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

The way the labour market functions is a crucial factor in any analysis of the Swedish model, but has all too often been described in theoretical terms. This paper examines the happenings behind the r

Carina Mood

My research concerns poverty, inequality, integration and the welfare of children and youth. At the Institute for Futures Studies I am one of the researchers leaders of the current reseach program's t

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online.  Research seminar with Lea Ypi, Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an

Lea Ypi: Can beauty save the world? On historical injustice, reconciliation and aesthetic education

'Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem The Gods of Greece. He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this le

In Western Europe, Italy is at the top when it comes to tax evasion. In 2013, an estimated 27 percent of the entire tax revenue in Italy was evaded. What are the reasons for this? Political scientist ".

Oxford University Press, 648 p.  The Oxford Handbook of Population Ethicspresents up-to-date theoretical analyses of various problems associated with the moral standing of future people and animals in c

Wlodek Rabinowicz, Senior Professor of Practical Philosophy at Lund university and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics ABSTRACTIn this talk I focus on a contrast between aggregation

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor of Sociology and Professor of Management at Stockholm University. ABSTRACTAll around the world there are ”leader communities”, i.e., places where leaders choose

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