Welcome to FuturISE!
The COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as a multidimensional “stress test” for intergenerational solidarity. It has sparked controversy in various countries about the moral relationships and responsibilities between generations.
The project aims at a comparative socio-empirical exploration, moral-philosophical clarification and public deliberation of ideas and conceptions of intergenerational solidarity in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Based on the experiences of the pandemic, the aim is the empirically informed, participatory development of morally acceptable and socially sustainable visions for the future of intergenerational relations at both national and transnational levels.
Starting from the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FuturISE project aims at a comparative socio-empirical exploration, moral-philosophical clarification, and public deliberation of ideas and concepts of intergenerational solidarity in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
We are an interdisciplinary and international team of scientists from Germany (University of Oldenburg), Sweden (Linköping University), and the United Kingdom (University College London).
Here you can find the latest results and publications from our project.
Eva Katharina Boser and Niklas Ellerich-Groppe presented initial findings from the FuturISE research group at the conference “Intergenerational Issues in Health Care Ethics: Responsibility, Solidarity, and Sustainability,” held at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Studies) in Delmenhorst, Germany.
Our FuturISE project was part of the Volkswagen Foundation’s Status Symposium “Potentials and Challenges for Europe” (September 4-6, 2024) in Hanover.
On April 1, 2024, started the new research project “The Future of Intergenerational Solidarity beyond the Pandemic: Empirically-Informed Ethical Analysis and Public Deliberation”.
