I’m delighted to share with you, This blog post 👇🏻👇🏽 where I explain the gendered origins of the widespread protests in Colombia, how police violence has targeted women, but most importantly how feminist and women’s org. have actively proposed solutions to the crisis! 🧵 (1/3)

Under #Somalia’s #JCP, @UNODC_GMCP in collaboration with #Puntland MoJ and #PCC conducted rehabilitation & reintegration community acceptance forum with 25 local business persons from #Garowe attending. UNODC Eastern Africa EU Delegation Somalia Sweden in Somalia Miwa Kato

Wrapping up an excellent few days discussing civilian protection at #EWIS2022 hosted by EISA in Thessaloniki. Great papers all, including David Curran Kseniya Oksamytna @felicityegray Jenniina Kotajoki Charlie Hunt @WarAndCoffee Mariana Llorens Zabala

We just concluded the first #EuroSWAMOS Hertie School with European Initiative for Security Studies🎊. It was an intense week of great presentations & discussions with a brilliant group of students. Looking forward to EuroSWAMOS 2023. Kudos to @mephenke Mauro Gilli Hugo Meijer for making it possible

Eilinen YK-päivä herätti onnittelujen ohella kommentointia YKn tarpeellisuudesta. On koettu turhauttavaksi, että Venäjä toistuvasti blokkaa turvallisuusneuvoston Ukraina-kysymyksessä. Turhautuminen on ymmärrettävää, joskin YK:n arvostelussa kannattaa tarkistaa kritiikin kohde.1/9

The Rising Scholars workshop at #PSSI2022 was a great success! We hope to make this a regular occurrence.

Was great to get the opportunity to present our work at my first Peace Science. Thank you Peace Science Society (International)!

What an encouraging and stimulating workshop, thank you all! Special thanks to Anna-Lena Hönig (@annalenahoenig.bsky.social), Christoph Dworschak and Evgenija Kröker for making it happen and taking such a good care of us 🙏🏼

How does civilian protest shape civil war dynamics? @sebvanbaalen derives a new typology of wartime civilian protest and cautions that civilian protests may not only be a force for de-escalation and peace in this #APSRFirstView. #APSR UppsalaPeaceConflict cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Can protest data make conflict early warning systems more accurate? New article together with Espen Geelmuyden Rød and Håvard Hegre out.

Svenska skattepengar till Janjaweed. Så sorgligt. Så ovärdigt. sverigesradio.se/artikel/svensk…

I wrote about the decision by the Finnish Government to stop funding UNRWA. It’s in conflict with Finland's foreign policy, shows indifference to the functioning of humanitarian aid and increases the suffering of civilians. If you know any Finnish, give it a read!

Never before have there been so many armed conflicts around the globe. New data from UCDP at UppsalaPeaceConflict out today - a record-high number of 59 state-based armed conflicts recorded in 2023. shorturl.at/JR0Cm

.@hansrosling is right. And we are wrong. Best argument for newsroom change - and more #constructivenews. #dkmedier facebook.com/video.php?v=10…