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Projecting environmental impacts with varying population, affluence and technology using IPAT – Climate change and land use scenarios
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research Abstract We theoretically explore the interrelations between population (P), affluence (A) and technology (T) for various environmental impacts (I ) using IPAT-typ
Uncovering the degree of criminal organization: Swedish street gangs and the role of mobility and co-offending networks
Social Science Research Abstract In this study we investigate organized crime by studying the degree of criminal organization. We use population-level register data on criminal suspicions between 2011 a
Completed: Valuing future lives
How should we value future lives when making decisions? This question is directly relevant to for example prioritisation in health care, population control, climate change, and existential risk (the survival of animal species and humanity).
The impact of AI on the future of work
There is no denying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the world of work. In the report "The Future of Work: Augmentation or Stunting?" philosopher Karim Jebari and Markus Furendal, a polit
Emergent Cultural Differences in Online Communities’ Norms of Fairness
Games and Cultures, doi.org/10.1177/1555412018800650 Abstract Unpredictable social dynamics can dominate social outcomes even in carefully designed societies like online multiplayer games. According to
Distributive justice, social cooperation, and the basis of equality
Theoria Abstract This paper considers the view that the basis of equality isthe range property of being a moral person. This view,suggested by John Rawls in hisA Theory of Justice(1971),is commonly dism
Completed: Tipping Point
A multiartistic performative sculpture to visualize the complex connection between our decisions today and the living conditions for future generations.
Completed: Examining and overcoming the psychological barriers to climate action
This project's highly international and interdisciplinary collaboration will create synergies and develop important means to tackle climate change.
Family dynamics of immigrants in Sweden
Kirk Scott, the Institute for Futures Studies and Lund University Union formation and entry into parenthood are perhaps the most important transitions to adulthood. While much is known about the family
Malcolm Fairbrother: Explaining Environmental Successes and Failures
Venue:Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Malcolm Fairbrother, Professor of Sociology, researcher at the Institute for Futures Stud