Jo (Jonathan) Wolff, Professor of Philosophy at University College London ABSTRACTMoral and political philosophers typically hope that their theories and arguments will have a positive influence on rea

Research seminar with Sanna Wolk, professor of law, president of the union SULF, and Leif Dahlberg, professor of media technology at Royal School of Technology (KTH).  Register here AbstractThe goal is tJoin the seminar online or at the Institute for Futures Studies. If you plan to join on site, please check the box in the registration form. 

Where:Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm Speakers: Richard Dawid (Stockholm), Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck), Wendy Parker (Virginia Tech), Joe Roussos (IFFS), Karim Thebault (Bristol) and William Wolf II (Oxford). P before October 7.

On the 21st of October The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will arrange a seminar with and about The Rolf Schock Laureate in logic and philosophy, professor Derek Parfit. Other speakers include Gusta

Theoria, Volume 82, Issue 2,p. 166–181,May 2016. DOI: 10.1111/theo.12094 Abstract Recently, in his Rolf Schock Prize Lecture, Derek Parfit has suggested a novel way of avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion

Politics & Policy Abstract Although the literature widely discusses the role of academics as experts in public policy making, empirical case studies on ethical problems related to the production and

Every year nine millionpeople are diagnosed with tuberculosis, every day over 13,400 people areinfected with AIDs, and every thirty seconds malaria kills a child. For most ofthe world, critical medica

Cynthia P. Schneider: Why Soft Power is not so Soft

Soft power played a critical role in the most significant socio-political transformation of the twentieth century - the breakup of the Soviet Union and the spread of democracy to Eastern Europe. Yet t

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

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, level 4, i Stockholm Welcome to a light brekfast before the seminar from 08.00. REGISTER HERE > Soft power played a critical role in the most s