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Book launch with Andreas Bummel: A world parliament
"A world parliament: Governance and democracy for the 21st century" is here presented by one of the authors, Andreas Bummel at the Institute for Futures Studies in October 2018. Adrienne Sörbom and Ha
Beyond Uncertainty. Reasoning with Unknown Possibilities
Cambridge University Press The main aim of this Element is to introduce the topic of limited awareness, and changes in awareness, to those interested in the philosophy of decision-making and uncertain
Interview with Erik Olin Wright
Earlier this spring, Erik Olin Wright came to Stockholm to talk at our research seminar. He spoke about pathways to a cooperative market economy. The day before, sociologist Stefan Svallfors took the
Moral Skepticism and the Benacerraf Challenge
In: D. Machuca (ed.), “Moral Skepticism: New Essays”, London: Routledge. Moral skepticism is at present a vibrant topic of philosophical inquiry. This collection of original essays will advance the ong

David Lindqvist
I am a PhD student in Practical Philosophy at Linköping University and am affiliated with the project Ethics of Coordination at the institute. My research is mainly in Normative Ethics, specifically in P

Solidarity in diverse societies - interview with Will Kymlicka
Will Kymlicka, researcher in political philosophy, is interviewed by Gustaf Arrhenius, director of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. The topic is multiculturalism and the welfare state.

Workshop talk: War and cultural property in the era of identity wars by Frederik Rosén
Frederik Rosen from the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, talks about the gap between the growing international discourse on the topic of cultural property a

Anna Lührmann: Walking the Talk. Which Parties Threaten Democracy?
The recent increase of democratic declines around the world has sparked a new generation of studies on the topic. Scholars agree that these days the main threat to democracy arises from democratically

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.
Positive Egalitarianism Reconsidered
Utilitas Abstract According to positive egalitarianism, not only do relations of inequality have negative value, as negative egalitarians claim, but relations of equality also have positive value. The eg