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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Grönlandsavtalet den 22 september 2026" är en tillbakagång för Grönland enligt Klaus Georg Hansen. Klaus är fil.dr. i Grönlands koloniala historia och moderna samhälle, och nedan kommenterar han avtalet utifrån Grönlands perspektiv: www.iffs.se/nyheter/gron...

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"Grönlandsavtalet den 22 september 2026" en tillbakagång för Grönland

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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.

Speakers:

Realism revisited. The persistence of photography in the age of AI
–Estelle Blaschke

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

Watch the original news in Swedish: www.svt.se/nyheter/utri... filosofer-plockas-upp-ganska-snabbt

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

Secondly, "I think an essential role for philosophers is to launder the reputation of these companies, which are becoming increasingly unpopular. This is a way for them (the companies) to say: we care, we take ethics very seriously," says Karim Jebari. ( @karimjebari.bsky.social )

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

First, philosophical expertise is needed to make the models better. This can involve clarity around reasoning, definitions, and logic, but also the ability to handle conflicting goals and questions of value.

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

Åsa Wikforss, affiliated researcher at IFFS and professor of philosophy, and Karim Jebari, philosopher and futures researcher at IFFS, highlight two areas where philosophers can be useful to companies.

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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

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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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

Initiated by Benjamin Gerdes in 2022, Ghost Platform brought together artists, researchers, and workers to investigate the hidden labour, political violence, and ecological impact behind global logistics and data infrastructures.

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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

Thanks to everyone for coming! And thanks to the organizers @waldemaringdahl.bsky.social and @arenamontanus.bsky.social for such a successful event!

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

Cryonics is post-mortem preservation, which entails freezing the head or body with the intention of potential future medical intervention. Cryonics raises many questions, especially legal and regulatory. Is the preserved person legally deceased, for example? Watch the videos to learn more.

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

Speakers: Staffan Julén (IFFS) Anders Sandberg (IFFS) @arenamontanus.bsky.social Patrick Linden (GCLS) James Arrowood (Alcor) Göran Hermerén (LU) Ole Martin Moen (OsloMet) @olemmoen.bsky.social Francesca Minerva (La Statale) João Pedro Magalhães (UoB) @jpsenescence.bsky.social

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

This presentation was the first during a full-day conference on Cryonics in Sweden, that you can watch on our youtube, in two parts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FK... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eupe...

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Cryonics in Sweden (part 1) – International Policy Conference on Law, Ethics and Insurance

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

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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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?

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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IFFS @futures-studies.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This clip is taken from his keynote on the day of a cryonics conference here in Stockholm: youtu.be/QLBg801qoB4?...

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Anders Sandberg on Cryonics - How To Make Death Only Temporary

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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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

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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

Jesper Roine is Adjunct Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and deputy director at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). He holds a Ph. D. from Stockholm University (2002).

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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

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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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

YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

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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

Konferens 26 mars. (4/5) Institutet för framtidsstudier arrangerar en halvdagskonferens om kryonik som samhällelig gränsfråga. Keynote: Anders Sandberg, forskare vid Institutet för framtidsstudier. Fokus ligger på etik, juridik och institutionellt ansvar. Bild: Anders Sandberg av Cato Lein

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

Policyfrågan. (3/5) Om kryonik skulle erbjudas i Sverige uppstår omedelbart regulatoriska frågor: – kroppens rättsliga status efter döden – medicinskt ansvar och tillsyn – konsumentskydd – finansiering via livförsäkringar

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

Vetenskaplig status. (2/5) Det finns i dag ingen vetenskaplig evidens för att en människa kan återupplivas efter kryonisk bevaring. Men även utan sådan evidens kan verksamheten väcka nya frågor för medicin, juridik och samhälle.

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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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