Ny rapport om högskolornas budget: Det statliga "produktivitetsavdraget" innebär effektiviseringskrav på 1-2 % av budgeten/år. Idag har högskolorna 40 % mindre resurser per elev än för 30 år sedan, vilket minskat den lärarledda undervisningen drastiskt. tankesmedjanbalans.se/ny-rapport-o...

Coming very soon! DEMSCORE v6 offers new updates from UCDP, REPDEM, and VIEWS, and a new thematic dataset. @ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org ‬‬ @repdem-org.bsky.social #polisky #PoliSkyData #PoliSciSky #SocialScience #SocialScienceData 1(3)

Mapping global violence: The Uppsala Conflict Data Program: One Earth www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

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/...

Top three most read articles in Journal of Peace Research right now😃

Israeli military's own data shows 83% of deaths in Gaza were civilians. UCDP's Therese Pettersson calls the ratio "unusually high", comparable to Rwanda 1994 and Mariupol 2022. This article highlights immense civilian suffering and raises questions about the reliability of wartime casualty data.

🏆We are happy to announce that #DEMSCORE has received the 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Award, in the framework of Acquisition International’s Non-Profit Organisation Award 2025🎉 #SocialScienceData #SocialScience #PolDataSky #PoliSkyData #PoliSciSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky 1(3)

Armed conflicts involve governments, rebel groups, militias, communal factions, and foreign forces — all interacting in complex ways. The result? A web of violence that can feel overwhelming to understand. That's why we launch the Conflict Networks Explorer peaceobservatory.com/conflict-networks

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

What drives differences between the conflict events datasets UCDP and ACLED? Contrary to previous claims, @magnusoberg.bsky.social and Mert Can Yilmaz find most differences are due to auxiliary coding rules and standards for source evaluation, not sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds.

… we show that most of the differences are due to auxiliary coding rules, standards for source evaluation and misrepresentations of UCDP data in the Raleigh et al article (4/4)

… and how strategies for dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity impact the data. Contrary to Raleigh et al claims, the differences between ACLED and UCDP are not primarily due to differences in sourcing or inclusion thresholds. Analyzing the same cases … (3/4)

In the article, we investigate their claims about what drives differences between UCDP and ACLED. In the process we address some general issues arising in event data collection, including the importance of stable definitions, how demands on sourcing varies with the type of data collected, … (2/4)

My new article with Mert Can Yilmaz out in Research & Politics! An investigation into what does drive differences between UCDP and ACLED data and a response to a series of unfounded claims made by Clionadh Raleigh et al in a 2023 article. (1/4) Read it here doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Presenterade den dystra omvärldsutvecklingen, de ökande konfliktnivåerna med data från Uppsala konfliktdataprogram @ucdp.bsky.social , och diskuterade framtidsutsikter med @erikmelander.bsky.social i Almedalen. #Almedalen

Since 2010, the number of conflicts involving states has almost doubled, and the total number of deaths has increased five-fold. Read more about the new UCDP data in this @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social open access article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.

The full analysis by Shawn Davies, Therése Pettersson, Margareta Sollenberg and @magnusoberg.bsky.social (all @uupeace.bsky.social) is open access in Journal of Peace Research – read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New data from UCDP shows the highest number of active conflicts ever recorded, press release found here: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Right now at the #DemscoreConference: Final panel - How to deal with uncertainty in #conflict data collection and forecasting? @uupeace.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org‬‬‬ @uupeace.bsky.social ‬ #SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky 🧵1(3)

#DemscoreConference Panel 3: Measurements, Methods, & Infrastructures @paulbederke.bsky.social, @magnusoberg.bsky.social, & Melina Liethmann (@demscore.bsky.social) discuss current problems and solutions for data merging, with examples from #PartyFacts, #UppsalaConflictDataProgram, and #Demscore 1/2

My institution will not concede to the lawless and unwarranted retaliation of the Trump administration. In addition to terrorizing our students, this is just the latest in a string of actions meant to destroy Harvard and reshape all of US higher ed in Trump's image. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

🎉Congratulations on completing your #Master’sThesis! Did you use data from at least two of DEMSCORE's partnering modules? 🏆 Submit your paper for the DEMSCORE Best Master Thesis Award! 📆 Deadline: May 25 See www.demscore.se/events/demsc... #polisky #PoliticalScienceData #PoliSciSky #SocialScience

Ukrainians know what they’re defending—it’s not just land. It’s their kids, their families, their communities.

