How should we value future lives when making decisions? This question is directly relevant to for example prioritisation in health care, population control, climate change, and existential risk (the survival of animal species and humanity).

The Institute for Futures Studies is looking for a postdoc to be part of a research project on valuing future lives. The applicant needs to hold a PhD degree on a relevant philosophical topic when the (Philosophy).

Julia Mosquera

I defended my dissertation in philosophy at the University of Reading, UK 2017. My dissertation, Disability, Equality, and Future Generations,is an attempt to answer the question of how egalitarian soc

Elizabeth Finneron-Burns

I am a post doc working with Krister Bykvist and Gustaf Arrhenius on the Valuing Future Lives project. I submitted my DPhil thesis at Oxford University in September 2015. Before studying at Oxford I wo

Krister Bykvist

I am Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies. I was a Tutorial Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and a CUF Lecturer in

Workshop on well-being and population ethics. Part of the project ‘Valuing future lives’ (‘Att värdera framtida liv’), funded by the Swedish Research Council (‘Vetenskapsrådet’). Venue: The Institute f

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Quill R. Kukla, Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University and fellow at the SOCRAAbstract

This workshop is a part of the project Valuing future lives funded by the Swedish Research Council. It will take place at the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm. If you are int or .

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