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...

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/...

🔨 🔨 Academic polyrhythms emanated from the staff kitchen today, as Jenniina and Juan Diego both nailed their dissertations to the kitchen wall! Jenniina Kotajoki will defend her thesis on 25 April. On 9 May Juan Diego Duque-Salazar will, in turn, defend his thesis.

✨ Please join us in congratulating Dr Jenniina Kotajoki, who today successfully defended her dissertation ‘Global Pariahs or Local Partners? The United Nations’ Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups.’

It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.

Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.

“These first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding," says Steven Levitsky. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.

UPPGAP - Uppsala Politics and Gender - is now on Bluesky! Follow us! @uppgap.bsky.social

📅 Save the Dates: #Demscore Conference 2025, June 9-10 in Gothenburg. 📢 Call for Papers and Panels open now, learn more at www.demscore.se/events/demsc... @ucdp.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org @sampol.bsky.social @prioresearch.bsky.social

The SEI-Stockholm Environment Institute is looking to recruit a PhD student in #internationalrelations that will evaluate transformative finance. The ad for the position is here: www.sei.org/people/jobs/... - deadline for applications is 12 December 2024! #phdposition

📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀 conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...

Do you want to do a PhD in peace and conflict research? Then come be my new colleague @uupeace.bsky.social and apply to our PhD programme. We offer full-time pay, collegial and supportive environment, and a vibrant intellectual community ⤵️ www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos... conflictsky polisky

Come join us in Uppsala! We are seeking to fill one PhD position in peace and conflict research: www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos... Welcome with your application before 11 June.

🕊️ We're the Department of Peace and Conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden - we're glad to join the Bluesky Social! We look forward to engaging in the exchange of insightful thoughts with all of you. Curious to learn more about us? Visit our YouTube channel 🔗 youtu.be/7RCbMrTWlfs?...

Our new book Conflict Mediation in the Arab Conflict, is now out: press.syr.edu/supressbooks...

Finally made it to Bluesky!

The Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament at Uppsala University will offer the course "Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament" in the spring of 2024 as an evening course with a 50% study pace in English. Deadline for application is October 16. Come and study with us! www.uu.se/en/study/cou...

Welcome my colleague @jkotajoki.bsky.social She is a PhD candidate at my department in Uppsala and does really cool research on (among other things) how peacekeepers engage with armed groups. polisky conflictsky bsky.app/profile/jkot...

My book on data management is available #OpenAccess at www.cambridge.org/core/books/d... ! Also, check out the companion webpage at dmbook.org. I hope that the book will be useful for your research and teaching.

MPSA is accepting proposals! I'm chairing the Conflict Processes section. Looking forward to reading your papers, panel, or roundtable proposals. Happy to brainstorm too! Feel free to reach out with any suggestions or questions.

We are hiring! Assistant Professor of International Law and/or International Organization here at School of Government & Public Policy at UArizona. Review of applications starts Oct 9th. Send questions and please share widely!