The dividends of peacekeeping may extend to improved local economic development in post-conflict societies, our new research in @bjpols.bsky.social shows 👇

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

🕊️The thematic dataset on #Peace is an essential resource for those interested in analyzing the dynamics of peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and the mechanisms that sustain societal harmony. Learn more: www.demscore.se/data/themati... 4(4)

🩺The thematic dataset on #Health is an essential tool for exploring how health systems function, the impact of public health interventions, and the broader societal implications of health and wellness. Learn more: www.demscore.se/data/themati... 3(4)

💹 The #EconomicDevelopment thematic dataset is a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, & practitioners interested in analyzing the drivers, patterns, & impacts of economic growth and development worldwide. Learn more: www.demscore.se/data/themati... 2(4)

#Demscore version 5 offers three new thematic datasets on #EconomicDevelopment, #Health, and #Peace respectively. Explore all Demscore thematic datasets at www.demscore.se/data/themati... More in 🧵1(4) #PoliticalScienceData #Polisky #SocialScienceData #PoliSciSky #SocialScience

My article with @hannefjelde.bsky.social & U Daxecker is now published in V87(2) of @thejop.bsky.social. Here is 🧵summarizing our findings: We argue that misinformation can induce affective shifts that increase out-group animosity and fuel polarization. doi.org/10.1086/732979

The Ethnic One-Sided Violence Dataset is an actor-year dataset with information on the ethnic identity of civilian victims of direct and deliberate killings by state and non-state actors from 1989 to 2013. www.demscore.se/data/static-... 4(4) @qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social

The Deadly Electoral Conflict dataset (DECO) is a global, geo-referenced event dataset, based on UCDP data, identifying electoral violence with lethal outcomes from 1989 to 2017. www.demscore.se/data/static-... 3(4) @prioresearch.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social

The Cities and Armed Conflict Events dataset is an extension of UCDP-GED, Which covers individual events of organized violence. The CACE extension provides a systematic coding of whether these armed conflict events took place in cities. www.demscore.se/data/static-... 2(4) @magnusoberg.bsky.social

DEMSCORE version 5.0 includes additional datasets from UCDP: The Cities and Armed Conflict Events (CACE), Deadly Electoral Conflict dataset (DECO), and the Ethnic One-Sided Violence (EOSV) Dataset. Explore at www.demscore.se/data/ @ucdp.bsky.social #Polisky #PoliSciData #SocialScienceData 🧵1(4)

#Demscore version 5.0 includes 161 datasets with 25,299 unique variables. Among these are the updated #REPDEM Basic datasets, providing detailed information on #governments and #PoliticalParties in 33 parliamentary democracies from 1945 until December 2024. #Polisky #poltheory #PoliSkyData 🧵1(2)

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Please note: The V-Dem dataset v15 contains data for up to and including 2024. Events in 2025 does not affect the data in the v15 dataset or ratings on the V-Dem Democracy Indices. 3(3)

📢 Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v15 and the V-dem Institute Democracy Report 2025 The Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... DR25: "25 Years of Autocratization - Democracy Trumped?": v-dem.net/publications... #DR25 #DemocracyReport2025 #VDemDatasetV15 #polisky #PoliticalScienceData #PoliSciSky 🧵1(3)

South Sudan is slipping toward renewed conflict and political upheaval. Regional leaders must press President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar to back down. www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-...

Be there, please

We are now receiving applications for one fully funded PhD position in peace and conflict research, with a focus on political violence in democratic countries. Read more 👉 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... Applications are also open for our general PhD position👉 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... #PhD #Democracy

💡Where Does the V-Dem Data Come From and Who Collects It? Watch 🎞️ or read in 🧵 Read more about V-Dem’s recruitment and use of Expert Coders: v-dem.net/about/v-dem-... #PoliSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScience #DemocracyData #VDemInstitute @demscore.bsky.social 🧵1(7)

If you are at #ISA2025, come visit the UCDP in booth #109 in the exhibit hall for a chat on conflict data and some Swedish chocolate.

Shawn Davies, a senior analyst at @ucdp.bsky.social was interviewed by Swedish radio P4. Shawn's work focuses on the war between Ukraine and Russia. Listen to his take on the current state of the conflict. 👇 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tre-...

Catastrophic consequences for #Africa -n #demography. Probably the best US contribution to knowledge on African populations is under serious threat.

📢 3 x U-Turns ↪️ 📄 New Journal Article: When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 Nord, M, Angiolillo, F, Lundstedt, M, Wiebrecht, F, & Lindberg, S I. in Democratization. doi.org/10.1080/1351... @silindberg.bsky.social @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social

In a new episode of our podcast Researching Peace, Johan Brosché helps us navigate the complexities and horrors of the civil war currently raging in Sudan. Johan works as associate professor at our department and is one of Sweden’s leading experts on Sudan. 🎧 Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-ntz4m...