My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:
📚 Reminder: Want to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue? Submit your proposal by 15 August! Details here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr... We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Want to delve into how responses to climate change impact conflict across the world? Then we have just the PhD position in political science for you at NTNU!
More information about the position here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline for applications is 1 September 2025.
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Forced displacement has almost doubled in the past decade, yet humanitarian resources remain nearly the same.
We cannot let these #GlobalTrends continue.
🔗 unhcr.org/global-trends
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New JPR issue now available! Our March issue is here with 18 regular articles and 2 special data features. Thank you also to all the reviewers who generously contributed their time and expertise to JPR over the past year! Read the issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/2
Hei Bluesky! ✌️ First post on here and I would appreciate some input! @mariannedahl.bsky.social and I are organizing a PhD course in October on mass mobilization and regime change. I've started on a list of movies (which I think) are relevant to the course. (1/5)
The 2024 Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR Article of the Year Award goes to @melinscribe.bsky.social (University of Mannheim) for her article entitled ‘Politicized health emergencies and violent resistance against healthcare responders’. Congratulations to the author! 🏆
The 2024 Best Visualization Award goes to Masanori Kikuchi (Washington University in St. Louis) for his article ‘How does war affect cultural tolerance? Evidence from concert programs, 1900-60’. Congratulations to the author!
Thanks, this is one of my favorite mantras. What’s the point of all this stress in the end if it’s not submitted… it helps with a fixed deadline :)
Haha immediate panic! Advice not taken - but thanks for the reminder!!
What’s your best advice to give to someone in the process of finalizing a PhD thesis? (I’ll take the worst ones too, but I think I’ve got them covered)
Do you want to do a PhD in peace and conflict research? Then come be my new colleague @uupeace.bsky.social and apply to our PhD programme. We offer full-time pay, collegial and supportive environment, and a vibrant intellectual community ⤵️
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The University of Michigan is hosting Peace Science this year (Nov 7-9) and applications are open for workshops and presentations! peacescience.unt.edu/forms/call-p...
I am sure this somehow helps to defeat Hamas, release the hostages and ensure Israel’s security but I am just not smart enough to understand how exactly
Les denne kronikken om hvordan sult brukes som våpen i Gaza aftenposten.no/meninger/kroni…
Looking forward to two days packed with research on conflict dynamics! Thank you so much for hosting us this year @kpaula.bsky.social!
Come join us in Trondheim! Two weeks left to apply for the postdoc position in the very cool (both people- and research-wise) LEGACIES project: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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– Høyre kunne mandag satt en ny standard for håndtering av alvorlige habilitetsbrudd i norsk politikk. Istedenfor blir det et nytt lavmål i det som må kunne kalles et politisk uår, skriver @theajohansen.bsky.social som er stipendiat ved ISS på NTNU.
The call for abstracts for the 6th Conflict & Change PhD Workshop on 11-12 March, 2024 is out! We invite early career researchers working on IR, conflict, contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to welcoming you to UCL in London! 🙂
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