🏅Deadline coming up to nominate papers for the Demscore Best Paper Award!
Submit your nominations by April 14, more information at shorturl.at/iosB9
The award honors an early career scholar with the highest quality paper, using data from at least two of Demscore's modules.

The exhibit hall is now open! If you are at ISA San Francisco, come say hi to us and chat about conflict data. We also offer Swedish chocolates, licorice, and Swedish fika. #ISA2024 ISA

Demscore v3.0 is out! Download your own customized dataset at: demscore.se/data/

🌐 Join our team in Fall 2024!

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📅 Duration: 20 weeks, 2 Sept 2024 – 17 Jan 2025
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Är det värre krig än någonsin? Eller hur ser trenderna ut vad gäller krig och fred i världen? Therese Pettersson vid Uppsala universitet jobbar med att räkna döda i krig och konflikter och har mycket att berätta om Gaza och Ukraina. Lyssna här: kvartal.se/artiklar/rekor…

Coming soon! V-Dem Institute, QoG-Data, UCDP, Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS), COMPLAB, REPDEM, and H-DATA.

The recently launched topic page on war and peace Our World in Data offers an invaluable resource for delving into the patterns and trends of armed conflict. It utilizes various datasets, including UCDP, providing a comprehensive understanding of this complex subject.

⌛️Deadline tomorrow March 15! Submit your Paper Abstract or Panel Proposal to the Demscore Conference 2024 and join us in Gothenburg in June.
More information: demscore.se/events/demscor…

Idag är det #källkritikensdag i Sverige. En ny rapport från Internetstiftelsen visar att många svenskar tycker att det är svårt att avgöra vad som är sant och falskt när det gäller just krig. Tips på objektiv information om världens konflikter: ucdp.uu.se

This overview of recent global conflict and violence developments makes for a grim and sobering read. While Russia's war against Ukraine understandably holds our top priority in Sweden, it is crucial not to lose sight of broader global trends. @ucdp's data features prominently.

I just reread the comprehensive report of 'The Lancet Commission on peaceful societies through health equity and gender equality.' It refers to many works by colleagues UppsalaPeaceConflict and UCDP - and uses my definition of quality peace! Check it out! The Lancet
thelancet.com/journals/lance…

One month left! Submit your Paper Abstract or Panel/Workshop Proposal by March 15.

For more information, please visit: bit.ly/3RXjq8V

New data update by Demscore partner QoG-Data!

📢 We are excited to share that the PA-X Tracker is... live!

What happens after a #peaceagreement is signed? With our new digital tool, users can monitor and track how peace processes are implemented and unfold.

#PioneeringPeaceAnalytics peacerep.org/2024/02/08/pea…

Medverkade idag på seminarium Försvarshögskolan om det civila försvaret. Jag presenterade ”Rysslands krig mot Ukraina - möjliga utfall och konsekvenser”, video från ca 1:28:00 - 1:51:00. Försökte dra 3500 års historia och framtiden på 20 min.
UppsalaPeaceConflict UCDP
youtube.com/live/lWIPX5tZb…

My second #MapPromptMonday !

This week's theme is hexagons, which was a fun opportunity to do some more exploring with #Mapbox GL JS. Visualizing UCDP from Afghanistan and Tajikistan over time. Link here: bit.ly/3vES2VB

Call for Papers and Panels! Submit your abstracts by March 15, 2024. We welcome Research Papers and Panel/Workshop Proposals. For more information on how to apply, please visit: bit.ly/3RXjq8V

The number of conflicts in the world increased in 2022 and the negative trend seems to have continued in 2023, according to Therese Pettersson, Research Coordinator and Project Manager at the Uppsala Conflict Data Program UCDP uu.se/en/news/archiv… UppsalaPeaceConflict

The 20th issue of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) Newsletter has been released, presenting trends in organized violence in November 2023.
👉t.ly/B0VSS

Sign up for monthly updates from the UCDP here: doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt…