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Olle Hammar @ollehammar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jag har läst @fredrikkopsch.bsky.social bok Utvisad 📖 Läs min recension i senaste numret av @ekonomiskdebatt.bsky.social 👉 www.nationalekonomi.se/artikel/de-u...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Job applications with foreign-sounding names are rejected at a higher rate by employers in occupations where the share of employees with foreign backgrounds is low. This is shown in a study conducted at IFFS. Read more: www.iffs.se/en/news/empl...

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Employers uphold segregated labor market

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Nina Lager Vestberg @lagernina.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Fancy an excuse to come to Stockholm in September? Open seminar on PICTURE CULTURES with various folks involved in the project Selling Pictures: Pictorial Economy and Commoditization 1820–2020 (IFFS/VR). Speaker list in the comments!

A poster of various AI-generated cats accompanied by the following invitation to an
OPEN SEMINAR
PICTURE CULTURES

17 Sept. 09.30–16.00

Klockan Konferens

Olof Palmes gata 29-31

Welcome to a seminar where researchers as well as the advisory board involved in the project Selling Pictures: Pictorial Economy and Commoditization 1820–2020 (IFFS/Vetenskapsrådet) will present recent and ongoing research on various of aspects of how mass-produced and mass-reproduced pictures can be interpreted, datafied and studied.

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Realism revisited. The persistence of photography in the age of AI
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What Did the Victorians See? Using Multimodal AI to Analyze 72,000 News Illustrations
–Thomas Smits

What Are Artificial Intelligence Models Models Of?
–Fabian Offert

Picturing Baskerville’s Punches
–Caroline Archer Parré

Proto-photographic Reproductive Phantasmagoria
–Wolfgang Brückle

Pictorial Economy and Commoditization 1820–2020
–Nina Lager Vestberg & Anna Näslund

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The big AI companies are recruiting more and more philosophers. According to a report from the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, philosophy graduates have a better chance of getting a job than computer scientists, SVT reports. But what do AI companies want with philosophers?

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Olle Hammar @ollehammar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thanks for having me on the Policy Implications podcast @olhazadorozhna.bsky.social! Hear our - unfortunately very timely - discussion on Russian support for the war in Ukraine here 👇

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Nästa vecka drar Almedalen igång! Här är iffs-forskarna som deltar: www.iffs.se/kalendarium/...

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IFFS forskare i Almedalen

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

"Gör inte folk oroliga när det gäller klimatet. Då stänger de av eller slutar agera. En vanlig åsikt, men hur väl stämmer den?" Gustaf Arrhenius, professor i filosofi och VD Institutet för Framtidsstudier gästar Klotet: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/darf...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

AI har på kort tid blivit en självklar del av en rekryterares vardag. Argumenten är att AI effektiviserar processen och gör mer objektiva urval. Sociologen Lambros Roumbanis har tittat på hur AI används i rekrytering och vad det snabba införandet beror på. www.iffs.se/nyheter/ai-s...

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AI som rekryterare

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Sweden is often seen as a model for universal healthcare. Yet behind this reputation lies a system facing growing challenges: long waiting times, workforce shortages, fragmentation of care, and increasing demands from an aging population. Hear Ulrika Winblad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=foQK...

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Swedish Healthcare System Facing Growing Challenges

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Svenskarnas attityder till migration har förändrats tydligt sedan 2010-talets mitt – men bilden är mer nyanserad än den politiska retoriken ofta ger intryck av. Det är en av slutsatserna i en ny rapport av Göran Holmqvist, affilierad forskare vid IFFS www.iffs.se/nyheter/rapp...

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Rapport: Svenskarnas syn på migration mer balanserad än debatten antyder

Svenskarnas attityder till migration har förändrats tydligt sedan 2010-talets mitt – men bilden är mer nyanserad än den politiska retoriken ofta ger intryck av. Det var en av huvudpoängerna när Göran ...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Ghost Platform exhibit in Italy Mirrors of Circulation Bodies of Assembly presents works from the IFFS project Ghost Platform at Adiacenze in Bologna, on view 29 April–30 May 2026. This is the first exhibition outside Sweden dedicated to the project. www.culturabologna.it/events/mirro...

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Mirrors of Circulation, Bodies of Assembly

mostra di Ghost Platform a cura di Amerigo Mariotti e Giorgia Tronconi

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Erik Mohlin @karlerikmohlin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New paper:🚨 A Model of Social Duties 🚨, with @toreellingsen.bsky.social, in Journal of Political Economy (lead article). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Free version: drive.google.com/file/d/1-I7E... We present a conceptualization and a formal model of duties and duty-based motivation.

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Waldemar Ingdahl @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What if cryonics matters less for revival and more for organ preservation? In this clip from the @futures-studies.bsky.social conference @arenamontanus.bsky.social links cryonics to cryobiology and cryomedicine — where advances could transform transplant care. youtube.com/shorts/CRi3c...

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Cryonics: Not Just Sci-Fi; It Could Also Benefit Modern Medicine

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this keynote, @arenamontanus.bsky.social explores cryonics through the lens of medicine, technology, and long-term institutional planning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLBg...

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Anders Sandberg on Cryonics - How To Make Death Only Temporary

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this 26 minute video, Stephanie plenty explains how her research on educational outcomes found an attitude-performance paradox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=946z...

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Does optimism and confidence lead to better educational outcomes?

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Flamman @flamman.se · 14/04/2026

Viktor Orbán är äntligen borta, men frågan är vad som kommer i hans ställe. Péter Magyars seger ger hopp om reformer – men risken finns också att enväldet överlever med ett nytt ansikte, skriver forskaren @karimjebari.bsky.social. www.flamman.se/efter-orban-...

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Efter Orbán – testet börjar nu

Karim Jebari: Nu börjar det svåra för Péter Magyar

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Vem räddar journalistik och offentlighet när AI tagit död på bildbevisen? Med Kari Andén Papadopoulos, Magnus Linton, Martin Jönsson och Ali Esbati. Offentliga samtal är ett samarbete med @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social Nu på Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_8...

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Vem räddar journalistik och offentlighet när AI tagit död på bildbevisen?

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Can future generations be exploited? Nicola Mulkeen presents work arguing that traditional theories of exploitation struggle to account for future generations. She proposes a structural, role-based model that focuses on enduring social roles shaped by institutions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4bV...

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Nicola Mulkeen: Exploitation & Time - Future Generations, Social Roles and Structural Injustice

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Debates on economic inequality often reach conflicting conclusions, even when using similar data. In a recent IFFS research seminar, Jesper Roine argued that these differences stem mainly from how income and wealth are defined. Watch here: youtu.be/pPEYKbTvTwA?...

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Jesper Roine: Economic Inequality – What It Is, What We Know, and Why It Matters

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Waldemar Ingdahl @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Cryonics is often framed as science fiction. But it may be more interesting as an institutional question: how do societies define death?

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Genocide is one of the most charged concepts of our time. It is a legal term, but it also carries moral imperatives and can be a political weapon. International law professor Mark Klamberg analyzes the concept in this IFFS research seminar, watch on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J885...

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Mark Klamberg: Genocide - Sweden and the Fight Over a Concept

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Anders Sandberg @arenamontanus.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I was interviewed by @micahzarin.bsky.social about how vision is learned, neurodiversity, happiness, and my advice to students. youtu.be/b6SlHbUJKw8?...

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Neurodiversity, Abstraction, and Predictive Minds | Anders Sandberg Conversation

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Waldemar Ingdahl @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Kryonik – nedfrysning av människor efter döden i hopp om framtida medicin – beskrivs ofta som science fiction. Men när företag i Europa redan erbjuder kryonisk bevaring blir frågan mindre teknisk och mer institutionell: hur definierar våra samhällen egentligen död?

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Kryonik börjar bli en policyfråga i Europa. En kort tråd. (1/5) 26 mars 2026 | Stockholm Kryonik – nedfrysning av människor efter döden i hopp om framtida medicin – erbjuds redan av företag i Europa. Sverige saknar i dag särskild reglering.

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Karim Jebari @karimjebari.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Ett samtal om temat existentiell risk och ansvar, mellan Stefan Lundqvist, forskare vid Försvarshögskolan, Karim Jebari, filosof och forskare vid Institutet för framtidsstudier, samt Andreas Ohlsson, intendent vid Armémuseum. Kvällen avrundas med livemusik: ”Hildegard of Bingen invocation”.

