Journal of Peace Research
@jpeaceresearch.bsky.social
The Journal of Peace Research is an interdisciplinary and international bimonthly journal, covering scholarly work in peace research.
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We’re proud to share that JPR now leads its field in gender-inclusive authorship.
Between 2000 and 2024, the share of all-male author teams dropped from nearly 75% to ~40%. This shows the value of inclusive publication policies and collaborative research practices in peace and conflict studies.
Between 2000 and 2024, the share of all-male author teams dropped from nearly 75% to ~40%. This shows the value of inclusive publication policies and collaborative research practices in peace and conflict studies.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We’re proud to share that JPR now leads its field in gender-inclusive authorship.
Between 2000 and 2024, the share of all-male author teams dropped from nearly 75% to ~40%. This shows the value of inclusive publication policies and collaborative research practices in peace and conflict studies.
Between 2000 and 2024, the share of all-male author teams dropped from nearly 75% to ~40%. This shows the value of inclusive publication policies and collaborative research practices in peace and conflict studies.
📢New publication alert!📢
How do identity cues and climate risks influence farmer-herder cooperation?
In this article, Alexandra Krendelsberger, Francisco Alpizar, Lotje de Vries & Han Van Dijk analyze how in-group and out-group perceptions influence cooperation between farmers & herders in Senegal.
How do identity cues and climate risks influence farmer-herder cooperation?
In this article, Alexandra Krendelsberger, Francisco Alpizar, Lotje de Vries & Han Van Dijk analyze how in-group and out-group perceptions influence cooperation between farmers & herders in Senegal.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢New publication alert!📢
How do identity cues and climate risks influence farmer-herder cooperation?
In this article, Alexandra Krendelsberger, Francisco Alpizar, Lotje de Vries & Han Van Dijk analyze how in-group and out-group perceptions influence cooperation between farmers & herders in Senegal.
How do identity cues and climate risks influence farmer-herder cooperation?
In this article, Alexandra Krendelsberger, Francisco Alpizar, Lotje de Vries & Han Van Dijk analyze how in-group and out-group perceptions influence cooperation between farmers & herders in Senegal.
📢Our November issue is now out!
📜30 Research Articles on women in conflict, the climate-conflict nexus, support for rebels, sanctions and more
🗒️1 Research Note on surveying in war zones
📊4 Special Data Features on UNSC draft resolutions and more
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
📜30 Research Articles on women in conflict, the climate-conflict nexus, support for rebels, sanctions and more
🗒️1 Research Note on surveying in war zones
📊4 Special Data Features on UNSC draft resolutions and more
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📢Our November issue is now out!
📜30 Research Articles on women in conflict, the climate-conflict nexus, support for rebels, sanctions and more
🗒️1 Research Note on surveying in war zones
📊4 Special Data Features on UNSC draft resolutions and more
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
📜30 Research Articles on women in conflict, the climate-conflict nexus, support for rebels, sanctions and more
🗒️1 Research Note on surveying in war zones
📊4 Special Data Features on UNSC draft resolutions and more
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
📣New publication alert!📣
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📣New publication alert!📣
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
📢 New publication alert! 📢
How do economic provisions in peace agreements affect the durability of peace?
In this article, @elisaadamico.bsky.social, @sansosa.bsky.social, and Molly Melin examine how private goods for ex-combatants and public goods can shape peace durability after civil war.
How do economic provisions in peace agreements affect the durability of peace?
In this article, @elisaadamico.bsky.social, @sansosa.bsky.social, and Molly Melin examine how private goods for ex-combatants and public goods can shape peace durability after civil war.
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢 New publication alert! 📢
How do economic provisions in peace agreements affect the durability of peace?
In this article, @elisaadamico.bsky.social, @sansosa.bsky.social, and Molly Melin examine how private goods for ex-combatants and public goods can shape peace durability after civil war.
How do economic provisions in peace agreements affect the durability of peace?
In this article, @elisaadamico.bsky.social, @sansosa.bsky.social, and Molly Melin examine how private goods for ex-combatants and public goods can shape peace durability after civil war.
