Does “peace” mean the same everywhere or does the term fragment into adjectives? This piece by @spbmartel.bsky.social, Anna Jarstad, Elisabeth Olivius and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social debates if criteria like “liberal” or “sustainable” signal innovation or just conceptual chaos. doi.org/10.1093/isr/...

Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?

Abstract. What strategies can be employed to conceptualize peace? In recent years, scholars have introduced an impressive array of “peace with adjectives”

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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. doi.org/10.1093/isr/...

Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?

Abstract. What strategies can be employed to conceptualize peace? In recent years, scholars have introduced an impressive array of “peace with adjectives”

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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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Department of Government, Uppsala University@uu-polisci.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

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...

DN Debatt. ”Sveriges säkerhet kräver mer än bara totalförsvar”

DN Debatt. Detta är kriserna som hotar att lamslå landet långt innan fienden står vid gränsen, skriver sex forskare vid Centrum för naturkatastrofslära.

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This will be a big one. #ICJ #Genocide

Mark Kersten@markkersten.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The #ICJ will hear the case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya from January 12-29, the first time the ICJ considers a genocide in a decade & one that will set precedents for South Africa’s case against Israel over the war in Gaza: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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!!

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation@kawresearch.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Another 27 promising researchers will now receive five-year basic research grants from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. This funding provides researchers in the beginning of their careers with the opportunity to contribute groundbreaking new knowledge #research #science tinyurl.com/yu4svfjh

Nora Anter defending her thesis ”Meritocratic Municipalities? Promotions in Sweden’s Local Government Bureaucracy,” with Lene Holm Pedersen as opponent. urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

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...

The Quantum Panopticon: A Theory of Surveillance for the Quantum Era - Minds and Machines

The advent of quantum computing will compromise current asymmetric cryptography. Awaiting this moment, global superpowers are routinely collecting and storing encrypted data, so as to later decrypt it...

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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. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Public Channels of Access and State-Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System - Johanna Söderström, Marcus Wangel, 2023

The ability to access the state as a taxpaying citizen is important for the purposes of building trust and reciprocity, voicing grievances and disseminating kno...

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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....

‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s’? Making sense of tax non-compliance among small business owners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Taxation practices are embedded in a complex web of institutional and social factors, norms and values, some of which encourage, some of which depress tax compliance. Rather than simply constitutin...

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@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...

Behind the Research – SweDevs Institutional support members

We are excited to introduce a new series highlighting our institutional support members. The members play a central role in the growth and development of our network. The first institution to take the...

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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 🧵

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

The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-11 on Jarstad, et al, eds., Relational Peace Practices

H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds., Relational Peace Practices. Manchester University Press…

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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 issforum.org/roundtables/...

The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-11 on Jarstad, et al, eds., Relational Peace Practices

H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds., Relational Peace Practices. Manchester University Press…

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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...

Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena

Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.

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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...