📢 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. 👇🧵

🚨 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.

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.

🚨 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.

📚 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! 🌞

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

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).

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.

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...

What are the local effects of biased peacekeeping interventions that displace rebel-imposed social order?

Why do armed movements perpetrate intragroup reproductive violence?

Can child malnutrition help explain how climate variability may influence the risk of violent conflict?

What role do rebel leaders' military background play in shaping the course of civil war?

New publication alert! The article on the 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction Challenge is now out in JPR.

Do Russia's high-level diplomatic visits help authoritarian regimes facing domestic instability?

What challenges do researchers face when conducting public opinion surveys during wartime?

New JPR issue out now! Read our May issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...

Want to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue? Our call for proposals is now open! www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

New dataset alert: @sabrinabarias.bsky.social (Lehigh University) developed a new dataset of all UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions adopted from 1946 to 2018, covering over 17,000 texts.

Can extending rights to women help prevent conflict-related sexual violence?

Does conflict intensify during harvest in crop-producing regions?

New JPR issue now available! Our March issue is here with 18 regular articles and 2 special data features. Thank you also to all the reviewers who generously contributed their time and expertise to JPR over the past year! Read the issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/2

The 2024 Best Visualization Award goes to Masanori Kikuchi (Washington University in St. Louis) for his article ‘How does war affect cultural tolerance? Evidence from concert programs, 1900-60’. Congratulations to the author!

The 2024 Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR Article of the Year Award goes to @melinscribe.bsky.social (University of Mannheim) for her article entitled ‘Politicized health emergencies and violent resistance against healthcare responders’. Congratulations to the author! 🏆