Studying Experiences, Imaginaries and Legacies of Conflict, War and Violence across the Social Sciences and the Humanities Thursday 5 February 2026, 09:30-17:00 at the Vondelzaal, UB (University of…

RPA Conflict and Society Sudent Fellowships – Call for conflict researchers looking for research assistants for the third round of the fellowship programme (starting February 2026) Could you use a bachelor-level student assistant for your research on conflict and violence? The Research Priority Area (RPA) Conflict and Society facilitates bachelor’s student research assistance on projects of FMG researchers. We offer fellowships of €1,000 per year per bachelor student research assistant, which corresponds to about 53 hours of work (€19 per hour) per student.

Responsible Digital Transformations (RDT) is pleased to announce a new call for Seed Grant proposals, with a thematic focus on Datafied Warfare & Societal Resilience. Contemporary warfare and security practices are significantly shaped by digitisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with all aspects of conflict becoming increasingly data-driven. Data analytics and AI are crucial in modern conflicts for information gathering, military strategy, automated targeting, and battlefield simulation, enhancing precision, speed, and autonomy of warfare systems.

Studying Experiences, Imaginaries and Legacies of Conflict, War and Violence across the Social Sciences and the Humanities Thursday 5 February 2026, 09:30-17:00 at the Vondelzaal, UB (University of Amsterdam)* This interdisciplinary workshop brings together scholars at all career stages (including PhD researchers) from both the Social Sciences and the Humanities who study conflict, war, and violence at the UvA. Despite clear societal relevance, shared research interests, and overlapping research experiences, disciplinary and institutional boundaries continue to hinder interdisciplinary understanding and cooperation.

Lunch talk by Prof. Miguel García-Sánchez, hosted by the Amsterdam Centre for Conflict Studies (ACCS) and the RPA Conflict and Society In this lunch talk, on Demcember 12th, Prof. Miguel García-Sánchez will examine the intricate relationship between public opinion and the 2016 peace agreement, drawing on more than one decade of research on peace-related issues. The presentation will highlight how citizen attitudes toward peace are complex, multidimensional, evolve over time, and are shaped by elite discourse, political polarization, and expectations of future benefits derived from the agreement.

Workshop with Dr. Sebastian van Baalen, hosted by ACCS and the RPA Conflict and Society Join us for this writing workshop with Sebastian van Baalen, Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in Sweden. This workshop will offer a practical guide to moving from research to published article, taking participants step-by-step through the writing, submission, revision, and proof stages of the publication process.

Last week, the RPA Conflict & Society officially kicked off the Student Fellowships for the first semester of this year. 12 student fellows work on 10 projects, ranging from issues such as violence against children, intergenerational mental health, global conflicts that receive little media attention, experiences of microaggressions, the digitalisation of drug markets, cannabis supply modes, and Black Studies. They use different approaches, from experiments and surveys to fieldwork, data analysis, and systematic reviews. 

Developing a deeper and multidisciplinary understanding about the dynamics of conflict.

The Conflict & Society Research Priority Area (RPA) Officially Launched at the UvA Last week, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) celebrated the official launch of the Conflict & Society Research Priority Area (RPA) with an all-day event that brought together scholars from across disciplines to explore new perspectives on conflict and violence. The program opened with an introduction by principal investigators Dr.

Against the backdrop of the 2024 U.S. elections, political scientist Lilliana Mason guides us through the divide between American Democrats and Republicans on questions of social equality. She’ll dive into the GOP’s internal struggle between those resisting progress and those fighting for a pluralistic America, and its profound implications for the future of democratic life. Date: 13 December 2024 | Time 20:00 uur | Location: SPUI25 More information: 

RPA Conflict & Society awards €125,000 to 11 groundbreaking FMG projects on conflict, inequality, and polarisation. Discover the selected research initiatives!

The gap between Democrats and Republicans on social equality deepens. Diversity vs. tradition fuels polarisation, while extreme views and us-vs-them thinking threaten American democracy.

Against the backdrop of the 2024 U.S. elections, political scientist Lilliana Mason guides us through the divide between American Democrats and Republicans on questions of social equality. She’ll dive...