Professor in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University @UU_peace.
Uppsala, Sverige
Joined November 2011
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The special issue on electoral violence Sarah Birch, @uedaxecker & I co-edited is out at
@JPR_journal, here’s a thread on each article:
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In contexts of insecurity and mistrust in the police, why do local residents still choose to collaborate with the police, and what is the role of community policing? I study these questions in urban Kenya with @mutahiwahome &
@emmaelfversson academic.oup.com/afraf/advan…
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Kenyan is witnessing widespread protests against increasing cost of living and unpopular tax increases. Police has responded with force, and @TC_Africa has put together an overview of recent research that helps understand this confrontational approach theconversation.com/kenyan-p…
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📌Job alert 📌
4-year PhD position, party of my SNF project UN-POPULAR: Citizens’ Opposition to Peace Missions @HSGStGallen.
- Peacebuilding and social media
- Causal inference and computational social science
- Starting 1 Sep (or later)
Apply here: tinyurl.com/5udpmr89
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Come join us in Uppsala @UU_Peace! We are seeking to fill one PhD position in peace and conflict research: jobb.uu.se/details/?position… Welcome with your application before 11 June.
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This year’s Nils Petter Gleditsch @JPR_journal Article of the Year has been awarded to @jaklocek, Hyun Jeong Ha & @nathanaeldotid for their article entitled “Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings.”🏅
prio.org/news/3501
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And the @JPR_journal Best Visualization Award goes to @o_garcia_ponce (George Washington University), @laurenyoung231 (UC Davis) & @zeitzoff (American University) for their research article titled ‘Anger and support for retribution in Mexico’s drug war'🥇
prio.org/news/3502
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A new survey report by explores the living conditions, conflict dynamics, and local security structures in two of Nairobi’s slums, Kawangware and Korogocho.
By @mutahiwahome @emmaelfversson @krishogl @UU_Peace @UU_PoliSci @CHRIPSKE
Full report 👉bit.ly/3UHBy9B
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➡️Come join us at @AlvamyrdalCNTR !
Apply here: jobb.uu.se/details/?position…
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New Data Alert! 1) Ever wondered what rebel groups are fighting for? We (@raffeman and @johanbrosche) have about 15,000 answers to that question. Today the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset (UCDP CID) was launched through an article in Journal of Conflict Resolution.
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Me and @krishogl are in Nairobi, discussing initial results from a survey and had a chance to get a pic with the implementing team spearheaded by @mutahiwahome and Benard Okasi! The survey covers two low-income areas and highlights the security challenges of residents
Why does Kenya want to lead a police mission in Haiti and what are the prospects of success? Based on our research on police in Kenya, here is the analysis I make with @mutahiwahome & @emmaelfversson at the @Urban_Violence
urbanviolence.org/why-kenya-…
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Attention all PhD students in Sweden researching #peace! 🇸🇪
📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - PRIS PhD Conference
🗓️29 Nov – 01 Dec, 2023
📍 Lund, @pol_LU
⏰Deadline for abstracts: September 29, 2023.
➡️ For more details, access the link below: peaceresearch.se/conferences…
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🌍This week, @krishogl & @emmaelfversson hosted esteemed visitors from @KenyattaUni: Dr. Hannah Muthoni (@hannahm65985612) & Dr. Joseph Karanja (@JoeKim51460650).
🌍Their valuable input enriched the #NorDev2023 conference here in Uppsala. Thank you for joining us!
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How does an urban versus rural environment shape citizens’ trust in the police? I probe this question with @emmaelfversson & @HaThaoNguyen in an article recently out OA 1/5 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
We further probe some explanations for the urban-rural divide with qualitative data collected in Kenya last year together with @mutahiwahome (thank you!) More to come based on this data collection. 4/5
Thanks to Anders Sjögren, Kristine Eck, @Dessnilsson and many other colleagues at @UU_Peace and beyond for excellent comments on earlier versions of the paper. 5/5
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What factors can help civil society remain strong and critical in autocratising contexts? My colleague Anders Sjögren studies this important question by comparing developments in Uganda and Kenya. Open access 👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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🌿As part of our #EnvironmentalWork we are developing the quality of work during long-distance train rides through a concept we call #BrainTrain.
🌿This week Magnus Öberg, @Dessnilsson Isak Svensson & @krishogl are practicing this concept on a train between Copenhagen & Hamburg.
