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Peace and Conflict Research is a young discipline that addresses crucial issues in a troubled world. Why are there armed conflicts? How do we reach a durable peace? Our research and teaching focus on building the foundations for understanding the context of these key issues.
News
- Peter Wallensteen comments on 2026 Nobel Peace Prize– Department of Peace and Conflict ResearchPeter Wallensteen comments on 2026 Nobel Peace Prize The South African judge Navi Pillay (b. 1941) …
- Professor Erica Chenoweth appointed honorary doctor– Department of Peace and Conflict ResearchProfessor Erica Chenoweth, a distinguished scholar in the young field of peace and conflict …
- New Book - Jihadist Peace: Ending Islamist Civil Wars– Department of Peace and Conflict ResearchIn Jihadist Peace: Ending Islamist Civil Wars, professors Desirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson bridge …
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Events
- Speaker Series: State Violence– – Department of Peace and Conflict ResearchThe talk is open to all. Please contact us in advance if you are not a student or a member of staff …
- Claude Ake Memorial Lecture: Africa in the Nuclear (Dis)Order– – Department of Peace and Conflict ResearchAfrica is often seen as playing a marginal role in the nuclear age. Yet the continent has been …
Recent Publications
- Arrested development: analyzing popular resistance against the arrest of war-criminals in DR Congo and LiberiaThemnér, Anders; Biaba, Rosalie, 2027
- Predictors of resistance to equity in public safety policy: The role of social dominance orientationMingo, Ericka; Viola, Judah; Ogunbambi, Titilayo et al., 2026
- Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789-2019Dahl, Marianne; Dahlum, Sirianne; Fjelde, Hanne et al., 2026
Outreach
Podcast
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Recent Reports and Policy Briefs
- What are they fighting for?: An Issu-based Approach to the Analysis and Resolution of Civil warBrosché, Johan; Raattamaa, Sebastian; Lonergan, Kate, 2025
- Preventing Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: The Role of SanctionsWallensteen, Peter; Bekaj, Armend, 2025
- Why do some politicians withdraw from politics while others do not in violent elections?Duque-Salazar, Juan Diego, 2025
- Land Tenure and Climate Resilience: Household Level Evidence from KenyaKlaus, Kathleen; Elfversson, Emma, 2025
- Measurement Sophistry: A response to Raleigh, Kishi and Linke “Political instability patterns are obscured by conflict dataset scope conditions, sources, and coding choices” in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (2023)10:74Öberg, Magnus, 2025