UppsalaPeaceConflict
@uupeace.bsky.social
Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
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-...
🎓 Today, our research community had the joy of hearing Maxine Leis impressive defence of her dissertation ‘Signals of Violence, Patterns of Flight: Predicting and Explaining Conflict-Related Mobility’. Please join us in congratulating Maxine!
Read 60-page summary (kappa): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Read 60-page summary (kappa): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
🎓 Today, our research community had the joy of hearing Maxine Leis impressive defence of her dissertation ‘Signals of Violence, Patterns of Flight: Predicting and Explaining Conflict-Related Mobility’. Please join us in congratulating Maxine!
Read 60-page summary (kappa): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Read 60-page summary (kappa): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
🚨 Call for Applications: Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2026
An exciting opportunity for senior African scholars conducting research on peace, conflict, democracy, and human rights.
🗓️ Application deadline: 1 February 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: nai.uu.se/claudeake
An exciting opportunity for senior African scholars conducting research on peace, conflict, democracy, and human rights.
🗓️ Application deadline: 1 February 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: nai.uu.se/claudeake
Claude Ake Visiting Chair - The Nordic Africa Institute
For senior scholars from African universities.
nai.uu.se
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🚨 Call for Applications: Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2026
An exciting opportunity for senior African scholars conducting research on peace, conflict, democracy, and human rights.
🗓️ Application deadline: 1 February 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: nai.uu.se/claudeake
An exciting opportunity for senior African scholars conducting research on peace, conflict, democracy, and human rights.
🗓️ Application deadline: 1 February 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: nai.uu.se/claudeake
In a piece for Mänsklig Säkerhet, @isaksvensson.bsky.social looks back at 10 events that shaped our world in 2025. 👇
Read (in Swedish): manskligsakerhet.se/2025/12/18/k...
Read (in Swedish): manskligsakerhet.se/2025/12/18/k...
Krig och fred under 2025: de tio viktigaste händelserna
Föredrag av Isak Svensson vid Senioruniversitetet i Uppsala, december 2025
1.Vapenvilan i Gaza.
Kriget rasade under de första tre kvartalen av 2025 och orsakade enormt mänskligt lidande...
manskligsakerhet.se
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In a piece for Mänsklig Säkerhet, @isaksvensson.bsky.social looks back at 10 events that shaped our world in 2025. 👇
Read (in Swedish): manskligsakerhet.se/2025/12/18/k...
Read (in Swedish): manskligsakerhet.se/2025/12/18/k...
🎙️ For our latest podcast, we had the pleasure of talking to Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo. Tapping into her experience as a Ghanaian scholar and activist, we discuss feminism, activism, and potential pitfalls in academic collaborations.
🎧 Listen:
PodBean: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5zt2r...
🎧 Listen:
PodBean: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5zt2r...
December 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎙️ For our latest podcast, we had the pleasure of talking to Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo. Tapping into her experience as a Ghanaian scholar and activist, we discuss feminism, activism, and potential pitfalls in academic collaborations.
🎧 Listen:
PodBean: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5zt2r...
🎧 Listen:
PodBean: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5zt2r...
Today we celebrated the 40th anniversary of our PhD program. The faculty board took the formal decision on 14 November 1985. We are proud of all the amazing individuals who have earned their doctorate at the DPCR over the years and look forward to our 70th thesis defence in January!
December 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today we celebrated the 40th anniversary of our PhD program. The faculty board took the formal decision on 14 November 1985. We are proud of all the amazing individuals who have earned their doctorate at the DPCR over the years and look forward to our 70th thesis defence in January!
💡 Ashok Swain and Prakash Kashwan (Brandeis University) call on India’s decision-makers to combat domestic climate inequalities. 👇
360info.org/indias-clima...
360info.org/indias-clima...
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities - 360
Economic liberalization in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change. Climate negotiators, researchers, and activists converg...
360info.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
💡 Ashok Swain and Prakash Kashwan (Brandeis University) call on India’s decision-makers to combat domestic climate inequalities. 👇
360info.org/indias-clima...
360info.org/indias-clima...
