Now out in the most recent issue of @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social: Ragnhild Nordås, Ingrid Vik Bakken and I examine public perceptions of whether and under what conditions violent state repression has a demobilizing - or a mobilizing - effect

This blog post summarizes our research on Venezuela (academic.oup.com/jpr/article/...), the US (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) and Turkey (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) @ejprjournal.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social

Why does postwar violence cluster in Mitrovica? @emmaelfversson.bsky.social, @ivangusic.bsky.social and @marietheresemeye.bsky.social reveal the Main Bridge as a hotspot where material, symbolic and relational dynamics amplify ethnic clashes. doi.org/10.1177/0022... @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social

My article on purging & leader survival in rebel groups is now out in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social! Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jopr... How do rebel leaders stay in power? While we often study "decapitation" by state forces, internal actors (coup plotters, spies) also threaten leader survival.

In a new @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social article, SIS PhD student @serayyalaz.bsky.social and her co-authors explore how rebel groups and governments compete to control and profit from natural resources. www.american.edu/sis/research...

Find my new data feature in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social: Introducing CROAD — the Coercive Recruitment of Adults Dataset, 1990–2021. academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-... #PeaceResearch #ConflictStudies #OpenData

📢 New issue of JPR is out now! This latest issue features articles on repression, defection, insurgent adaptability, trade dependence, nuclear deterrence, and more - plus two new Research Notes and two Special Data Features. Explore the full issue here: 🔗 academic.oup.com/jpr/issue/63/2

Excited to finally share my 🚨 new article 🚨 now online at @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social “The Dark Side of Defection: Security Force Defectors and the Aftermath of Nonviolent Revolutions. academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-.... Brief 🧵

🚨 Our new article on political economy of conflict with @serayyalaz.bsky.social and Seden Akcinaroglu is now online first @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social Also a proud moment to have another piece with an emerging scholar and great student. It is open access via academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

1/4 IR research on so-called “taboo” weapons often focuses on individual systems or very limited comparisons. In new @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social work w/Dave Allison and @laurensukin.bsky.social, we compare aversions across a broader range of weapons (6). #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1093/jopr...

🆕 Together with @krishogl.bsky.social, I’m excited to share several new outputs from our joint research project on the actors of electoral violence. 🧵 A thread... #polisky #conflictsky

The 2025 Best Visualization Award has been awarded to Justin Hastings & @davidubilava.bsky.social (@sydney.edu.au) for their article entitled 'Agricultural roots of social conflict in Southeast Asia'. Congratulations to the authors! 👏 📢 Read the full announcement: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

The 2025 Nils Petter Gleditsch Article of the Year Award goes to @jasonhartwig.bsky.social (@yale.edu) for his article entitled 'The end of rebel rule: Biased peacekeeping interventions and social order'. Congratulations! 🏆 Read the full announcement here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

The latest issue of the Journal of Peace Research - our first to be published with @academic.oup.com - is now available on our new journal website. This issue features a diverse set of articles advancing research on peace and conflict. Read the new issue here: 👉 academic.oup.com/jpr/issue/63/1

📢 New publication alert! 📢 How do countries around the world pursue justice after human rights violations? This special data feature introduces the Transitional Justice Evaluation Tools (TJET) database, which includes 400+ indicators on transitional justice mechanisms worldwide from 1970 to 2020.

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.

📢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.

📢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...

📣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.

📢 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.

📢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.

📢 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.

📢 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.

📢 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.

📣 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

📢 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.

📢 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.

📢 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.