📢New JPR publication!📢
What explains rebel movement during civil wars? Why do only some head right for the capital?
Bryce W Reeder (University of Missouri) and Gary Uzonyi (@unistrathclyde.bsky.social) develop a new framework linking rebel strategy to the strategic and symbolic value of territory.
What explains rebel movement during civil wars? Why do only some head right for the capital?
Bryce W Reeder (University of Missouri) and Gary Uzonyi (@unistrathclyde.bsky.social) develop a new framework linking rebel strategy to the strategic and symbolic value of territory.
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📢New JPR publication!📢
What explains rebel movement during civil wars? Why do only some head right for the capital?
Bryce W Reeder (University of Missouri) and Gary Uzonyi (@unistrathclyde.bsky.social) develop a new framework linking rebel strategy to the strategic and symbolic value of territory.
What explains rebel movement during civil wars? Why do only some head right for the capital?
Bryce W Reeder (University of Missouri) and Gary Uzonyi (@unistrathclyde.bsky.social) develop a new framework linking rebel strategy to the strategic and symbolic value of territory.
📢 New publication alert! 📢
In this Research Note, Tobias Böhmelt (@universityofessex.bsky.social) examines whether migration-related coercion is more likely to succeed when targeted states face both domestic and environmental stress.
In this Research Note, Tobias Böhmelt (@universityofessex.bsky.social) examines whether migration-related coercion is more likely to succeed when targeted states face both domestic and environmental stress.
October 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢 New publication alert! 📢
In this Research Note, Tobias Böhmelt (@universityofessex.bsky.social) examines whether migration-related coercion is more likely to succeed when targeted states face both domestic and environmental stress.
In this Research Note, Tobias Böhmelt (@universityofessex.bsky.social) examines whether migration-related coercion is more likely to succeed when targeted states face both domestic and environmental stress.
📢 New publication alert! 📢
How does attachment to the nation influence one's perception of white nationalist terrorism in the United States?
In this article, Victoria Gurevich and Christopher Gelpi examine how national attachment can make people less concerned about white supremacist violence.
How does attachment to the nation influence one's perception of white nationalist terrorism in the United States?
In this article, Victoria Gurevich and Christopher Gelpi examine how national attachment can make people less concerned about white supremacist violence.
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
📢 New publication alert! 📢
How does attachment to the nation influence one's perception of white nationalist terrorism in the United States?
In this article, Victoria Gurevich and Christopher Gelpi examine how national attachment can make people less concerned about white supremacist violence.
How does attachment to the nation influence one's perception of white nationalist terrorism in the United States?
In this article, Victoria Gurevich and Christopher Gelpi examine how national attachment can make people less concerned about white supremacist violence.
📢 New article📢
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 New article📢
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
📣 New Special Issue! 📣
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
October 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📣 New Special Issue! 📣
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
📢 New publication! 📢
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📢 New publication! 📢
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
📢 New publication! 📢
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📢 New publication! 📢
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
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📢 New paper alert: How does war shape democratic values?
Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
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Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📢 New paper alert: How does war shape democratic values?
Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
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Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
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🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
When do armed groups capture democratic elections, and when do they fail to do so?
In a new study, @andresuribe.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) investigates how local party competition can shape the effectiveness of coercion during Colombia’s 2002 Senate elections.
When do armed groups capture democratic elections, and when do they fail to do so?
In a new study, @andresuribe.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) investigates how local party competition can shape the effectiveness of coercion during Colombia’s 2002 Senate elections.
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
When do armed groups capture democratic elections, and when do they fail to do so?
In a new study, @andresuribe.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) investigates how local party competition can shape the effectiveness of coercion during Colombia’s 2002 Senate elections.
When do armed groups capture democratic elections, and when do they fail to do so?
In a new study, @andresuribe.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) investigates how local party competition can shape the effectiveness of coercion during Colombia’s 2002 Senate elections.
What explains the variation in protest intensity after the 2020 US presidential election and subsequent election fraud claims?
Using a novel data set on protest activity, @marietheresemeye.bsky.social
shows that endorsement of election denial claims by local elites increased protest mobilization.
