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Special Issue on "Nonviolent Resistance in an Age of Polarization" in @JPR_journal edited by @EricaChenoweth and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham is now out in vol 60(1): journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/60/1 Happy to contribute one piece with Isak Svensson to this issue: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Come join us in Uppsala @UU_Peace! We are seeking to fill one PhD position in peace and conflict research: jobb.uu.se/details/?posit… Welcome with your application before 11 June.

Samtal om Sudan. sverigesradio.se/artikel/humani…

@cjnicoson @lunduniversity @fzelli @KarinAggestam @pol_LU @Agenda2030_LU Congratulations! 🥳

Today I submitted my thesis at @lunduniversity! Available online now and at the public defence, April 26. Thanks, @fzelli and @KarinAggestam for your guidance all these years, and Colectivo Moriviví for the beautiful cover art! @pol_LU @Agenda2030_LU 🌸 portal.research.lu.se/en/publication…

I just reread the comprehensive report of 'The Lancet Commission on peaceful societies through health equity and gender equality.' It refers to many works by colleagues @UU_Peace and @UCDP - and uses my definition of quality peace! Check it out! @TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Our Associate Professor Karen Brounéus received the 2023 Free Distinguished Teaching Award, centered around the theme of 'creative education' this year. In this interesting article @UU_University talks to her about her teaching. 🔗uu.se/en/staff/news/…

New data alert! UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset (CID) is here! This global yearly dataset contains 14.832 conflict issues – divided into a four-tier typology with 120 categories – raised by all armed non-state groups active in civil war, 1989-2017. t.ly/cFglj

📢Friends! Please check out the call for papers for our 2024 conference in Edinburgh, hosted in partnership with @Peace_Rep_. Share widely with your networks, and we hope to see many of you there in September 2024! Deadline for submissions is January 20th. conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-paper…

Conflict scholars! Over the last 4 years, 22 coders have spent over 150 coder-months to gather information for the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset. Please give them a tribute by using the data that we (@raffeman @johanbrosche) present in this article. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Come work with us! We are hiring a Senior lecturer in Peace and Conflict Research, Specialisation in Nuclear Disarmament @AlvamyrdalCNTR @UU_Peace! jobb.uu.se/details/?posit…

We are hiring a senior lecturer in Peace and Conflict Research, Specialisation in Nuclear Disarmament at @UU_Peace! jobb.uu.se/details/?posit…

Colleagues @Fjelde, Lisa Hultman, Kathleen Klaus in DN Debatt: Israel's indiscriminate violence against civilians in Gaza strengthens hardliners on both sides and derails the peace process. We call on Sweden to back global de-escalation efforts. dn.se/debatt/israels…

Brilliant colleagues @Fjelde @SophiaHatz4 @KathleenKlaus and Lisa Hultman in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, on Israel’s actions in Gaza playing into Hamas’ hands dn.se/debatt/israels…

The call for abstracts for the 6th @uclconflict PhD Workshop on 11-12 March, 2024 is out! 🙂We invite early career researchers working on IR, conflict, contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to welcoming you @uclspp in London! conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2024

🎉Today, we celebrate Kate Lonergan @kmlonergan1 as she successfully defended her dissertation, 'Roads to Repair: Extraordinary and everyday pathways to reconciliation after civil war.' We at @UU_Peace wish you warm congratulations for your outstanding work and dedication!"

Paper! "Introducing ViNSAR: Dyadic Data on Violent Non-state Actor Rivalry" by @_justinconrad @KevTGreene and me. Open access. doi.org/10.1177/002200… Competition among insurgents/rebels, terrorists and pro-government militias! All of them! Also outbidding -> violence 1/2

Very happy to have joined @OtagoPolitics at @otago for a Matariki fellowship, Oct-April. Last week I presented on the diversity of civil society in peacemaking, thanks everyone for the excellent feedback and warm welcome! New office view👇 @MatarikiNetwork @UU_Peace @uppsalauni

Deadline extended! Apply to the LAPSS Conference. When: Jan 18-19, 2024 Host: Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) New deadline: October 15th No fee! Application, info and past programs: eafit.edu.co/lapss

🔨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!

– I mitt tycke är det felaktigt att svenska skattepengar går till att finansiera en grupp som är ansvarig för en mängd massakrer, rekrytering av barnsoldater, och dessutom samarbetar nära med Wagnergruppen. dn.se/sverige/ud-bet…