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26 October, 2016

Money, peers and parents: Social and economic aspects of inequality in youth wellbeing.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(7), 1294-1308. Abstract Indicators of social and economic status are important health determinants. However, evidence for the influence of family socioeconomic statu

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mood, Carina , Plenty, Stephanie
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03 May, 2018

Julia Driver: Schadenfreude

Professor Julia Driver, Dept. of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis.ABSTRACT One typical definition of "schadenfreude" is:   "a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the

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27 April, 2018

Ethnic variations in mental health among 10–15-year-olds living in England and Wales: The impact of neighbourhood characteristics and parental behaviour

Health & Place 51 (2018) pp.189–199, doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.03.010. Abstract Several studies indicate that young people from certain ethnic minority groups in Britain have significant men

Type of publication: Journal articles | Vartanova, Irina , , Kenisha Russell Jonsson & Marita Södergren
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10 November, 2022

The Oxford Handbook of Population Ethics - Interview with the editors

If we can affect how many people will be born in the future, what does that mean for our decisions today? Would it be bad if much fewer people would exist in the future, as an adaption to climate chan

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03 March, 2014

Interview with Nobel prize winner Thomas Schelling

In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies arranged the 6th annual INAS-Conference in Stockholm. The conference was opened by Thomas Schelling, being interviewed by Richard Swedberg.

In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies arranged the 6th annual INAS-Conference in Stockholm. The conference was opened by Thomas Schelling, being interviewed by Richard Swedberg.
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04 March, 2016

Sweden

Chapter about Sweden in: The Wiley- Blackwell Encyclopedia Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. Arranged over five volumes and containing some 700 entries, this comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia

Type of publication: Chapters | Bursell, Moa
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30 October, 2018
Book launch with Andreas Bummel: A world parliament

Book launch with Andreas Bummel: A world parliament

"A world parliament: Governance and democracy for the 21st century" is here presented by one of the authors, Andreas Bummel at the Institute for Futures Studies in October 2018. Adrienne Sörbom and Ha

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21 April, 2023

Congratulations Partha Dasgupta!

Partha Dasgupta, professor of economics and member of the Climate Ethics and Future Generations-team at IFFS, and Gustaf Arrhenius at a conference in honour of Dasgupta who is turning 80 in 2023. Dasg

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31 May, 2018

Personhood and legal status: reflections on the democratic rights of corporations

Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy 47:1, pp. 13-28., doi: 10.5553/NJLP/.000068. Introduction Corporations are regularly ascribed rights and duties, yet few believe they should have the right to part

Type of publication: Journal articles | Beckman, Ludvig
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24 October, 2016
The Future of Work with Richard B Freeman podcast

The Future of Work with Richard B Freeman

The future of work: the paradox of increased team production and greater inequality in pay in the knowledge economy. A seminar from Stockholm on the 14th of October 2013. Labour economist Richard B Fr

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