Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Disciplining Fighters: Understanding Armed Political Actors’ Control of Sexual Violence
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The ways that armed political actors prevent sexual violence remains an unresolved research puzzle. By questioning why some actors are able to discipline their fighters, this study will contribute to our ...
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#ProtestBaku. Is Azerbaijan next in line for a Democratic Revolution?
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Research project from 2013-05-20 to 2013-05-22
I am applying for funds to organise an international round-table debate at the Uppsala Centre for Russian Studies on civic activism in Azerbaijan. After the so-called "colour revolutions" in other post-Soviet ...
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Assessing Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
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Research project from 2014-05-12 to 2014-05-15
Education policy is a salient example of the implementation of New Public Management. Most of the debate and research concerning NPM has focused on the prospects or dangers posed by managerialism in schools ...
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Archaeological information in the digital society
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Digitisation of archaeological information and cultural heritage assets has been one of the cornerstones of the digital society debate. However, at the same time when nations have made considerable investments ...
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Explaining international negotiating behavior: Adherence to justice principles in arms control, trade and environmental negotiations
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The project aims to advance understanding about international negotiating behavior in an original and under-researched area. Specifically, it will investigate factors behind adherence to justice principles ...
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Behind the Rhetoric: On the Implementation of a New Orthodoxy in Swedish Urban Planning
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The aim of the project is to examine the implementation of a new urban planning ideal in Sweden, which in the past decades has replaced modernism. The ideal is the "traditional", nineteenth century city ...
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Basresurser till huvudsekreteraren för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap HS(Kerstin Sahlin)
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Basresurser till huvudsekreteraren för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap HS(Kerstin Sahlin) ...
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Basresurser till huvudsekreteraren för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap HS(Kerstin Sahlin)
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Basresurser till huvudsekreteraren för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap HS(Kerstin Sahlin) ...
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Conflicts, Connections, Complexities: Towards a Multi-layered Understanding of Civil War
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Currently, a few extremely violent civil wars – such as those in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and South Sudan – are so devastating that together they represent the vast majority of all people killed in armed ...
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Into the Digital Age: older non-users? understandings and experiences of digital technologies and how they relate to understandings of aging and old age.
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
This project is about older people?s (dis)engagement with digital technologies and the potential implications it might have on their understandings of aging and old age. The main purpose is to explore ...
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Dissemination of results in the public sector - a survey
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Research project from 2016-12-01 to 2017-04-30
Purpose and goal: The project has generated a report that generates reflection on working methods and forms of dissemination of results, success factors and obstacles within the public sector. The results ...
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Drivers of Displacement: Accounting for the Variation in Forced Migration from Conflict
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Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31
The purpose of this project is to explain what drives variation in forced migration across conflicts and over time. Displacement has increased dramatically in recent years with major consequences for individuals ...
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The imaginative Horizon of Contemporary War: Neurobiology, AI and the US Military
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Research project from 2019-07-01 to 2022-06-30
With the objective to predict and pre-empt the emergence of political violence, the US Department of Defence has devoted increasing attention to the intersection between neurobiology and AI. The aim of ...
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Understanding the effects of introducing and expanding a universal health insurance program in medium income countries: Lessons from Mexico
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
We will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the effects of introducing and expanding publicly provided health insurance to those not covered, that is, those without a labor contract in Mexico. This is ...
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The archaeology of a new genre: Vision and values texts of public authorities in Sweden
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
In the ‘vision and values’ genre the core values of an organisation are presented. Since the early 21th century this genre has become salient at Swedish public authorities – an unprecedented change in ...
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Enhancing development and security on the ground?: Exploring the effects of top-down and bottom-up justice and reconciliation processes on security
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Transitional justice research has increasingly called attention to debates about whether top-down (e.g. criminal tribunals/truth commissions) or bottom up post-conflict justice and reconciliation strategies ...
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Facilitating Data Visualization and Extraction: A New Platform for the Uppsala Conflict Data Program
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University has long been involved in collecting conflict information. UCDP has become one of the world leaders in this field and is a unique source of information ...
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Funding for Slovo: Journal of Slavic Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
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Why join the protests? A joint international research project on Nepal´s 2006 nonviolent uprisings
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The overarching aim of this collaboration project is to facilitate the institutional establishment of peace and conflict research in Nepal. Scandinavia in general, and Uppsala in particular, has a strong ...
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Fractures in the EU energy future: at the crossroad between security, transition and governance
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The project addresses current European shale gas debate and policy development that epitomise some of the fundamental questions regarding the future of EU´s energy security, sustainable energy transition ...
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Resolving Jihadists Conflicts? Religion, Civil War, and Prospects for Peace
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31
One of the most pressing challenges on the contemporary agenda for peace and security is armed conflicts involving militant Islamist groups such as IS (Islamic State) in Syria and Iraq, Boko Haram in Nigeria ...
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Gender Shifts and Resource Politics in the Arctic
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Research project from 2016-06-01 to 2016-06-30
This proposal searches funding for the conferenceGender Shifts and Resource Politics in the Arctic,to take place in Uppsala on 21-23 February 2017.Communities throughout the North are affected by pronounced ...
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Human Rights, Religion and Education
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2014-06-30
This application concerns a workshop to gather scholars from the countries around the Baltic Sea (including Scandinavia) around the topic of Human Rights, religion and education. The workshop will take ...
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Innovation management and organization in the network ´Swedish Authorities for Sustainable Development´
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Research project from 2016-12-01 to 2018-11-30
Purpose and goal: The objective; having increased capacity for innovation in their own business, in relation to each other and to their international partners - has been fulfilled. Throughout the project ...
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IoT Sweden program office
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-08-31
Purpose and goal: The purpose of the program is to support the development of IoT solutions to public sector challenges and problems through collaborative projects. These solutions should then be disseminated ...
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Journal Grant: The periodical Current Disability Research, 2019-2021
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Forskning om funktionshinder pågår (“Ongoing Disability Research”) has been issued quarterly since 1992. In presenting current Swedish disability research to decision-makers, researchers, government agencies ...
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Mapping violence in Syria - filling the gap in the UCDP GED
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is a leading provider of data on organized violence. In 2010 UCDP advanced its data collection to violent daily data on georeferenced events (UCDP GED) as a supplement ...
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Mapping violence in Syria - complementary project
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is the leading provider of data on organized violence. In 2010, UCDP advanced its data collection to daily data on georeferenced events (UCDP GED) as a supplement ...
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The Art of Composing the Picture: Knowledge Production in Conflict and Peacebuilding Interventions
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Research project from 2014-02-26 to 2014-02-28
Living in a world fraught with violent conflicts and international interventions, global policy-makers face an urgent need for timely knowledge about areas in conflict. Currently, policy-relevant knowledge ...
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Living without oil?! Rethinking relations with lands and waters with Indigenous Land Based Expertise for a transition towards a fossil free welfare society
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Research project from 2019-12-01 to 2022-12-31
The project aims at bringing forth Indigenous peoples’ Land Based expertise and innovation along with discussions on visions of a welfare society independent of fossil fuels, while respecting and promoting ...
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The national COVID-19 Data Portal turns one year old
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