UppsalaPeaceConflict
@uupeace.bsky.social
Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
Following the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, join @isaksvensson.bsky.social, former Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström, and Nobel Prize expert Gustav Källstrand for a discussion on the recipient.
📍 Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm
🗣️ Swedish
www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/event/all...
📍 Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm
🗣️ Swedish
www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/event/all...
All about this year’s peace prize
Hear experts weigh and dissect the peace prize announced just hours earlier.
www.nobelprizemuseum.se
September 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Following the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, join @isaksvensson.bsky.social, former Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström, and Nobel Prize expert Gustav Källstrand for a discussion on the recipient.
📍 Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm
🗣️ Swedish
www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/event/all...
📍 Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm
🗣️ Swedish
www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/event/all...
We are delighted to welcome Professor Jo-Ansie van Wyk as the 2026 Claude Ake Visiting Chair. Van Wyk is Professor of International Politics at the University of South Africa.
During her stay in Uppsala, she will examine nuclear colonialism and nuclear coloniality in Africa.
During her stay in Uppsala, she will examine nuclear colonialism and nuclear coloniality in Africa.
September 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
We are delighted to welcome Professor Jo-Ansie van Wyk as the 2026 Claude Ake Visiting Chair. Van Wyk is Professor of International Politics at the University of South Africa.
During her stay in Uppsala, she will examine nuclear colonialism and nuclear coloniality in Africa.
During her stay in Uppsala, she will examine nuclear colonialism and nuclear coloniality in Africa.
📣 H.E. Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, will deliver the 2026 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture.
📍 The Grand Auditorium at the Uppsala University main building
📅 26 October 2026
🕔 17:00–18:30
Read more: www.daghammarskjold.se/event/the-da...
📍 The Grand Auditorium at the Uppsala University main building
📅 26 October 2026
🕔 17:00–18:30
Read more: www.daghammarskjold.se/event/the-da...
The Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2026
www.daghammarskjold.se
September 2, 2026 at 10:24 AM
📣 H.E. Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, will deliver the 2026 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture.
📍 The Grand Auditorium at the Uppsala University main building
📅 26 October 2026
🕔 17:00–18:30
Read more: www.daghammarskjold.se/event/the-da...
📍 The Grand Auditorium at the Uppsala University main building
📅 26 October 2026
🕔 17:00–18:30
Read more: www.daghammarskjold.se/event/the-da...
'Jihadist Peace: Ending Islamist Civil Wars', by Desirée Nilsson and @isaksvensson.bsky.social, identifies key hurdles to resolving Islamist armed conflicts and presents novel, evidence-based solutions.
Read more on the Cambridge University Press website:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Read more on the Cambridge University Press website:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
August 26, 2026 at 6:22 AM
'Jihadist Peace: Ending Islamist Civil Wars', by Desirée Nilsson and @isaksvensson.bsky.social, identifies key hurdles to resolving Islamist armed conflicts and presents novel, evidence-based solutions.
Read more on the Cambridge University Press website:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Read more on the Cambridge University Press website:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Our new study (w/ T. Hecker and J. Hall) investigates how drought and war jointly affect mental health among Syrian and Iraqi refugees. We find drought amplifies the psychological burden of war. OA link: doi.org/10.1038/s418... @climes-swe.bsky.social @uupeace.bsky.social @prioresearch.bsky.social
Drought amplifies the psychological burden of war - Nature Sustainability
Integrating georeferenced drought data from respondents’ pre-displacement regions with survey data from Syrian and Iraqi refugees, this study finds a stronger association between war exposure and post...
doi.org
August 8, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Our new study (w/ T. Hecker and J. Hall) investigates how drought and war jointly affect mental health among Syrian and Iraqi refugees. We find drought amplifies the psychological burden of war. OA link: doi.org/10.1038/s418... @climes-swe.bsky.social @uupeace.bsky.social @prioresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by UppsalaPeaceConflict
Seminar today in Visby on the effect of organized violence on civilian population with @erikmelander.bsky.social from the National Defense University and Malin Dahlberg Markstedt from OperationAid. Here are three numbers from my presentation... 1/3
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June 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Seminar today in Visby on the effect of organized violence on civilian population with @erikmelander.bsky.social from the National Defense University and Malin Dahlberg Markstedt from OperationAid. Here are three numbers from my presentation... 1/3
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@ucdp.bsky.social
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@ucdp.bsky.social
🎙️ In our final podcast of the season, professor and clinical psychologist Karen Brounéus offers reflection and practical advice to researchers and others whose work requires them to ingest material containing violence and suffering.
