Search Results for:
watt
22 October, 2018
Research and ideas for a brighter future - part 2

Research and ideas for a brighter future - part 2

What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter future ahead? This is part two of the seminar "Research and ideas for a brighter society"

Read more
20 December, 2023

Three tips for researchers who want to provide advice in a crisis

Anders Tegnell at Folkhälsomyndigheten became one of the most well-known experts during the covid 19-pandemic in Sweden. Photo: Frankie Fouganthin/Wikimedia. In crises, politicians often turn to expert

Read more
10 September, 2020

Whatever You Want: Inconsistent Results is the Rule, Not the Exception, in the Study of Primate Brain Evolution

PLoS ONE Abstract Primate brains differ in size and architecture. Hypotheses to explain this variation are numerous and many tests have been carried out. However, after body size has been accounted for

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lindenfors, Patrik , , Lind, Johan & Wartel, Andreas
Read more
11 March, 2021

“I just want to be the friendly face of national socialism” The turn to civility in the cultural expressions of neo-Nazism in Sweden

in: Nordicom Review, Volume 42: Issue S1This article is based on a case study of the media narratives of the neo-Nazi organisation Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and situates this particular actor w

Type of publication: Journal articles | Askanius, Tina
Read more
24 October, 2016
Implicit Mind: What do we want from a model of implicit bias? with Jules Holroyd

Implicit Mind: What do we want from a model of implicit bias? with Jules Holroyd

Recording from the Implicit Mind Workshop at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, May 2015.

Read more
19 September, 2018

Research and ideas for a brighter future

In the wake of the election one can start to wonder what politics should really be about. What are the greatest challenges to our modern society and what can be done to overcome these, with a brighter

Read more
07 October, 2024

Workshop on Social Normativity

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Organizers: Eline Geritsen, Johan Brännmark, and Åsa Burman.If you wish to join parts of this workshop, get in touch with Åsa Burman, a

Read more
01 January, 2009

The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

2009. Oxford University Press. Table of Contents Foundations1: Peter Hedström and Peter Bearman: What is analytical sociology all about? An introductory essay by Peter Hedström2: Peter Hedström and Lars Udéhn:

Type of publication: Books | P. Hedström, P. Bearman (Eds.)
Read more
25 January, 2016

Calendar

The Institute conducts program activities such as seminars, conferences and training with both current issues and research as a basis. If you want to get invitations to our seminars, sign up to our news. 

Read more
31 March, 2020

Articles, videos and interviews on the corona pandemic

Our researchers comments the corona pandemic from their field of expertise. All the articles, videos and interviews are collected here. Is Sweden's soft lockdown working?Despite relatively high number

Read more