Anders Themner

Can electoral participation socialize ex-warlords into becoming 'good' democrats? To get the answer check out our article in International Studies Review. @MimmiSKovacs @RoxannaSjostedt academic.oup.com/isr/article/26…

The pilot phase of Universities at Risk is completed! We have coded 1243 contentious student events at universities in West Africa (ECOWAS) 2000-2022: 658 demonstrations, 344 armed clashes involving organized student groups, and 241 attacks against unarmed students. @Fjelde

African scholars! Come join our research environment in Uppsala. 3 month sabbatical to focus on your research and network with Nordic scholars and practioners. Please spread the message.

Do you want to learn more about why there has been an increase in coups in Africa? Come listen to Shola Omotola on 28/11, who is the 2023 holder of the Claude Ake Visiting Chair. The Reincarnation of Military Coups in Africa. nai.uu.se/news-and-event…

Mycket bra förslag av forskarnätverket SweDev för behovet av en ny forskningsstrategi om global utveckling! Sprid! omvarlden.se/opinion/debatt…

After the Gaza hospital attack Israeli spokesperson claimed responsibility for attack on X and later deleted it. Many sources report this but Western media remains silent. hindustantimes.com/world-news/pal…

En fullständig humanitär katastrof pågår i Gaza. EU tredubblar sitt humanitära bistånd. Men vad gör Sverige, mer än att frysa det långsiktiga biståndet? @sigriddiana @Act_Svk #israel #palestine #gaza

I and Professor Alex de Waal have written a debate article entitled "Stop Tax Financing Sudan's war criminals" both an english and Swedish version is available here svd.se/a/pQ2X16/sluta… Thanks for input @emmaelfversson @anders_themner and @sebvanbaalen

If this is not war crime, what is it then? Israel has not only bombed thousands of buildings and killed thousands of civilians in Gaza, but also no water, no power, no hospital and no where to go!

Moving more than one million people across a densely populated warzone to a place with no food, water, or accommodation, when the entire territory of Gaza is under siege, is extremely dangerous – and in some cases, simply not possible.

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Election day in Liberia appears to have been peaceful and large turnout. Great news! frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-e…

@SciComJohan @Sida @EDCTP Clear evidence that it is vital to support development based research!

A second vaccine against malaria has been approved by WHO. The research behind the vaccine was supported by @Sida in collaboration with @EDCTP . science.org/content/articl…

🔨Last Friday, Kate Lonergan @kmlonergan1 nailed her dissertation, 'Roads to Repair - Extraordinary and everyday pathways to reconciliation after civil war,' to the wall at @UU_Peace. 🎉Please join us in congratulating her!

Worrying. Not even election day and this already seems to be the most violent polls in Liberia since the end of the civil war. frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-v…

Why does Kenya want to lead a police mission in Haiti and what are the prospects of success? Based on our research on police in Kenya, here is the analysis I make with @mutahiwahome & @emmaelfversson at the @Urban_Violence urbanviolence.org/why-kenya-want…

Join us for the upcoming #Data4Peace 2023 Conference on October 18 at 10:45 Eastern Time where @johanbrosche and I are presenting the new UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset. Register: cic.nyu.edu/events/data-fo… @nyucic