Working  Paper 2009 no. 21 The chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad has expanded through international partnering websites, increasing international marriage migration. This paper explores

Professor Brad Hooker, Philosophy Department, University of Reading. Consider the view that an individual behaves unfairly if, only if, and because (1) The individual treats people who are NOT relevantlAnd(2) The individual fails to treat people who ARE relevantly different in accordance with their relevant difference (e.g., needy/non-needy, someone who has a right against the individual/someone who doesn’t have a right against the individual, etc.).

Venue: Medelhavsmuseet, Fredsgatan 2 i Stockholm. We will be in Hörsalen, which is just behind Bagdad Café which will be open until 19.00. Register here > Abandoning its age-old doctrine of military n

Do you frown at people who sneeze in their hand instead of in a tissue? Would you be prepared to punish that person by frowning at him or her, showing you dislike the behaviour? In that case you are a

In this panel discussion, we will bring ethical, political and historical perspectives to the table, and ask experts in democratic theory, international relations, and security policy to help us get t

Pp. 315-336 in The Benefit of Broad Horizons: Intellectual and Institutional Preconditions for a Global Social Science, edited by Hans Joas and Barbro Klein. Leiden: Brill.

The Institute for Futures Studies now has a blog named Framtider (Futures), a name it has inherited from a magazine that was previously published by the Institute. On this blog you will find posts on

Ann-Sofie Isaksson

I am a researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and at the University of Gothenburg. My research interests and empirical work cover a broad range of issue

The Swedish pension reform of the 1990s is here studied from a power-political perspective focusing on the Social Democratic Party. Despite a strong heritage in the “income security principle”, guidel

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and