Sebastian van Baalen
@sebastianvanbaalen.se
Associate Professor at the Dep. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University (@uupeace.bsky.social). Researching dynamics of civil war, rebel governance, civil resistance, electoral violence, postwar violence, Côte d’Ivoire.
www.sebastianvanbaalen.se
www.sebastianvanbaalen.se
This is a first: an accept turned into a reject in a matter of minutes. Journals surely know how to play with your emotions 😅
April 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is a first: an accept turned into a reject in a matter of minutes. Journals surely know how to play with your emotions 😅
🕊️ Come do a PhD with us @uupeace.bsky.social!
We're advertising two positions, one general position and one with a special focus on political violence in democratic countries www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We offer a great collegiality, excellent support, a proper salary, and a stimulating environment!
We're advertising two positions, one general position and one with a special focus on political violence in democratic countries www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We offer a great collegiality, excellent support, a proper salary, and a stimulating environment!
March 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🕊️ Come do a PhD with us @uupeace.bsky.social!
We're advertising two positions, one general position and one with a special focus on political violence in democratic countries www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We offer a great collegiality, excellent support, a proper salary, and a stimulating environment!
We're advertising two positions, one general position and one with a special focus on political violence in democratic countries www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We offer a great collegiality, excellent support, a proper salary, and a stimulating environment!
USAID website is down. Trump is continuing his blatant authoritarian crack-down. And the dumbest part is that this decision will only allow China to enhance its influence around the world.
February 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
USAID website is down. Trump is continuing his blatant authoritarian crack-down. And the dumbest part is that this decision will only allow China to enhance its influence around the world.
📚 Are you building a dataset? Simplify the coding with your own data collection app! I've written a tutorial on how to build an app in #R #Shiny that allows you to input, save, and edit data in an interactive online environment.
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PolSciData Conflictsky
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PolSciData Conflictsky
January 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📚 Are you building a dataset? Simplify the coding with your own data collection app! I've written a tutorial on how to build an app in #R #Shiny that allows you to input, save, and edit data in an interactive online environment.
➡️ www.sebastianvanbaalen.se/uploads/tuto...
PolSciData Conflictsky
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PolSciData Conflictsky
Do you want to work with world-class conflict researchers in a supportive environment? Come be my new colleague! @uupeace.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Lecturer and an Associate Senior Lecturer. More info here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Conflictsky
December 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Do you want to work with world-class conflict researchers in a supportive environment? Come be my new colleague! @uupeace.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Lecturer and an Associate Senior Lecturer. More info here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
and here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Conflictsky
and here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Conflictsky
My office plants have started to violate the physical integrity of my monitor. Can’t possible be good to have a plant growing in my hardware…
December 4, 2024 at 9:14 AM
My office plants have started to violate the physical integrity of my monitor. Can’t possible be good to have a plant growing in my hardware…
Professor Isak Svensson opening the Peace Research in Sweden (PRIS) conference in Gothenburg. Looking forward to present my recent research on restraint and electoral violence escalation.
November 28, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Professor Isak Svensson opening the Peace Research in Sweden (PRIS) conference in Gothenburg. Looking forward to present my recent research on restraint and electoral violence escalation.
Happening now @uupeace.bsky.social: @golafs.bsky.social defending her dissertation ”Precarious paths to democracy”, with opponent @sdhyde.bsky.social Looking forward to a stimulating discussion!
November 22, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Happening now @uupeace.bsky.social: @golafs.bsky.social defending her dissertation ”Precarious paths to democracy”, with opponent @sdhyde.bsky.social Looking forward to a stimulating discussion!
When the state doesn’t meet the needs of certain communities, rebels can step in and provide alternative institutions that respond to local demands. This setup lowers the governance costs for rebels and helps them collaborate with civilians to keep these institutions hidden.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
When the state doesn’t meet the needs of certain communities, rebels can step in and provide alternative institutions that respond to local demands. This setup lowers the governance costs for rebels and helps them collaborate with civilians to keep these institutions hidden.
🪖 Traditional theories argue that rebels need full territorial control to govern. We challenge that view, and argue that low state responsiveness toward rebel-aligned populations creates openings for insurgent institutions, even in state-dominated zones.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🪖 Traditional theories argue that rebels need full territorial control to govern. We challenge that view, and argue that low state responsiveness toward rebel-aligned populations creates openings for insurgent institutions, even in state-dominated zones.
⏳ What people fail to tell you about fieldwork is that its mosty waiting: waiting for authorization, waiting for respondents, waiting for transport, waiting for food.
October 30, 2024 at 10:09 AM
⏳ What people fail to tell you about fieldwork is that its mosty waiting: waiting for authorization, waiting for respondents, waiting for transport, waiting for food.
One of the perks of working from Stockholm is that you can take an afternoon run and stop for a swim from a private cliff 🏊
May 28, 2024 at 4:19 PM
One of the perks of working from Stockholm is that you can take an afternoon run and stop for a swim from a private cliff 🏊
Had a great time presenting mine and @krishogl.bsky.social work on triangualtion in event datasets on political violence @hertiesecurity.bsky.social today. Excited to continue working on this paper now. Thanks everyone that showed up and asked great questions.
conflictsky polsky
conflictsky polsky
May 2, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Had a great time presenting mine and @krishogl.bsky.social work on triangualtion in event datasets on political violence @hertiesecurity.bsky.social today. Excited to continue working on this paper now. Thanks everyone that showed up and asked great questions.
conflictsky polsky
conflictsky polsky
On my way down to Berlin to give a research presentation and academic writing workshop for the PhD group @hertiesecurity.bsky.social Overnight trains really are my new favorite form of work travel!
