Anna Jarstad
ajars.bsky.social
Anna Jarstad
@ajars.bsky.social
Prof at the Dep of Government, Uppsala University. Lead the Varieties of Peace research network: varietiesofpeace.com. My research focuses on powersharing, Relational Peace, and the dilemmas emerging when democracy and peace is promoted simultaneously.
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Great to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace research’s way forward!
With M Åkebo and A Jarstad
Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-11 on Jarstad, et al, eds., Relational Peace Practices
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds., Relational Peace Practices. Manchester University Press…
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October 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Johan Skytte Prize laureate Herbert Kitschelt
October 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
How can SDGs promote peace? @stefandoring.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What are the interlinkages between peace and SDGs? @stefandoring.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
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January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
When, who and how can the Russian invasion of Ukraine end?
A new article by Isabel Bramsen from Lund University and Isak Svensson from our department explores the designs and dynamics of past, present, and potential mediation and negotiation efforts to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The article is available open access 👉 brill.com/view/journal...
January 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Read @ccaryl.bsky.social on how the rise of the Georgian Dream party has contributed to Georgia’s authoritarian turn—and what Moscow stands to gain if Tbilisi pivots decisively away from the West:
Georgia’s Authoritarian Drift
The West should not let Tbilisi slip back into Russia’s orbit.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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In 2024, a few remarkable events offered a glimmer of hope, proving that democracy, while vulnerable, has an inherent capacity for resilience. Nowhere was this resilience more evident than in Senegal, South Korea, and India. #MyPiece National Herald, 29 December 2024.
December 28, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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The fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime is likely to provide Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with freer rein in Syria—but it will also heighten the risk of instability and extremism that could spill over into Turkey, writes @gonultol.bsky.social.
How Turkey Won the Syrian Civil War
Assad’s downfall is a boon for Erdogan—at least for now.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Listening to the nobel laureate in economics!
December 13, 2024 at 9:46 AM
In Swedish. About the future of Ukraine.
December 2, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Less than 1 week left to apply for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop 2025. 📢
Get your abstracts in by 8 December here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2...
We look forward to seeing you in February in London 🙂 Feel free to share in your networks as well!
PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change
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December 2, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Apply to the PhD program in political at Uppsala University! Application open now!

www.uu.se/en/departmen...
November 29, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Apply to the PhD program in political at Uppsala University! Application open now!

www.uu.se/en/departmen...
November 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Here we go! Peace research in Swen conference.
November 28, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Getting ready for PRIS conference. I love travelling by train. Much more civilized than travelling by airplane. In so many ways.
November 27, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Listen to this (in Swedish) about Sudan with excellent Johan Broche! sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/det-...
Det bortglömda kriget i Sudan - Förmiddag med
Bland alla konflikter i världen finns det en som paradoxalt nog är en av de värsta, och samtidigt en av de mest underbevakade. I Sudan slåss nu två krigsherrar ...
sverigesradio.se
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Important op-ed on keeping our eyes on more than one or two armed conflicts.

Conflictsky
New opinion piece with Laura Saavedra-Lux and Samira Diebire. We are experiencing the most violent period since the end of the Cold War. Yet, only a few conflicts grab our attention. We reflect on the consequences of ignoring these ongoing conflicts:

theconversation.com/beyond-ukrai...
Beyond Ukraine and Gaza: five consequences of overlooking other conflicts
The past few years have been among the most violent of any time since the second world war.
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November 16, 2024 at 7:03 AM
A sign of a strong democracy is that conflict can exist and does lead to neither physical violence nor a collapse of the entire political system. In Aoteroa/New Zealand about 30000 to 45000 Maori marched against a draft bill undermining Maori rights

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Maori march against indigenous rights bill in one of New Zealand’s largest-ever protests
People take to streets of Wellington in their thousands in anger at proposed legislation to ‘re-interpret’ country’s founding treaty
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 12:08 AM