4 Mar 2021

RQ20 praises the Pufendorf IAS model

In the report from the Lund University Research Quality assessment 2020, the panel looks to the Pufendorf IAS as a model and asset for interdisciplinary and international work at t...

3 Mar 2021

A future without antibiotics explored in new anthologies

What would a future without antibiotics mean for mankind? That is one central issue for two new anthologies from the multidisciplinary Theme Post-Antibiotic Futures at the Pufendor...

3 Mar 2021

Exploring political polarisation on the internet

The storming of the Capitol, waning trust in politicians and authorities, growing fact resistance, and filter bubbles – a great deal is today attributed to growing political polari...

3 Mar 2021

Former Themes invited back to the Institute!

Members of past Themes are invited back to the institute in a unique initiative we call Themes 2.0. This is an opportunity to re-form and rethink ideas of previous Themes and a cha...

3 Mar 2021

Apply for a Theme at the Pufendorf IAS

New call for applications for Themes 2022

2 Mar 2021

A closer look at In Search of Search and its Engines - interview with the coordinators

The Theme welcomes a new guest researcher, coordinators Olof Sundin and Alison Gerber talk about their plans and future of the Theme

7 Oct 2020

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 - for a discovery of a tool which will change society

The CRISPRideas Theme to discuss CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors; the scientific breakthroughs and implications for society, in a symposium.

28 Apr 2020

New Themes and Advanced Study Groups 2020-2021

In the autumn of 2020, the Pufendorf IAS will welcome eight new groups; five Themes and three Advanced Study Groups. The new Themes will work on current issues concerning: a future...

26 Nov 2019

Interview with the editors of the new book Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth

In 2015-2016, Ekaterina Chertkovskaya and Alexander Paulsson were coordinators of the Degrowth Theme at the Pufendorf IAS. On the 28 of November, almost five years later, they are ...

23 Oct 2019

Interview with Max Koch about the challenges to a degrowth transition

Professor Max Koch, member of the Pufendorf IAS Themes ’Sustainable Welfare’ (2014-2015) and ’Degrowth’ (2015-2016) has, together with co-author Milena Büchs, been awarded the Atl...