Does 'peace' mean the same everywhere, or is it fragmenting into adjectives? This piece by @spbmartel.bsky.social, Jarstad, Olivius & @jsoderstrom.bsky.social debates if qualifiers like 'liberal' or 'sustainable' signal innovation or conceptual chaos in peacebuilding.
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What if discomfort in interviews is your greatest asset? This reflective article by @jsoderstrom.bsky.social, @markusholdo.bsky.social and @alicejunman.bsky.social explores how navigating tension in the field can turn unease into richer, more honest data.
doi.org/10.1177/1468...
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New piece in DN Debatt with CNDS colleagues: Sweden needs both strong total defense AND crisis preparedness for natural hazards and pandemics. Storm Johannes shows us the next big test likely won’t be military. Both-and, not either-or.
www.dn.se/debatt/sveri...
Time for another highlight of some of our research from the last few years! This week we are showcasing our rich research on #internationalrelations 🧵
#IR
We're happy to announce at least three vacant PhD positions starting in fall 2026! Read more and apply here: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Time for another highlight of some of our department's recent research! This week we are looking at work related to #migration, #integration and #segregation 🧵
#socialscience #politicalscience
Friday brought good news and bad news. Today I am now allowed to share the good.
Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens
Huge congratulations to the best @turnbulldugarte.com & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social for getting Wallenberg fellowships (equivalent to two ERC grants!!!) So well-deserved!!
Nora Anter defending her thesis ”Meritocratic Municipalities? Promotions in Sweden’s Local Government Bureaucracy,”
with Lene Holm Pedersen as opponent.
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Yesterday, Minds & Machines published this absolute bad boy of a paper! In it, Erik Olsson and I present a new theory of surveillance for the era of quantum computing, all based on his outstanding master's thesis that I had the honor of supervising last year.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Studying the tax system in #Namibia, @jsoderstrom.bsky.social and Marcus Wangel show how state-citizen encounters in the case of taxation are conditioned by five interacting factors.
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Camille Pellerin and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social explore the everyday practices of taxpaying in Addis Ababa to find that #taxation practices are governed by either a business logic or an emotional response.
@jeasjournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@richelbilderbeek.bsky.social presenting at the pedagogical conference too! Fun to be participating in the same conference for once!
Today our researchers Moa Mårtensson and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social presented att Uppsala University’s pedagogical conference their research on supervision
In this article, @jsoderstrom.bsky.social studies how the second experience with #elections has changed #Liberian ex-combatants' relation with democracy and experience of legitimacy.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Another showcase of our research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #democracy, #voterbehavior and #politicalparticipation. (🧵)
OSCU's next talk: Friday November 14th 16:15-17:00 at Caroline Rediviva (Café 4.5) by Elin Kronander: 'Open data - is it worth it? Insights from the PathOS-project'
Want to learn more about the development research environment at our department? SweDev are featuring their institutional support members in a series called ”behind the research ” starting with us: swedev.dev/behind-the-r...
To start unpacking the moving boxes from our old Twitter/X account, here's a short thread of the Uppsala University Department of Government's recent research relating to #gender studies 🧵
@manchesterup.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social
The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-11
Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds.' Relational Peace Practices
“Peace should not be characterized as stagnation. Social change can be peaceful and aided by constructive conflict.” –Louis Kriesberg
wp.me/p2Insd-7wP
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
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This coming Tuesday, our professor @shirinaoberg.bsky.social, Stockholm University professor Jan Teorell and others will hold an open lecture at the Riksdag library on the theme "Constitutional Challenges in Our Time."
Time: 17.30–18.30
Address: Storkyrkobrinken 7A
www.riksdagen.se/sv/aktuellt/...
And congratulations to @karinleijon.bsky.social and Linda Moberg, for receiving SWEPSA’s prize for best article 2024, in Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift!!
"Kommunalt självstyre och rättighetslagstiftning. Om fördelningen av makt och ansvar mellan stat och kommun".
journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/v...
Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations!
swepsa.org/index.html?f...
Vi uppmanar regeringen att agera för att förhindra folkmord i Gaza!
Vi är 122 personer verksamma inom bl a krigsvetenskap; freds- och konfliktforskning; juridik; folkrätt; statsvetenskap; utvecklingsforskning och internationella relationer.
www.dagensarena.se/opinion/sver...
On October 3rd at 14:15 (CEST), professor Herbert Kitschelt gives his Skytte Prize Lecture, livestreamed in Brusewitz Hall at the Department of Government, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala.
All are welcome to attend. The lecture will be followed by a mingle.
More at: www.skytteprize.com/news/the-202...