UppsalaPeaceConflict
@uupeace.bsky.social
Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
💃 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.
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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.
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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-...
In his analysis of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Peter Wallensteen finds it noteworthy that Maria Corina Machado was nominated for the prize by a number of Republican US Senators.
Read the analysis: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Read the analysis: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In his analysis of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Peter Wallensteen finds it noteworthy that Maria Corina Machado was nominated for the prize by a number of Republican US Senators.
Read the analysis: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Read the analysis: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
"The choice of a Venezuelan opposition leader was both safe and smart. It avoided political confrontation while reaffirming the prize’s symbolic defense of democratic ideals."
Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social comments on the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. 👇
scroll.in/article/1087...
Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social comments on the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. 👇
scroll.in/article/1087...
A safe bet for freedom: Why the Nobel committee chose María Corina Machado for the peace prize
The award to Machado reinforces the contention that democracy is not a finished project – it must be defended, sometimes at great cost.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"The choice of a Venezuelan opposition leader was both safe and smart. It avoided political confrontation while reaffirming the prize’s symbolic defense of democratic ideals."
Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social comments on the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. 👇
scroll.in/article/1087...
Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social comments on the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. 👇
scroll.in/article/1087...
Our department has been engaged, since last year, in establishing Italy’s first Peace School in Naples. Today, during the inauguration ceremony, Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social delivered a talk titled “The World Needs Peace Now More Than Ever.”
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our department has been engaged, since last year, in establishing Italy’s first Peace School in Naples. Today, during the inauguration ceremony, Professor @ashoswai.bsky.social delivered a talk titled “The World Needs Peace Now More Than Ever.”
In an interview for Expressen, UCDP Research Coordinator Therese Petterson explains why the UCDP’s current death toll in the war in Gaza of 61,400 is likely to be revised upward significantly, as more information becomes available. 👇
www.expressen.se/nyheter/sver...
@ucdp.bsky.social
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@ucdp.bsky.social
Räknar antalet döda i Gaza: ”Siffran kommer skrivas upp”
Dödstalen i Gaza stiger. Samtidigt är det svårt att verifiera uppgifterna som kommer från det palestinska hälsoministeriet. Vid Uppsala universitet kartlägger flera forskare hur många som dött i krige...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In an interview for Expressen, UCDP Research Coordinator Therese Petterson explains why the UCDP’s current death toll in the war in Gaza of 61,400 is likely to be revised upward significantly, as more information becomes available. 👇
www.expressen.se/nyheter/sver...
@ucdp.bsky.social
www.expressen.se/nyheter/sver...
@ucdp.bsky.social
🌍 Who will receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year?
The annual predictions and analysis by Professor @isaksvensson.bsky.social is now available in Utrikesmagasinet. 👇 (in Swedish)
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
The annual predictions and analysis by Professor @isaksvensson.bsky.social is now available in Utrikesmagasinet. 👇 (in Swedish)
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
Nej, Trump får inte Nobels fredspris i år
Den 10/10 vet vi vem som får Nobels fredspris. Det blir inte Trump fastän han gärna vill. Troligare någon som arbetar för fred i Mellanöstern.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🌍 Who will receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year?
The annual predictions and analysis by Professor @isaksvensson.bsky.social is now available in Utrikesmagasinet. 👇 (in Swedish)
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
The annual predictions and analysis by Professor @isaksvensson.bsky.social is now available in Utrikesmagasinet. 👇 (in Swedish)
www.ui.se/utrikesmagas...
In an interview for Dagens Nyheter, Professor @isaksvensson.bsky.social offers his take on Trump's 20-point #Gaza #peace plan. The article is available on the DN website: www.dn.se/varlden/expe...
Experten: Ett seriöst fredsförslag med stora risker
Viktigt att fredsplanen på allvar r, trots många oklarheter, säger Isak Svensson, professor vid Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning vid Uppsala
www.dn.se
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In an interview for Dagens Nyheter, Professor @isaksvensson.bsky.social offers his take on Trump's 20-point #Gaza #peace plan. The article is available on the DN website: www.dn.se/varlden/expe...
📢 Join us in Stockholm for EBA’s seminar Conflict, Democracy & Peace: Exploring What Works (15 Oct, 13:30).
Jennina Kotajoki, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, and Juan Diego Duque Salazar will present policy briefs based on their recent dissertations at the DPCR.
👉 Info & register: eba.se/seminars/con...
Jennina Kotajoki, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, and Juan Diego Duque Salazar will present policy briefs based on their recent dissertations at the DPCR.
👉 Info & register: eba.se/seminars/con...
September 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 Join us in Stockholm for EBA’s seminar Conflict, Democracy & Peace: Exploring What Works (15 Oct, 13:30).
Jennina Kotajoki, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, and Juan Diego Duque Salazar will present policy briefs based on their recent dissertations at the DPCR.
👉 Info & register: eba.se/seminars/con...
Jennina Kotajoki, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, and Juan Diego Duque Salazar will present policy briefs based on their recent dissertations at the DPCR.
👉 Info & register: eba.se/seminars/con...
✨📖 A new book by @isaksvensson.bsky.social & Peter Wallensteen focuses on the experiences of mediators and their mandates in Nordic countries. Isak recently presented the book at a pre-launch event at Peking University, Beijing.
Read more and pre-order: www.cambridge.org/se/universit...
Read more and pre-order: www.cambridge.org/se/universit...
September 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
✨📖 A new book by @isaksvensson.bsky.social & Peter Wallensteen focuses on the experiences of mediators and their mandates in Nordic countries. Isak recently presented the book at a pre-launch event at Peking University, Beijing.
