From the Russian invasion of #Ukraine to the civil war in #Ethiopia and the #Israel-Palestine conflict: Is the world becoming more violent, or is it a coincidence of several wars? Join this seminar on June 11 to find out. Sign up ➡️ ow.ly/bFpV50S3VFC

Föreläser på #Almedalsveckan Alva Myrdal Centre också på ämnet ”Hur ser utvecklingen i omvärlden ut avseende krig och kärnvapenhot? Hur kan man tänka om framtiden?” den 26 juni 13:00 - 14:00 med Magnus Öberg Magnus Öberg. UCDP Uppsala University #Almedalen24 almedalsveckan.info/program/69861

“At least 270,000 people have been killed in Ethiopia - it’s been an extremely brutal conflict that has gone under the radar” says PRIO researcher Siri Aas Rustad. PRIO and UCDP dig into the new conflict trend data of 2023 at seminar this morning.

UCDP Senior Analyst and Project Leader Therese Pettersson participated in a PRIO event this morning, presenting recent trends in conflict.

Attending the 21st edition of the Oslo Forum: ‘Mediation against all odds’. Norway FM Espen Barth Eide underscoring the challenge mediators are facing by citing UCDP record number of armed conflicts and high conflict death tolls in his opening statement. PRIO

Today marks the 1st anniversary of Demscore, as version 1.0 was released on June 12, 2023. Ahead of the Demscore Conference 2024, starting tomorrow, we celebrate the growth from version 1.0 to 3.1 Dataset downloads at demscore.se/data/

Second day of the #DemscoreConference starts off with Panel 5: Democratic Perceptions, Norms, and Values, and Panel 6: Towards More Inclusive Immigrant Rights or an Outright ‘Restrictive Turn’? – Comparative Migration Policy Research at a Crossroads.

📢 Our team member Thorsten Rogall recently presented VIEWS to researchers at the @DEMSCORE Conference in Gothenburg. 🔎 Did you know that our data can be downloaded from DEMSCORE along other leading datasets like UCDP and V-Dem Institute? Read more ⤵️ demscore.se/partners/ucdpv…

Demscore Best Master Thesis Award 2024 goes to Alexa Timlick for “The Double-Edged Sword of Development Aid: Unanticipated Deviations and Conflict Onset”, on the intersection of aid volatility and conflict onset, using data from the UCDP and the V-Dem datasets. Congratulations!

Record numbers of people will be voting in elections in 2024. Yet democracy is losing ground. What are the prospects for the future? This is the topic at one of Uppsala University’s seminars at Almedalen, 27 June with UCDP director Magnus Öberg tinyurl.com/2dbjwkj2

Record numbers of people are voting in elections in 2024, yet democracy is losing ground, even in some well-established democracies. What are the prospects for the future? UCDP's Magnus Öberg, and V-Dem Institute + #Demscore's Lisa Gastaldi in Almedalen next week.

Jag och Lisa Gastaldi Lisa Gastaldi presenterade demokratitrenderna i världen ut supervalåret 2024 och polarisering påverkar utvecklingen i Almedalen idag. Länk till inspelning nedan UppsalaPeaceConflict UCDP Demscore V-Dem Institute #Almedalsveckan #democracy

Talk at Almedalsveckan : The world is facing the highest number of armed conflicts since 1989. The arms control regime is faltering, and we may be on the brink of a new nuclear arms race. Yet, Magnus Öberg and I presented a hopeful outlook! Alva Myrdal Centre UCDP UppsalaPeaceConflict

You can now watch the #Almedalen presentation on "Democracy Trends in the World in the Super Election Year 2024" by UCDP's Magnus Öberg , and V-Dem Institute + #Demscore's Lisa Gastaldi online (only in Swedish): live.mediaflow.com/47CBB0JV1F

Millions have died in conflicts since the Cold War; most of them in Africa and intrastate conflicts. Deaths in the Middle East and deaths from violence targeting civilians have also been common. My new article Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/conflict-death… A thread with highlights:

UCDP Candidate Events Data for the first six months of the year are now available at ucdp.uu.se/downloads/. This map shows violent events at the PRIO-GRID level (download pdf for better resolution) tinyurl.com/3nvtx87w

Next week, you can find #Demscore at Europe's largest annual gathering of political scientists, #ecprgc24. Meet us in Dublin at our booth 12-15 August! Virtual booth already open in the event app: ecpr.eu/app V-Dem Institute QoG-Data UCDP Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) REPDEM

All set up to meet you at #ecprgc24 in Dublin! If you are interested in how Demscore provides user-friendly free access to data, documentation, and online visualization tools, come talk to us at booth 14 during the ECPR Conference. European Consortium for Political Research

Final call! The Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament is recruiting a Senior lecturer in Peace and Conflict research, specialising in Nuclear Disarmament. The deadline for applications is 23 August 2024. Find out more and apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Attending #APSA2024? Visit us in Booth 510 to find out how the #Demscore e-infrastructure helps you harmonize data from some of the world’s leading research infrastructures and databases - for free! 🥂Booth reception September 6, with GLD, V-Dem Institute and QoG (booth 408).