Institute for Future Studies

The Institute for Futures Studies is an independent research foundation that promotes future perspectives in research and public debate. It is the responsibility of the Director to decide what research will be conducted at the Institute, and the Director is appointed by the board. The Institute is financed partly through a government subsidy and partly through external funding from research councils.

The current Director Gustaf Arrhenius is Professor of Practical Philosophy and his research program will among other things concentrate on our responsibility for future generations.

Address:

Box 591, SE-101 31 Stockholm

Phone:

+46-8 402 12 00

Head of public authority (President/Vice-Chancellor/CEO/DG):

Gustaf Arrhenius

URL:

http://www.iffs.se/en/

Press contact

Name:

Erika Karlsson

Phone:

+46-8 402 1236

Mobile phone:

+46-70 6045855

The latest press releases from Institute for Future Studies

Shame or hope? How should we feel about climate change?

1 December, 2022 - Institutet för framtidsstudier

In an award-winning article, philosopher Julia Mosquera and researcher in psychology Kirsti Jylhä, help us sort out our climate emotions. Is it okay to enjoy warmer summers, given they are caused by climate change? Should we feel shame when we fly, and is anxiety an overreaction or a rational response to the current climate crisis? There is widespread disagreement about how we should feel regarding climate change, and this process of normativization runs the risk of going wrong if we believe there is just one appropriate emotion.

Who cleans the welfare state?

1 December, 2010 - Institutet för framtidsstudier

In this report Anna Gavanas, social anthropologist and associate professor at the Institute for Futures Studies, explores the dynamics of migration, social exclusion and labour market informalization through the lens of the domestic service sector in Stockholm. Based on a recent interview study, Gavanas identifies crucial aspects of a range of large scale social and economic shifts in Sweden. Especially in focus are the conditions of migrant domestic workers in a globalized economy.

International migration experts gather in Stockholm for Social Policy and Migration in Developing Countries Workshop in Stockholm 22-23 November 2007, Venue: Scandic Hotel, Hasselbacken, Djurgården, Stockholm

21 November, 2007 - Institutet för framtidsstudier

Over the past two decades, international migration has resurfaced as a prominent feature of contemporary social and economic life, as reflected in current political and academic debates in countries across the world. Much of existing research has focused on a specific flow of migration, namely from South to North, whereas the consequences of South-South migration are under-researched. The purpose of the workshop is to break new ground by linking migration with social development and social policy issues in the Global South. Assessing the relationship between migration and social policy raises several crucial questions: What impact does migration have on poverty? How applicable are the analytic frameworks for phenomena like remittances, brain drain, the global care chain or transnationalism to contexts of South-South migration, and what is their relevance to social policy? A key objective of this research is to increase the options available to developing countries faced with increasing migration by integrating social policy and migration debates.

New report from the Institute for Futures Studies: How Migration Can Benefit Development: Bridging the Research and Policy Gap

12 September, 2006 - Institutet för framtidsstudier

Migration can contribute to economic development in poor countries. But there is a need for more resources to high-quality research, both on the positive and the negative effects of migration. This can only be achieved through more far-reaching cooperation, both nationally, regionally and globally. The research agenda needs to be updated and adapted to regional and national contexts. Networks between researchers and experts and policymakers need to be reinforced.

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