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Salong Brännpunkt: Den mest realistiska katastrofen - Armémuseum

Samtidigt som klimatdystopi och AI-apokalyps dominerar många människors rädslor inför framtiden, menar flera forskare att hotet om kärnvapenkrig är mer närliggande. Vad händer med vår framtid när hote...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Algoritmen på det sociala mediet X gjorde att användare fick mer högeråsikter, visar en studie som publicerats i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Nature. Pontus Strimling kommenterar studien i Vetenskapsradion i P1. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/stud...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Workshop today: From Research to Policy⁠ Bringing together researchers and decision-makers for a conversation about evidence-based decision-making.⁠ ⁠ Organized by the research project Expertise in Crises: Joe Roussos @joeroussos.bsky.social and @erikangner.com Read more: www.iffs.se/kalendarium/...

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Erik Mohlin @karlerikmohlin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

EFN har gjort ett reportage om Tore Ellingsens (@toreellingsen.bsky.social) och min forskning om plikt och plikt-baserad motivation efn.se/play/pliktka... Tack till de alla de inblandade duktiga journalisterna!

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Pliktkänslan värd hundratals miljarder

EFN lanserar nya programmet Spets – som bygger på ekonomisk forskning

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Waldemar Ingdahl @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Forskning bidrar till samhällsutveckling först när den faktiskt används i beslutsfattande. Vi har tagit fram en praktisk handbok i forskningskommunikation, baserad på arbete vid Institutet för framtidsstudier. Länk i kommentarerna.

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 28/01/2026

What's better than winning a Nobel Peace Prize? Being on the Nobel Prize Museum podcast, that's what! In conversation with Gustav Källstrand about economic sciences – what they do, what they're for, and what their limitations are (in Swedish).

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Ekonomiskt tänkande för en bättre värld – med Erik Angner

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Valet 2026: Studie om hur väljare påverkas av AI-chattbottar IFFS-forskare Markus Furendal kommenterar ett experiment som visar att AI-chattbottar kan påverka väljare mer än traditionell politisk reklam. Läs mer: www.iffs.se/nyheter/vale...

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Valet 2026: Studie om hur väljare påverkas av AI-chattbottar

AI-chattbottar kan påverka väljare mer än traditionell politisk reklam. Det visar ett nytt internationellt forskningsexperiment. "Men det är inte säkert att samma effekt skulle uppstå i verkligheten",...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Susceptibility to Moral Arguments Among Liberals and Conservatives - Recent study from MDU and IFFS @fredrikjansson.bsky.social and Pontus Strimling. Read more (news in Swedish) www.iffs.se/nyheter/inby... Access article: academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

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"Inbyggd moralisk lutning i debatten"

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Karim Jebari @karimjebari.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Varför vill Trump ha Grönland? Den senaste veckan har Vita husets retorik mot Danmark trappats upp igen. Men det har varit tydligt för alla som studerar USA mer noggrant att det inte bara handlar om retorik. Trump tillsatte ett särskilt sändebud till Grönland i december.

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Waldemar Ingdahl @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

What could be more futuristic than debating humanity as a multiplanetary species? Tech visionaries talk of a million people on Mars within 20 years. In response, Dr Natuschka Lee gave a fascinating speech at @futures-studies.bsky.social youtu.be/fqQNiwCKHc4?...

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What Would it Take to Settle Mars? — A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement

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Waldemar Ingdahl @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

How can research cut through today’s noise? I wrapped up the @futures-studies.bsky.social project "New Ways to Communicate Research Results" with a full-room talk on formats that strengthen researchers’ voices. What communication and public engagement tools work best for you? #SciComm 🧪

Waldemar Ingdahl giving a talk at the Institute for Futures Studies on research communication and how effective formats can strengthen the researcher’s voice in public and policy debates.

Selfie with a full, professor-heavy audience during the closing session of the project “New Ways to Communicate Research,” capturing the room’s energy, curiosity and strong engagement.

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Janine R. Wedel writing for Project Syndicate, "The Corruption is The Point": www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Projektet Ghost Platform, den 17 dec: En utställning som belyser logistikens dolda värld. Genom formen av en adventskalender så får vi syn på hur maritima kedjor kopplar ihop liv och död och hur det osynliga arbetet hemsöker våra helgdagar. (Stockholm) www.medborgarhuset.se/event/utstal...

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Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Imorgon kl. 10: Ole F. Norheim, Mary B. Saltonstall professor i etik och folkhälsa vid Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, samt adjungerad professor vid universitetet i Bergen, med seminariet "Halving premature death by 2050: ethical issues" (på engelska): www.iffs.se/kalendarium/...

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Ole F. Norheim: Halving premature death by 2050: ethical issues

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