Nancy Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Durham and at the University of California, San Diego ABSTRACTRCTs are valuable tools whose use is spreading i

Nancy Cartwright: Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials

Professor Nancy Cartwright speaking at a workshop at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, October 2016. Find Nancy's presentation here: http://www.iffs.se/en/calendar/evidensbaserad-poli

Nancy Cartwright: Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials

Professor Nancy Cartwright speaking at a workshop at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, October 2016. Find Nancy's presentation here: http://www.iffs.se/en/calendar/evidensbaserad-poli

Tim Bartley: Popular understandings of labor and environmental problems in global supply chains

Perceptions of distant problems. Popular understandings of labor and environmental problems in global supply chains Tim Bartley is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm Univers

Tim Bartley is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. He is an organizational, political, and economic sociologist with particular interests in globalization, labor,

Housing, Theory and Society 36(2): 149–166. doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1459826. Abstract The term social housing has been characterized as a “floating signifier”, i.e. a term with no agreed-upon meanin

A new study will investigate the differences in cultural values ​​between migrants and Swedish healthcare professionals. The aim is to find out which strategies have been successfully used to handle vAccording to studies conducted by the (WVS), Sweden can be considered the world's most gender equal country. This affects our view on sexual and reproductive rights, such as sex before marriage and abortion. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to use gender equality in their work while also providing a culture-sensitive care. Differences in socio-cultural traditions and difficulties in talking about subjects within sex, cohabitation and reproduction can cause misunderstandings and ultimately poorer care. How does healthcare staff handle this challenge?The research project "The role of values for equity in sexual and reproductive health. Clinical encounters as contentious space in a multicultural society" will look into the strategies that health professionals use and explore which ones were most successful. It will also explore the differences in cultural values ​​between immigrants and healthcare professionals, what prejudices exist and how the values ​​change over time. The goal is to ultimately develop and evaluate tools that can help healthcare professionals to reflect on their own values ​​and address conflicts of interest.The project is funded by Forte, will last 2018-2020 and is run by Birgitta Essén at the Department of Women and Children's Health at Uppsala University. and will participate in the project from the Institute for Future Studies.

Krister Bykvist: Who should care about impossibility theorems in population ethics?

Research seminar with Krister Bykvist, Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies. This seminar was arranged by the Insti

I received my PhD from Columbia University, New York, in 1996 and since 2008 I am full professor in theoretical philosophy at Stockholm University. My research lies in the intersection of philosophy o

Online seminar. Register here > Research seminar with Krister Bykvist, Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies. This se, New Jersey, USA.