Several new grants to DPCR researchers from the Swedish Research Council
Researchers at the department have been highly successful in securing competitive external project grants from the Swedish Research Council. A total sum of just over 20.5 million SEK was awarded to four new research projects beginning in 2021.
- “Alliances of Anarchy: Actor Constellations and Patterns of Electoral Violence”, PI Kristine Höglund. Espen Geelmuyden Rød and Sebastian van Baalen are also part of this project.
- “Drivers of Displacement: Accounting for the Variation in Forced Migration from Conflict”, PI Margareta Sollenberg
- “Unwilling or unwanted? Explaining the decline of mediation in armed conflicts”, PI Isak Svensson. Desirée Nilsson and Magnus Lundgren (University of Gothenburg) are also part of this project.
- “Petroleum, prices and protests: The impact of climate change mitigation on social unrest”, PI Nina von Uexküll. Espen Geelmuyden Rød and Isak Svensson are also part of this project.
For more information, see the announcement from the Swedish Research Council.