The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies

Can we translate nature into numbers and what are the consequences of using economic concepts of risks and return when quantifying nature? These where some of the issues explored at the hybrid seminar "Net negative and nature positive: Disclosure as a game changer or cheap talk?" in November 2022.

In the spring, the institute welcomes two new Advanced Study Groups. The ASG "The Seamless Life" studies experiences and visions of a data-driven life, while the ASG Digi-Tax focuses on how to design a sustainable and legitimate tax system that finances our future welfare.

The upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal will feature many discussions on the fairness and equity between those who provide biodiversity and those who utilise them. In an article published on lu.se, Aysegül Sirakaya and Torsten Krause, two of the members of the Pufendorf IAS Advan...