April 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
On my way down to Berlin to give a research presentation and academic writing workshop for the PhD group @hertiesecurity.bsky.social Overnight trains really are my new favorite form of work travel!
Huge congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire tonight. Never seen so many come backs from a single team in one tournament before. Incredible ! 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
#Afcon2023
#Afcon2023
February 11, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Huge congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire tonight. Never seen so many come backs from a single team in one tournament before. Incredible ! 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
#Afcon2023
#Afcon2023
Tonight is the opening game of #AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire. Disappointed to not be there in person, but excited that I can see the full tournament on Swedish tv. So I will be cheering for Les Élephants from 🇸🇪
January 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Tonight is the opening game of #AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire. Disappointed to not be there in person, but excited that I can see the full tournament on Swedish tv. So I will be cheering for Les Élephants from 🇸🇪
🇨🇮 I evaluate the argument by leveraging a natural experiment from Western Côte d'Ivoire, where more legitimacy-seeking and more legitimacy-indifferent armed groups came to control proximate and highly comparable communities because of an arbitrary ceasefire line.
January 4, 2024 at 8:11 AM
🇨🇮 I evaluate the argument by leveraging a natural experiment from Western Côte d'Ivoire, where more legitimacy-seeking and more legitimacy-indifferent armed groups came to control proximate and highly comparable communities because of an arbitrary ceasefire line.
☮️ Building on insights on rebel governance, I argue that more legitimacy-seeking armed groups are more prone to develop institutions and practices to restrain communal conflict onset and escalation than more legitimacy-indifferent armed groups.
January 4, 2024 at 8:10 AM
☮️ Building on insights on rebel governance, I argue that more legitimacy-seeking armed groups are more prone to develop institutions and practices to restrain communal conflict onset and escalation than more legitimacy-indifferent armed groups.
The article starts from the observation that most communal conflicts take place in civil war-affected countries, yet armed actors are under-theorised in communal conflict processes. Moreover, armed actors are primarily seen as violence agitators rather than restraining forces.
January 4, 2024 at 8:09 AM
The article starts from the observation that most communal conflicts take place in civil war-affected countries, yet armed actors are under-theorised in communal conflict processes. Moreover, armed actors are primarily seen as violence agitators rather than restraining forces.
The problem with working in Sweden in December is that my operating system never leaves dark mode…
December 19, 2023 at 8:02 AM
The problem with working in Sweden in December is that my operating system never leaves dark mode…
Come be my new colleague at @uupeace.bsky.social We are recruiting a Senior Lecturer in Peace & Conflict Research with a focus on nuclear disarmament. Also great research environment, amazing colleagues, closeness to nature & strong coffee.
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#Conflictsky #Polisky
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#Conflictsky #Polisky
December 6, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Come be my new colleague at @uupeace.bsky.social We are recruiting a Senior Lecturer in Peace & Conflict Research with a focus on nuclear disarmament. Also great research environment, amazing colleagues, closeness to nature & strong coffee.
➡️ www.pcr.uu.se/about-us/vac...
#Conflictsky #Polisky
➡️ www.pcr.uu.se/about-us/vac...
#Conflictsky #Polisky
Did you maybe mean this one? Was going around on X some time back.
December 4, 2023 at 9:56 PM
Did you maybe mean this one? Was going around on X some time back.
Sorry to hear that! Maybe a cat picture can help?
December 1, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Sorry to hear that! Maybe a cat picture can help?
"Vi lever i en värld där små misstag kan få otroligt stora konsekvenser."
Intresserad av freds- och konfliktforskning? Nu finns hela avsnittet av @dremmafrans.bsky.social's podcast A-kursen tillgängligt för den som vill höra mig prata om centrala idéer och teorier.
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Intresserad av freds- och konfliktforskning? Nu finns hela avsnittet av @dremmafrans.bsky.social's podcast A-kursen tillgängligt för den som vill höra mig prata om centrala idéer och teorier.
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November 20, 2023 at 8:41 AM
"Vi lever i en värld där små misstag kan få otroligt stora konsekvenser."
Intresserad av freds- och konfliktforskning? Nu finns hela avsnittet av @dremmafrans.bsky.social's podcast A-kursen tillgängligt för den som vill höra mig prata om centrala idéer och teorier.
open.spotify.com/episode/2ljn...
Intresserad av freds- och konfliktforskning? Nu finns hela avsnittet av @dremmafrans.bsky.social's podcast A-kursen tillgängligt för den som vill höra mig prata om centrala idéer och teorier.
open.spotify.com/episode/2ljn...
Right now at Uppsala University: my amazing partner and colleauge Kate Lonergan defends her dissertation on extraordinary and everyday pathways to reconciliation after civil war.
October 27, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Right now at Uppsala University: my amazing partner and colleauge Kate Lonergan defends her dissertation on extraordinary and everyday pathways to reconciliation after civil war.