In an article for the Telegraph, Magnus Öberg and Therese Pettersson, both from @ucdp.bsky.social, discuss how indirect deaths from war far exceed the fatalities recorded in conflict datasets.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In an article for the Telegraph, Magnus Öberg and Therese Pettersson, both from @ucdp.bsky.social, discuss how indirect deaths from war far exceed the fatalities recorded in conflict datasets.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
UCDP Reserach Engineer Mert Can Yilmaz joined a panel on responsible use of AI at the Korean Embassy in Stockholm, where he addressed AI ethics and concerns about military applications. The MIKTA event was organised by the embassies of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
UCDP Reserach Engineer Mert Can Yilmaz joined a panel on responsible use of AI at the Korean Embassy in Stockholm, where he addressed AI ethics and concerns about military applications. The MIKTA event was organised by the embassies of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia.
This week, Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen launched their new book The Peacemaking Mandate - Nordic Experiences in International Mediation.
The launch event in Stockholm was organised with the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
📷: Stefie Mayazi (FBA)
The launch event in Stockholm was organised with the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
📷: Stefie Mayazi (FBA)
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This week, Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen launched their new book The Peacemaking Mandate - Nordic Experiences in International Mediation.
The launch event in Stockholm was organised with the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
📷: Stefie Mayazi (FBA)
The launch event in Stockholm was organised with the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
📷: Stefie Mayazi (FBA)
Should academics also be visionary storytellers, pointing to what is possible?
The Claude Ake Memorial lecture by Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo offered food for thought, a much-needed injection of hope and an urgent call to action.
The Nordic Africa Institute co-organised the lecture with us.
The Claude Ake Memorial lecture by Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo offered food for thought, a much-needed injection of hope and an urgent call to action.
The Nordic Africa Institute co-organised the lecture with us.
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Should academics also be visionary storytellers, pointing to what is possible?
The Claude Ake Memorial lecture by Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo offered food for thought, a much-needed injection of hope and an urgent call to action.
The Nordic Africa Institute co-organised the lecture with us.
The Claude Ake Memorial lecture by Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo offered food for thought, a much-needed injection of hope and an urgent call to action.
The Nordic Africa Institute co-organised the lecture with us.
We’re thrilled to welcome Marta Lindström, who has joined us as a PhD student for the research project Political Violence in Democracies, led by Hanne Fjelde. We asked Marta to tell us more about her project: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome Marta Lindström, who has joined us as a PhD student for the research project Political Violence in Democracies, led by Hanne Fjelde. We asked Marta to tell us more about her project: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
💃 At Saturday’s festive ball, our students from Uppsala Peace and Development Students’ Association (UPaD) had the pleasure of welcoming their counterparts from Föreningen för Freds-och Konfliktvetenskap (FFK) at Lund University. lsak Svensson and Emma Elfversson gave greetings from staff.
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💃 At Saturday’s festive ball, our students from Uppsala Peace and Development Students’ Association (UPaD) had the pleasure of welcoming their counterparts from Föreningen för Freds-och Konfliktvetenskap (FFK) at Lund University. lsak Svensson and Emma Elfversson gave greetings from staff.
🧠 Can mindfulness help reduce polarisation in politics?
Karen Brounéus is investigating this question in the study "Mindfulness i Riksdagen" (Mindfulness in the Swedish Parliament) in collaboration with Camilla Sköld and Otto Simonsson, both of Karolinska Institutet.
👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
Karen Brounéus is investigating this question in the study "Mindfulness i Riksdagen" (Mindfulness in the Swedish Parliament) in collaboration with Camilla Sköld and Otto Simonsson, both of Karolinska Institutet.
👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
Mindfulness as a tool to reduce political polarisation
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🧠 Can mindfulness help reduce polarisation in politics?
Karen Brounéus is investigating this question in the study "Mindfulness i Riksdagen" (Mindfulness in the Swedish Parliament) in collaboration with Camilla Sköld and Otto Simonsson, both of Karolinska Institutet.
👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
Karen Brounéus is investigating this question in the study "Mindfulness i Riksdagen" (Mindfulness in the Swedish Parliament) in collaboration with Camilla Sköld and Otto Simonsson, both of Karolinska Institutet.
👉 www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
🎉 UCDP Research Coordinator Therese Pettersson has been named to Clarivate’s 2025 “Highly Cited Researchers” list. This is likely the first time a researcher from our department has received this distinction.
Congratulations Therese and the entire @ucdp.bsky.social team on this achievement! 💪
Congratulations Therese and the entire @ucdp.bsky.social team on this achievement! 💪
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🎉 UCDP Research Coordinator Therese Pettersson has been named to Clarivate’s 2025 “Highly Cited Researchers” list. This is likely the first time a researcher from our department has received this distinction.
