Great to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace research’s way forward! With M Åkebo and A Jarstad Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl issforum.org/roundtables/...

The Johan Skytte Prize laureate Herbert Kitschelt

How can SDGs promote peace? @stefandoring.bsky.social

What are the interlinkages between peace and SDGs? @stefandoring.bsky.social

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

When, who and how can the Russian invasion of Ukraine end?

Read @ccaryl.bsky.social on how the rise of the Georgian Dream party has contributed to Georgia’s authoritarian turn—and what Moscow stands to gain if Tbilisi pivots decisively away from the West:

In 2024, a few remarkable events offered a glimmer of hope, proving that democracy, while vulnerable, has an inherent capacity for resilience. Nowhere was this resilience more evident than in Senegal, South Korea, and India. #MyPiece National Herald, 29 December 2024.

The fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime is likely to provide Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with freer rein in Syria—but it will also heighten the risk of instability and extremism that could spill over into Turkey, writes @gonultol.bsky.social.

Listening to the nobel laureate in economics!

In Swedish. About the future of Ukraine.

Less than 1 week left to apply for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop 2025. 📢 Get your abstracts in by 8 December here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2... We look forward to seeing you in February in London 🙂 Feel free to share in your networks as well!

Potentially quite dangerous development. This water supply is fundamental for Kosovo. kossev.info/explosion-at...

Apply to the PhD program in political at Uppsala University! Application open now! www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Here we go! Peace research in Swen conference.

Getting ready for PRIS conference. I love travelling by train. Much more civilized than travelling by airplane. In so many ways.

Listen to this (in Swedish) about Sudan with excellent Johan Broche! sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/det-...

Important op-ed on keeping our eyes on more than one or two armed conflicts. Conflictsky

A sign of a strong democracy is that conflict can exist and does lead to neither physical violence nor a collapse of the entire political system. In Aoteroa/New Zealand about 30000 to 45000 Maori marched against a draft bill undermining Maori rights www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...