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10 September, 2020

Whatever You Want: Inconsistent Results is the Rule, Not the Exception, in the Study of Primate Brain Evolution

PLoS ONE Abstract Primate brains differ in size and architecture. Hypotheses to explain this variation are numerous and many tests have been carried out. However, after body size has been accounted for

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lindenfors, Patrik , , Lind, Johan & Wartel, Andreas
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30 September, 2016
Corrie Hammar

Corrie Hammar

I belong to serval different functions and research groups at the Institute for Futures Studies. The three main groups I work for are led by Pontus Strimling, Anna Tyllström and Stefan Svallfors. Within t

MSc, Business and Economics
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20 September, 2005

Childbearing and Psycho-Social Work Life Conditions in Sweden 1991-2000

This paper investigates the interaction between psycho-social work conditions and the likelihood of childbearing. For women, the results indicate that high-strain employees have a lower likelihood of

Type of publication: Working papers | Sara Ström
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23 September, 2022

The fast and furtive spread of AI by infusion into technologies that we already in use – a critical assessment

In Hanemaayer, A. (editor) Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents. Palgrave. Abstract AI has often reached individuals covertly, rather than by their own choosing. Standard automatic version update

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma
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12 June, 2011

How Migration Can Benefit Development

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 5, 2006 Migration can make positive contributions to the economic development of poor countries, but needs to be incorporated into th

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Eds. Kristof Tamas and Joakim Palme
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10 March, 2016

Moderators of the disapproval of peer punishment

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1368430215583519. Abstract Recent studies have found disapproval of peer punishment of norm violations. This seems puzzling, given the potential benefits peer

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , , Andersson, P.A. Strimling, Pontus , , Andersson, P.A.
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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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25 August, 2016

Virginie Pérotin: The effect of employee empowerment on job satisfaction

Virginie Pérotin, Professor of Economics at Leeds University Business School. The effect of employee empowerment on job satisfaction: An empirical analysis of the interplay of demands, control and equa.

Virginie Pérotin, Professor of Economics at Leeds University Business School
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11 September, 2020

Paul's Reconfiguration of Decision-problems in the Light of Transformative Experiences

Rivista Internazionale di Filosfia e Psicologia Abstract This paper focuses on cases of epistemically transformative experiences, as Paul calls them, cases where we have radically different experiences t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bykvist, Krister
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24 June, 2015

We are all prejudiced. You and me both

At the Institute for Futures Studies, we treat discrimination as an import issue for the future. We are studying how it manifests itself, but we are also trying to understand how and why discriminatio

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