The Institute for Future Studies is an independent research foundation based in Sweden. The institute has two aims. One of which is to conduct future studies, to promote a future-oriented perspective in research, and to use and develop appropriate theory and methodology. Our current research program includes work on climate change, new technologies, corruption, prejudices that govern our actions, and future democratic structures. The institute’s second aim is to stimulate an open and broad discussion about possibilities and threats to future social development. We do this by organizing seminars, publishing reports and communicating research via newsletters, Facebook, Twitter and this site, but also by our researchers participating in debates, visiting politicians, government agencies and companies, and sharing their knowledge through public media.
Role in the Project
The Institute for Future Studies leads work package two. It is responsible for investigating the actors and patterns of malign ecosystems responsible for weaponised corruption, capture, and undue influence operations on political decision making, in search of a unified policy response. It will map and model the ethnography of undue influence and cross-border corruption focusing on three thematic areas energy capture, offshore capture and knowledge capture. These thematic areas will be examined using six case studies populated with data using specialist investigative research and analysis methods.