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/49-the-imp...
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/49-the-imp...
June 17, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🎙️ In our final podcast of the season, professor and clinical psychologist Karen Brounéus offers reflection and practical advice to researchers and others whose work requires them to ingest material containing violence and suffering.
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/49-the-imp...
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/49-the-imp...
The datasets covering the year 2025 from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) have now been released.
Read more 👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2026...
The datasets are available through the UCDP website 👉 www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Detailed analysis in Journal of Peace Research 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jopr...
Read more 👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2026...
The datasets are available through the UCDP website 👉 www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Detailed analysis in Journal of Peace Research 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jopr...
June 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The datasets covering the year 2025 from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) have now been released.
Read more 👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2026...
The datasets are available through the UCDP website 👉 www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Detailed analysis in Journal of Peace Research 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jopr...
Read more 👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2026...
The datasets are available through the UCDP website 👉 www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Detailed analysis in Journal of Peace Research 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jopr...
Yesterday, we celebrated the launch of Volume 13 (2026) of the Pax et Bellum Journal, an open-access, student-run academic journal dedicated to Peace and Conflict Studies.
🔗 The journal, containing 5 insightful articles, is available here. 👉 journals.uu.se/pax-et-bellu...
🔗 The journal, containing 5 insightful articles, is available here. 👉 journals.uu.se/pax-et-bellu...
June 4, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Yesterday, we celebrated the launch of Volume 13 (2026) of the Pax et Bellum Journal, an open-access, student-run academic journal dedicated to Peace and Conflict Studies.
🔗 The journal, containing 5 insightful articles, is available here. 👉 journals.uu.se/pax-et-bellu...
🔗 The journal, containing 5 insightful articles, is available here. 👉 journals.uu.se/pax-et-bellu...
The Peter Wallensteen Lecture, by Professor T.V. Paul, offered a riveting analysis of how the pursuit of status drives great power behaviour.
ashoswai.bsky.social introduced the speaker, while Professor Desirée Nilsson offered concluding remarks. Professor Peter Wallensteen gave a short speech.
ashoswai.bsky.social introduced the speaker, while Professor Desirée Nilsson offered concluding remarks. Professor Peter Wallensteen gave a short speech.
May 25, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The Peter Wallensteen Lecture, by Professor T.V. Paul, offered a riveting analysis of how the pursuit of status drives great power behaviour.
ashoswai.bsky.social introduced the speaker, while Professor Desirée Nilsson offered concluding remarks. Professor Peter Wallensteen gave a short speech.
ashoswai.bsky.social introduced the speaker, while Professor Desirée Nilsson offered concluding remarks. Professor Peter Wallensteen gave a short speech.
🎙️ @sebastianvanbaalen.se and his team are conducting the most extensive study of election boycotts to date. In a new podcast episode, we discuss why political parties or candidates choose to drop out of elections and what they hope to achieve by doing so.
Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-m8txn...
Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-m8txn...
April 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🎙️ @sebastianvanbaalen.se and his team are conducting the most extensive study of election boycotts to date. In a new podcast episode, we discuss why political parties or candidates choose to drop out of elections and what they hope to achieve by doing so.
Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-m8txn...
Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-m8txn...
In a recent opinion piece, Mert Can Yilmaz argues that we should welcome the fact that AI writing tools are helping to level the uneven playing field in academia created by the dominance of the English language.
Mert is a Research Engineer at (UCDP).
universitetslararen.se/2026/04/23/a...
Mert is a Research Engineer at (UCDP).
universitetslararen.se/2026/04/23/a...
