Our working group focusing on data on nuclear rivalries, negotiations, and agreements is headed by Associate Professor Magnus Öberg. The group has created the database AMC Data, which offers a comprehensive overview of arms-control agreements. Read more👉 uu.se/en/centre/alva…

We are now receiving applications for one fully funded #PhDposition in peace and conflict research, with a focus on political violence in democratic countries. Read more. 👉 uu.se/en/about-uu/jo… Also see our general PhD position.👉 uu.se/en/about-uu/jo… #Democracy

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In their new paper, Schumann and Bara connect different forms of war-related UCDP violence and specific civil wars. A valuable read for anyone looking to understand how various forms of violence intersect and impact conflict dynamics. doi.org/10.1177/205316…

Our working group leader Thomas Jonter represented AMC at the workshop Advancing Disarmament in a New Age of Insecurity, where scientists, scholars and representatives from civil society convened in Vancouver to create a global network for promoting #education on #disarmament.

Our director Lisa Hultman discusses her new role and our upcoming AMC Conference in a recent interview. 👇 uu.se/en/news/2025/2…

New data from UCDP shows the highest number of active conflicts ever recorded, press release found here: eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

Hans Kristensen presented an urgent call to action: When it has again become easy to argue for nuclear weapons build-up, it is intensely important to present well-researched and poignant arguments for non-proliferation and disarmament in the public debate. #AlvaMyrdal2025

What does the latest data say about global conflict trends? UCDP’s Therese Pettersson joined the launch of the PRIO Conflict Trends Report, sharing UCDP’s latest findings. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/kJjY8xRXK_k 📷: Kia Michaelsen

💡This morning’s panel on AI in nuclear arms control and strategic stability offered ample food for thought and inspiration for further research in this emerging field! Read more about the panel in our conference programme: uu.se/en/centre/alva… #AlvaMyrdal2025 #AI

The AMC Conference culminated in an inspiring keynote by Izumi Nakamitsu , Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. (ODA ) We thank everyone who participated in the AMC conference, both in person and online!

Since 2010, the number of conflicts involving states has almost doubled, and the total number of deaths has increased five-fold. Read more about the new UCDP data in this Journal of Peace Research open access article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Last week,ONN joined the @AlvaMyrdalCNTR Conference in Uppsala to share new research on best practices to counter RN disinfo (Valeriia Hesse), gendered dimensions of RN disinfo (Elin Bergner) & remote-sensing for nuclear verification (Jaewoo Shin). Read: opennuclear.org/open-nuclear-n…

The war in Gaza features one of the highest civilian-to-combatant death ratios of any modern conflict. UCDP:s Mert Can Yilmaz elaborates on this in Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish) dn.se/varlden/svensk…

Want to know more about conflict deaths across the world? Our World in Data has now updated their visuals with the latest data from UCDP. ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace

Trending in #InternationalRelations: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Organized violence & civilian victims (@jpr_journal) 2) Green industrial policy (@npejournal) 3) Limits to derisked decarbonization (@ripejournal) 4) Fortress AUKUS (@ip_palgrave) 5) Third World & decolonisation

A report by researchers Johan Brosche, Sebastian Raattamaa and Kate Lonergan shows that peace agreements are more likely to fail when they prioritize the actors involved over the issues driving the conflict. Read the Expert Group For Aid Studies report.👉 eba.se/en/current/wha…

A new article by UCDP's Magnus Öberg and Mert Can Yilmaz in Research & Politics reveals that differences between major conflict datasets aren't driven by sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds as previously claimed. (1/3) Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/205316…

Some key findings: - Most differences stem from how projects handle ambiguity & uncertainty in poor information environments. - Auxiliary coding rules (e.g., counting "people killed" as 2 vs 10 fatalities) explain 90%+ of differences in some cases. (2/3)

- Source evaluation standards matter more than sourcing strategies. - Stable definitions are essential for reliable measurement, not a flaw. (3/3)