Today we mourn the passing of Thomas Lindh, a respected researcher, an appreciated colleague and a dear friend. Professor Thomas Lindh has been a coworker at the Institute for Futures Studies for many

Kay Axhausen, ETH Zürich Transport planning has studied social networks as central element behind the location choice for residential locations and for leisure activities. The talk will introduce the o

Philosophical transactions A. Royal Society Publishing Abstract Social norms have been investigated across many disciplines for many years, but until recently, studies mainly provided indirect, implicitresearch may move beyond unequivocal praising of social norms as the missing link between selfinterestedbehaviour and observed cooperation or as the explanation for (the lack of) social tipping. It provides the toolkit to understand explicitly where, when and how social norms can be a solution to solve large-scale problems, but also to recognize their limits. This article is part of the theme issue ’Emergent phenomena in complex physical and socio-technical systems: from cells to societies’. 

Nature Communications Abstract The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this

How policy creates politics. Policy feedback in contemporary democracies

Why do political actors find it increasingly difficult to design effective policies and address pressing social problems. This project tries to find the answer in changes of the policy feedback mechanisms by using longitudinal datasets from 30 countries.

Reducing populations' vulnerabilities to mis-disinformation related to scientific content

The purpose of this project is to develop evidence-based strategies to address populations’ vulnerabilities to scientific mis-disinformation.

This project's highly international and interdisciplinary collaboration will create synergies and develop important means to tackle climate change.

The main purpose of this work is to assist the secretariat in administrative matters including maintaining the web site, the Facebook and the Twitter accounts, organising events, editing the Newslette Fund-raising is a substantial part of our work and the person we’re seeking will also be asked to assist in this work (complete the forms, submit the paperwork and follow up on behalf of the association). All communication will be in English. The person we are looking for will be placed at the Institute for Future studies in the very centre of Stockholm.

Nordic Council of Ministers, 54 pages Women have generally been treated as “side shows” in the literature on war,terrorism and violent extremism and have thus been given scant scholarly attention.In mato be framed as unwitting, passive agents or brainwashed victims pulled into violentextremist movements only through the relations of their husbands, boyfriends, orfathers.

Sanja Bogojević: Infrastructure for the 21st century: how climate change shapes society and law

Sanja Bogojević is Fellow and Associate Professor of Law at Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law. Prior to joining Oxford Law Faculty, she was Associate Professor (‘Docent’) of Environmental Law