AI is breaking down academia's language barriers and that is a good thing - Universitetsläraren
This text was written with AI assistance. The arguments are mine, the thinking is mine, the experience is mine. The language was shaped with Claude. If that makes you uncomfortable, this piece is for ...
universitetslararen.se
April 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
In a recent opinion piece, Mert Can Yilmaz argues that we should welcome the fact that AI writing tools are helping to level the uneven playing field in academia created by the dominance of the English language.
Mert is a Research Engineer at (UCDP).
universitetslararen.se/2026/04/23/a...
Mert is a Research Engineer at (UCDP).
universitetslararen.se/2026/04/23/a...
Join us May 20 for the 2026 Peter Wallensteen Lecture with Prof. T.V. Paul from McGill University: “When Peace Unravels: Status Recognition and the Return of Great Power Conflicts.”
📅 May 20, 14:00
📍 Uppsala University Main Building, Hall IX
Read more and register:
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
📅 May 20, 14:00
📍 Uppsala University Main Building, Hall IX
Read more and register:
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Peter Wallensteen lecture 2026 – When Peace Unravels: Status Recognition and the Return of Great Power Conflicts – Department of Peace and Conflict Research – Uppsala University
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April 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Join us May 20 for the 2026 Peter Wallensteen Lecture with Prof. T.V. Paul from McGill University: “When Peace Unravels: Status Recognition and the Return of Great Power Conflicts.”
📅 May 20, 14:00
📍 Uppsala University Main Building, Hall IX
Read more and register:
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
📅 May 20, 14:00
📍 Uppsala University Main Building, Hall IX
Read more and register:
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
📢 On 15–17 June, we are co-hosting the next edition of the Data for Peace conference. This will be the first time the conference is held in Europe! The call for proposals is open until Monday, 13 April.
Read more: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Read more: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
April 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
📢 On 15–17 June, we are co-hosting the next edition of the Data for Peace conference. This will be the first time the conference is held in Europe! The call for proposals is open until Monday, 13 April.
Read more: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Read more: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
📢 We are hiring a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research. Application deadline: 26 March! ⬇️
We are seeking an internationally recognised scholar to join our dynamic and supportive research environment in the very livable city of Uppsala, Sweden!
🔗 Apply / Learn more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We are seeking an internationally recognised scholar to join our dynamic and supportive research environment in the very livable city of Uppsala, Sweden!
🔗 Apply / Learn more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
March 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM
📢 We are hiring a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research. Application deadline: 26 March! ⬇️
We are seeking an internationally recognised scholar to join our dynamic and supportive research environment in the very livable city of Uppsala, Sweden!
🔗 Apply / Learn more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We are seeking an internationally recognised scholar to join our dynamic and supportive research environment in the very livable city of Uppsala, Sweden!
🔗 Apply / Learn more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
🎙️ In a new episode for our pod Researching Peace, we discuss power-sharing as a tool for ethnic conflict management with @awraffoul.bsky.social, who recently defended his thesis on the subject. His data reveal some striking findings.
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/45-a-new-l...
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/45-a-new-l...
March 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🎙️ In a new episode for our pod Researching Peace, we discuss power-sharing as a tool for ethnic conflict management with @awraffoul.bsky.social, who recently defended his thesis on the subject. His data reveal some striking findings.
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/45-a-new-l...
🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/45-a-new-l...
Apply by 25 March for two fully funded doctoral (PhD) positions:
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
👉 Full details and application instructions: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
👉 Full details and application instructions: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
March 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Apply by 25 March for two fully funded doctoral (PhD) positions:
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
👉 Full details and application instructions: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
👉 Full details and application instructions: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We are thrilled to co-host the 2026 #Data4Peace Conference in June. Call for proposals is now open! 👇
🗓️ The #Data4Peace conference is back on 15-17 June —bringing innovators, policymakers, and practitioners together for joint dialogue and interactive conversations.