Using a novel data set on protest activity, @marietheresemeye.bsky.social
shows that endorsement of election denial claims by local elites increased protest mobilization.
September 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What explains the variation in protest intensity after the 2020 US presidential election and subsequent election fraud claims?
Using a novel data set on protest activity, @marietheresemeye.bsky.social
shows that endorsement of election denial claims by local elites increased protest mobilization.
Using a novel data set on protest activity, @marietheresemeye.bsky.social
shows that endorsement of election denial claims by local elites increased protest mobilization.
🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨
What do we really know about political violence in democracies?
In their introduction to JPR's upcoming Special Issue, @andrearuggeri.bsky.social , Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social outline key insights and introduce 14 articles that push the field forward.
What do we really know about political violence in democracies?
In their introduction to JPR's upcoming Special Issue, @andrearuggeri.bsky.social , Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social outline key insights and introduce 14 articles that push the field forward.
September 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨
What do we really know about political violence in democracies?
In their introduction to JPR's upcoming Special Issue, @andrearuggeri.bsky.social , Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social outline key insights and introduce 14 articles that push the field forward.
What do we really know about political violence in democracies?
In their introduction to JPR's upcoming Special Issue, @andrearuggeri.bsky.social , Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social outline key insights and introduce 14 articles that push the field forward.
📚 Reminder: Want to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue? Submit your proposal by 15 August! Details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr... We look forward to receiving your proposal!
August 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📚 Reminder: Want to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue? Submit your proposal by 15 August! Details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr... We look forward to receiving your proposal!
As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
July 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As JPR's Editorial Office heads into the summer break, we are excited to share that we have just published our largest issue yet!
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
👉 Check out the July issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
We will be back in early August - until then, happy reading and a peaceful summer! 🌞
Exciting news for the Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue! Both @prioresearch.bsky.social journals will be published by Oxford University Press (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social) from 2026 onwards!
Read the full announcement here ⤵️
www.prio.org/news/3623
Read the full announcement here ⤵️
www.prio.org/news/3623
PRIO to partner with Oxford University Press for journal publishing from 2026 – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is proud to announce that its two flagship journals – Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue – will b ...
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June 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Exciting news for the Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue! Both @prioresearch.bsky.social journals will be published by Oxford University Press (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social) from 2026 onwards!
Read the full announcement here ⤵️
www.prio.org/news/3623
Read the full announcement here ⤵️
www.prio.org/news/3623
How do nonviolent alternatives affect international support for violent rebel groups? @matthewcebul.bsky.social (@usip.org) and Jonathan Pinckney (University of Texas at Dallas) explore this question in a new article drawing on two cross-national survey experiments spanning 30+ countries.
June 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How do nonviolent alternatives affect international support for violent rebel groups? @matthewcebul.bsky.social (@usip.org) and Jonathan Pinckney (University of Texas at Dallas) explore this question in a new article drawing on two cross-national survey experiments spanning 30+ countries.
New dataset alert: @kgcunnin.bsky.social, @tedells.bsky.social, Harriet Goers, Michael Cowan, Oja Pathak and Ellin Chung introduce the updated Strategies of Resistance Data Project (1960-2020).
June 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New dataset alert: @kgcunnin.bsky.social, @tedells.bsky.social, Harriet Goers, Michael Cowan, Oja Pathak and Ellin Chung introduce the updated Strategies of Resistance Data Project (1960-2020).
DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until 15 August to submit your proposal to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue. Find all the details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...
June 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until 15 August to submit your proposal to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue. Find all the details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...
New UCDP data release! In the 2024 update from the @ucdp.bsky.social, organised violence remained alarmingly high, with 61 state-based conflicts and nearly 160,000 recorded fatalities.
June 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New UCDP data release! In the 2024 update from the @ucdp.bsky.social, organised violence remained alarmingly high, with 61 state-based conflicts and nearly 160,000 recorded fatalities.
How do sanctions shape military priorities?
June 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How do sanctions shape military priorities?
Reminder: One month left to submit your proposal for guest editing JPR's 2027 Special Issue! Details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...
June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Reminder: One month left to submit your proposal for guest editing JPR's 2027 Special Issue! Details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...