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Lars Ingelstam on the beginnings of the Institute for Futures Studies in Sweden
In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm celebrated 40 years. Lars Ingelstam, the first CEO of the organisation reminisces how it all began and talks about the first years of activities
The choice of new private and benefit cars vs. climate and transportation policy in Sweden
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 69, pp. 276-292, doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2019.02.008 Abstract Dedicated to show climate leadership, Sweden has committed to cut 70% of greenhouse-gas
Making their Mark. Disentangling the Effects of Neighbourhood and School Environment on Educational Achievement
Working Paper 2007 No. 3 A revised version is published in the European Sociological Review, 24 (4). Lars Brännström
Allegiance Eroding: People’s Dwindling Willingness to Fight in Wars
in: The Civic Culture Transformed: from Allegiant to Assertive Citizens, Dalton, R & Welzel, C.,(eds), Page 261–281, Cambridge University Press, New York.

Workshop talk: War and cultural property in the era of identity wars by Frederik Rosén
Frederik Rosen from the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, talks about the gap between the growing international discourse on the topic of cultural property a
Peer acceptance and rejection during secondary school: Do associations with subsequent educational outcomes vary by socioeconomic background?
Child Development Abstract Research shows that peer relationships are associated with students' school adjustment. However, the importance of advantageous and disadvantageous factors for students' educa
Completed: Implementation of self-driving cars. Overview of challenges and opportunities regarding social and ethical aspects
The project aims to provide an overall analysis of the challenges and opportunities that the implementation of self-driving cars will bring, as well as a more detailed analysis of any of these problems.

Sverigedemokraternas väljare. Vilka är de, var kommer de ifrån och vart är de på väg?
Kirsti Jylhä, forskare vid Institutet för Framtidsstudier, berättar om några huvudresultat från en studie som jämför väljare som inför valet 2018 uppgav att de ämnade lägga sin röst på Sverigedemokrat
Analytical sociology and theories of the middle range
Pp. 25–47 in P. Hedström and P. Bearman (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

De virala experterna - om sociala medier och covid-19-pandemin
Under covid-19-pandemins första våg fanns ett stort sug efter information, och en tydlig brist på densamma. Facebook blev snabbt en plats där människor delade egna erfarenheter, råd och uträkningar, o