📝 Call for proposals: www.uu.se/data-for-peace
@uupeace.bsky.social @nyucic.bsky.social @crafddata.bsky.social @fbafolke.bsky.social
📝 Call for proposals: www.uu.se/data-for-peace
@uupeace.bsky.social @nyucic.bsky.social @crafddata.bsky.social @fbafolke.bsky.social
March 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM
We are thrilled to co-host the 2026 #Data4Peace Conference in June. Call for proposals is now open! 👇
The UN is under growing pressure, politically, financially, and institutionally. In this sharp analysis for Utrikesmagasinet, Isak Svensson examines how respect for the UN Charter is eroding, how major powers bypass the organization, and what this means for the future. 👇
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
FN under hård attack
FN angrips på flera fronter. Ryssland och USA frångår dess principer, president Trump har ett konkurrerande organ och finansiell kollaps hotar.
www.ui.se
March 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The UN is under growing pressure, politically, financially, and institutionally. In this sharp analysis for Utrikesmagasinet, Isak Svensson examines how respect for the UN Charter is eroding, how major powers bypass the organization, and what this means for the future. 👇
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
We congratulate Alexandre Raffoul on successfully defending his thesis “The Logics of Multi-Ethnic Coalitions: Power-Sharing, Party Systems, and Ethnic Conflict Management”.
Alexandre has provided a helpful summary of the findings and their implications: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Alexandre has provided a helpful summary of the findings and their implications: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
March 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
We congratulate Alexandre Raffoul on successfully defending his thesis “The Logics of Multi-Ethnic Coalitions: Power-Sharing, Party Systems, and Ethnic Conflict Management”.
Alexandre has provided a helpful summary of the findings and their implications: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Alexandre has provided a helpful summary of the findings and their implications: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
We are advertising two fully funded doctoral (PhD) positions:
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
🗓️ Apply by 25 March 2026
👉 Full details and application instructions:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
🗓️ Apply by 25 March 2026
👉 Full details and application instructions:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
We are advertising two fully funded doctoral (PhD) positions:
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
🗓️ Apply by 25 March 2026
👉 Full details and application instructions:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
🔹 One general PhD position in peace and conflict research
🔹 One PhD position at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
🗓️ Apply by 25 March 2026
👉 Full details and application instructions:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📢 We’re Hiring a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research! ⬇️
We are looking for an internationally recognized academic to join our ambitious and supportive research community.
📍 Location: Uppsala, Sweden
📆 Application deadline: 26 March
🔗 Apply / Learn more: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We are looking for an internationally recognized academic to join our ambitious and supportive research community.
📍 Location: Uppsala, Sweden
📆 Application deadline: 26 March
🔗 Apply / Learn more: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 AM
📢 We’re Hiring a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research! ⬇️
We are looking for an internationally recognized academic to join our ambitious and supportive research community.
📍 Location: Uppsala, Sweden
📆 Application deadline: 26 March
🔗 Apply / Learn more: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We are looking for an internationally recognized academic to join our ambitious and supportive research community.
📍 Location: Uppsala, Sweden
📆 Application deadline: 26 March
🔗 Apply / Learn more: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
In an interview for Newsweek, Professor Ashok Swain discusses Trump's plans for Greenland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdF...
@ashoswai.bsky.social
@ashoswai.bsky.social
What Trump Is Really Up to With His Greenland Conquest
YouTube video by Newsweek
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January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
In an interview for Newsweek, Professor Ashok Swain discusses Trump's plans for Greenland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdF...
@ashoswai.bsky.social
@ashoswai.bsky.social
Kenya’s 2022 election proved significantly less violent than previous elections. A paper by Kristine Höglund, Patrick Mutahi from CHRIPS and Emma Elfversson looks at how changes in police conduct contributed to the reduction in violence.
Read more. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read more. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Kenya’s 2022 election proved significantly less violent than previous elections. A paper by Kristine Höglund, Patrick Mutahi from CHRIPS and Emma Elfversson looks at how changes in police conduct contributed to the reduction in violence.
Read more. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read more. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎙️ In our latest podcast episode, Anders Themnér discusses his research into student-led violence in sub-Saharan Africa. What are the patterns and warning signs of such violence? Should all universities be mindful of these signs?
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-n9bck-...
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-n9bck-...
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🎙️ In our latest podcast episode, Anders Themnér discusses his research into student-led violence in sub-Saharan Africa. What are the patterns and warning signs of such violence? Should all universities be mindful of these signs?
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-n9bck-...
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-n9bck-...