness is

In this episode we are going to talk about forgiveness. Recently Luke Russel, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Sidney, held a research seminar here at the institute titled What i

On the 25–26th of March, UNESCO organizes a big international workshop titled "Measuring Social Public Policies: Inclusiveness and Impact" in Paris. The workshop is organized within UNESO's Management

This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care. Time: Wednesday, November 23, 14:00 - 18:00Plac The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Holländardgatan 13, Stockholm According to Jeff McMahan, we ought to save an individual, A, from dying as a young adult (e.g., at age 30) rather than save some other individual, B, from dying as a newborn, even if the latter intervention would give B twice as many years of full-quality life as the former intervention would give A.  Call this claim .  I argue that if we accept , then we must reject at least one of three other claims:

Chapter 23 Intergenerational redistribution in Sweden’s public and privat sectors By the book here: http://www.e-elgar.com/Print_product_detail.lasso?id=13816 Population Aging and the Generational Econom

Dr. Ashwini Vasanthakumar, University of Oxford Title and abstract to be announced. Ashwini Vasanthakumar's research focuses on exile, migration and transnational politics and her research interests are

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Joe Roussos, researcher in philosophy at the Institute for Futures Studies. He completed his PhD at

What does happiness data mean? Daniel J. Benjamin and Ori Heffetz

In this episode we talk about happiness. Imagine you get a survey in the mail, and in one question you are asked to rate your level of happiness on a scale from 0 to 10. Let’s say you answer a seven.