Congratulations Therese and the entire @ucdp.bsky.social team on this achievement! 💪
Congratulations Therese and the entire @ucdp.bsky.social team on this achievement! 💪
🎙️ Yesterday, on Swedish Radio P1, Johan Brosché debated Benjamin Dousa, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, on whether Sweden should increase the pressure on the UAE to end their support for the Sudanese RFS-Militia. 👇
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...
Debatt: Ska Sverige sätta mer press på Förenade arabemiraten? - P1 Morgon
Forskare menar att Sverige bör överväga att stoppa exporten av krigsmateriel till Förenade arabemiraten – det land som svenska försvarsföretag sålde allra ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🎙️ Yesterday, on Swedish Radio P1, Johan Brosché debated Benjamin Dousa, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, on whether Sweden should increase the pressure on the UAE to end their support for the Sudanese RFS-Militia. 👇
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...
Following her promotion to Professor in the spring, Desirée Nilsson today gave her inaugural lecture titled Who gets to participate in peace processes? (Vem får vara med i fredsprocesser?)
Thank you, Professor Nilsson, for an excellent lecture and congratulations once more on your promotion! 💐
Thank you, Professor Nilsson, for an excellent lecture and congratulations once more on your promotion! 💐
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Following her promotion to Professor in the spring, Desirée Nilsson today gave her inaugural lecture titled Who gets to participate in peace processes? (Vem får vara med i fredsprocesser?)
Thank you, Professor Nilsson, for an excellent lecture and congratulations once more on your promotion! 💐
Thank you, Professor Nilsson, for an excellent lecture and congratulations once more on your promotion! 💐
You can now register for this year’s Claude Ake Memorial Lecture . Professor Ampofo is a prominent scholar and activist from Ghana. She is a wonderful speaker, who offers unique insights. A warm welcome to join us on 2 December in Uppsala and online! nai.uu.se/claudeake2025 👇
Claude Ake Memorial Lecture Peacemaking and Healing Strategies : Chronicling Stories of Kindness and Justice Work
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
You can now register for this year’s Claude Ake Memorial Lecture . Professor Ampofo is a prominent scholar and activist from Ghana. She is a wonderful speaker, who offers unique insights. A warm welcome to join us on 2 December in Uppsala and online! nai.uu.se/claudeake2025 👇
At the 2nd International Peace Forum in Granada, Spain, Professor Ashok Swain spoke about the importance of peace and peace education. He also participated in a high-level roundtable on security, democracy, and peacebuilding. For his work in peace education, the organisers gifted him a portrait.
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
At the 2nd International Peace Forum in Granada, Spain, Professor Ashok Swain spoke about the importance of peace and peace education. He also participated in a high-level roundtable on security, democracy, and peacebuilding. For his work in peace education, the organisers gifted him a portrait.
Today, we commemorate the 80th #anniversary of the #UN Charter coming into force. Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social
has written an #analysis on the current state of the UN and the potential for reform:
scroll.in/article/1087...
#UNDay
has written an #analysis on the current state of the UN and the potential for reform:
scroll.in/article/1087...
#UNDay
The United Nations is 80. It has never been more fragile – or so necessary
The institution has flaws, inertia and bureaucratic bottlenecks. But in a world of cascading crises and rising fragmentation, there is no substitute to it.
scroll.in
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today, we commemorate the 80th #anniversary of the #UN Charter coming into force. Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social
has written an #analysis on the current state of the UN and the potential for reform:
scroll.in/article/1087...
#UNDay
has written an #analysis on the current state of the UN and the potential for reform:
scroll.in/article/1087...
#UNDay
The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System @viewsforecasting.org is a great example of using AI to promote #peace. Director Håvard Hegre discusses #AI and VIEWS' current predictions for the war in #Ukraine in an interview for Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s biggest Newspaper: www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...
Tekoäly | Tekoäly ennustaa sodan hiipuvan Ukrainassa
Ukrainan sotatoimissa tekoälyllä on jo merkittävä rooli. Tulevaisuudessa sitä voitaneen hyödyntää myös rauhanrakennuksessa.
www.hs.fi
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System @viewsforecasting.org is a great example of using AI to promote #peace. Director Håvard Hegre discusses #AI and VIEWS' current predictions for the war in #Ukraine in an interview for Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s biggest Newspaper: www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...
