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11 December, 2019

John Broome: A Climate Bank to Combat Climate Change

The usual way of thinking about climate change is that the present generation will have to make large sacrifices in order to reduce emissions. For example, by consuming less goods and services. This is one reason why cutting emissions is so hard. But what if there is a way to get climate change under control where no one needs to sacrifice?

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19 August, 2014

A Future of Expulsions

Main speaker: Saskia Sassen Today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, but more accurately in terms of expulsion—from p

Main speaker: Saskia Sassen
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12 September, 2017

Robert Goodin: Wisdom of the Multitude? Trump? Brexit?

Robert Goodin, Research Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University. Robert Goodin's research focuses on political theory and public policy. Read more about Robert Goodin ABSTRACT According

Robert Goodin, Research Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University.
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22 January, 2024

Theron Pummer: Future Suffering and the Non-Identity Problem

Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Theron Pummer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Register hereAbstr

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26 March, 2021

The long shadow of lobbying: ideational power of lobbying as illustrated by welfare profits in Sweden

Interest Groups & Advocacy volume 10, pp.47–67 AbstractThe weak correlation between lobbying and policy outcomes is puzzling. The main argument developed here is that the puzzle is partly caused by

Type of publication: Journal articles | Selling, Niels
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11 January, 2016

Completed: The consequences of poverty

How does poverty affect children and adults? We study social relations, social participation, physical and mental health, but also the effect on children's education and income.

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14 June, 2023

Anna Stilz: Climate displacement and territorial justice

Plats: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online OBS! This seminar is part of a workshop and therefor takes place on a different weekday and time than usual. Research semi

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27 April, 2020

Myths and truths about "the experiment"

The Swedish response to Covid-19 put in context.

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