Read more and pre-order: www.cambridge.org/se/universit...
Read more and pre-order: www.cambridge.org/se/universit...
Several of our reserachers are among the 122 expert signatories in an #op-ed calling for the Swedish goverment to take immidiate action to prevent #genocide in #Gaza:
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena
Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.
dagensarena.se
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Several of our reserachers are among the 122 expert signatories in an #op-ed calling for the Swedish goverment to take immidiate action to prevent #genocide in #Gaza:
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
A new policy brief by Lisa Hultman and Ornella Corsant-Colat looks at how UN peacekeeping missions with protection of civilians mandates adjust their military presence in response to attacks on civilians. 👇
www.ipinst.org/2025/09/peac...
www.ipinst.org/2025/09/peac...
Being Present Where It Counts: Peacekeeping Responsiveness to Violence against Civilians - International Peace Institute
An issue brief on peacekeepers’ responsiveness to violence against civilians.
www.ipinst.org
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A new policy brief by Lisa Hultman and Ornella Corsant-Colat looks at how UN peacekeeping missions with protection of civilians mandates adjust their military presence in response to attacks on civilians. 👇
www.ipinst.org/2025/09/peac...
www.ipinst.org/2025/09/peac...
🎙️Professor Ashok Swain shares his expertise on the International Risk Podcast:
Borders, bombs and cricket aren’t the only flashpoints between India & Pakistan—water is. With the Indus Water Treaty suspended for the first time in 65 yrs, rivers are becoming weapons. I discuss the risks with The International Risk Podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4ckr...
Episode 268: Implications of the Suspension of the Indus Water Treaty
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September 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🎙️Professor Ashok Swain shares his expertise on the International Risk Podcast:
Since we first advertised these postdoctoral positions, the project looking at political violence in democracies has unfortunately become even timelier. Apply now to join this important project led by distinguished Professor @hannefjelde.bsky.social.
Apply by 1 October: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Apply by 1 October: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Since we first advertised these postdoctoral positions, the project looking at political violence in democracies has unfortunately become even timelier. Apply now to join this important project led by distinguished Professor @hannefjelde.bsky.social.
Apply by 1 October: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Apply by 1 October: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
🎙️In a recent podcast by Expert Group For Aid Studies / EBA Associate Professor Johan Brosché and Affiliated Visiting Researcher Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs discuss how peace processes should be designed to achieve lasting peace.
🎧 Listen (in Swedish): soundcloud.com/user-7156653...?
🎧 Listen (in Swedish): soundcloud.com/user-7156653...?
84. Konflikternas rekordår - vad krävs för en fred som håller?
Antalet väpnade konflikter i världen är högre än någonsin med hela 61 dokumenterade konflikter under 2024, den stora merparten inomstatliga inbördeskrig. I avsnittet diskuteras konfliktläget i världen
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September 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🎙️In a recent podcast by Expert Group For Aid Studies / EBA Associate Professor Johan Brosché and Affiliated Visiting Researcher Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs discuss how peace processes should be designed to achieve lasting peace.
🎧 Listen (in Swedish): soundcloud.com/user-7156653...?
🎧 Listen (in Swedish): soundcloud.com/user-7156653...?
Today's presentation by Professor @anjaneundorf.bsky.social of her research into the #politicisation of #education in times of #conflict set a high bar for our autumn speaker series.
We thank Anja for her insightful talk and the audience for an active Q&A!
Coming talks: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
We thank Anja for her insightful talk and the audience for an active Q&A!
Coming talks: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
September 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today's presentation by Professor @anjaneundorf.bsky.social of her research into the #politicisation of #education in times of #conflict set a high bar for our autumn speaker series.
We thank Anja for her insightful talk and the audience for an active Q&A!
Coming talks: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
We thank Anja for her insightful talk and the audience for an active Q&A!
Coming talks: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Following Sunday’s devastating landslide in Darfur, Associate Professor Johan Broché shares an update on the worsening situation in Sudan in an interview with Swedish Radio P1:
🔗 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tuse...
🔗 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tuse...
Tusen döda i jordskred i Darfur – situationen i Sudan allt värre - Studio Ett
Minst tusen personer har dött i ett jordskred i västra Sudan till följd av kraftigt regn. Samtidigt råder en svår humanitär kris i det krigshärjade landet.Paramilitära ...
www.sverigesradio.se
September 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Following Sunday’s devastating landslide in Darfur, Associate Professor Johan Broché shares an update on the worsening situation in Sudan in an interview with Swedish Radio P1:
🔗 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tuse...
🔗 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tuse...
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🆕 From conflict to cohesion: Coordinating local and international action to promote peace
Today on VoxDev, Lisa Hultman (Uppsala University) & Salma Mousa (UCLA) discuss the micro- and macro-level efforts necessary to achieve lasting global peace: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Lisa Hultman (Uppsala University) & Salma Mousa (UCLA) discuss the micro- and macro-level efforts necessary to achieve lasting global peace: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
From conflict to cohesion: Coordinating local and international action to promote peace
With violent conflict intensifying globally, bridging micro-level dynamics of trust and intergroup relations with macro-level institutional and international efforts is essential for achieving lasting...
voxdev.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🆕 From conflict to cohesion: Coordinating local and international action to promote peace
Today on VoxDev, Lisa Hultman (Uppsala University) & Salma Mousa (UCLA) discuss the micro- and macro-level efforts necessary to achieve lasting global peace: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Lisa Hultman (Uppsala University) & Salma Mousa (UCLA) discuss the micro- and macro-level efforts necessary to achieve lasting global peace: voxdev.org/topic/instit...