Depending on your perspective, technological development has been saving us from drudgery, or destroying our livelihoods, for centuries. From the very first domestication of animals we’ve been finding

Research seminar with Avia Pasternak, Associate Professor in Political Theory at University College London. REGISTER HERE TO GET A MEETING LINK AbstractViolent protestors against state injustice typical

Location: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm If you plan to attend all or parts of the conference, please register by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Thursday Decem

Philosophy Compass, 12:3 2017. DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12408 Abstract What should we do when we are not certain about what we morally should do? There is a long history of theorizing about decision-making und

in: Distinktion: Journal of Social TheoryAbstractThis article evaluates Andreas Wimmer’s theory of ethnic boundary making by applying it to the maintenance of Jewish ethnic identification in Sweden, a

On the 4th of October we welcomed Daniel Naurin to our research seminar. Daniel Naurin is associate professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg and at the seminar he presented new r

European Journal of Political Theory, DOI: 10.1177/1474885117738116 Abstract How can we equalize opportunities while respecting people’s freedom? According to a view that I call libertarian resourcism, pbecome a powerful weapon to criticize work conditionality as unfair and perfectionistic (or illiberal), and to motivate political struggles for the emancipation of the precariat. However, similar views are also expressed in many other justifications of basic income that stress the strategic importance of exit-based empowerment. This article argues that the reliance of these theories on concepts and assumptions of libertarianism makesthem ill-equipped to justify core requirements of social empowerment, and to identify the forms of agency needed to sustainably advance the radical objectives they favour. The implication of this is not to reject the link between social justice and unconditional resource endowments but to dissociate the justification and design of such measures from libertarian ways of thinking.

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 45, 2022 - Issue 16 Abstract Considering the current political relevance of anti-immigration sentiments, we examined preference to avoid interacting with immigrants – conc

International Journal of Public Health Abstract Objectives:Women’s healthcare is a potential source of cross-cultural conflicts. Diverging values between healthcare providers and patients challenges the

Selling pictures. Pictorial Economy and Commoditization 1820–2020

This project will place the current discussions concerning AI-generated images in a historical context, comparing it to two previous technological breakthroughs that have affected the use of pictures for commercial purposes.