AbstractThe recent increase of democratic declines around the world -- what Lührmann and Lindberg(2019) have dubbed "third wave of autocratization'' -- has sparked a new generation of studies on the t

Anna Lührmann: Walking the Talk. Which Parties Threaten Democracy?

The recent increase of democratic declines around the world has sparked a new generation of studies on the topic. Scholars agree that these days the main threat to democracy arises from democratically

Anders Ekholm will visit Kvalitetsmässan talking about digitalisation, robotisation and integrity. Read more on the Swedish site

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).

A monster in the making. Interview with Matthias Matthijs on the euro crisis and democracy

What started off as a political project aimed at strengthening democracies has become an economic project in crisis that undermines democracy. We are of course talking about the european union and the

Open seminar on the European system for receiving and introducing asylum seekers. Migration is in many European countries on the one hand considered a problem, even a threat, on the other hand a possib

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).

Completed: Waiting for Life

A minitour with screening of the film "Waiting for Life" and a panel discussion including three former life-sentenced men, two criminologists and a documentary filmmaker will be made in San Fransisco, Washington DC and Stockholm. How can culture and meaningful content change life in prison?

Waiting for Integration Maren Gag

Forskaren Maren Gag vid Passage gGmbH i Hamburg berättar om ett exempel från forskningsprjektet EduAsyl på Framtidsfokus Waiting for integration anordnat av Institutet för Framtidsstudier den 5 februa