Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University

📣 Exciting job opportunity! Join our team as a Communications Officer at Uppsala University! ➡Are you ready to work with skilled and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Do you want an employer committed to sustainable employment practices and offering secure, advantageous work conditions? Look no further - we're hiring a Communications Officer at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research! Application deadline: June 5th, 2024 https://lnkd.in/gPrxaeAt

📙 Join us for a seminar on the new book 'Conflict Mediation in the Arab World' with our Professor Isak Svensson and the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa. Online event: May 13th, 15-16.30 CET (16-17.30 Amman, Beirut, Cairo). 🔗Read more here: https://rb.gy/k25wyr 🔗Register here: https://rb.gy/md33yd

📰 New article by our Professor Ashok Swain: ➡ Why is climate change missing from the Indian electoral debates? ➡ Immediate concerns overshadow long-term environmental issues and poor awareness among voters means parties do not prioritise such matters. https://lnkd.in/d3euyG_a

📣 Be sure to read this week's column in Gulf News about the struggle for Palestinian rights amid US campus crackdowns. It's written by our Professor Ashok Swain. 📣 "West needs to empower and not suppress student voices across university campuses." https://lnkd.in/dNHd6J-2

➡️ We are looking for a new doctoral candidate to join our team! This position is focused on advanced research in the field of peace and conflict, with a primary emphasis on the candidate's own doctoral studies. ➡️ Interested in applying? Click the link below for more information on the role, including qualifications and application instructions. https://lnkd.in/dY7AjSWw

📰'Even older people's lives are worth protecting in war.' Our researchers Anders Themnér and Johan Brosché discuss why ageism in humanitarian efforts is a critical issue, on DN Debatt, Dagens Nyheter https://lnkd.in/dRS7CWnf

🕊️Don't miss this article on our Professor Isak Svensson, who went from peace activism to becoming the Dag Hammarskjöld Professor. 🕊️Learn about his work on mediation, nonviolent resistance, and building a more peaceful world. ➡️Read here: https://lnkd.in/dmXy9sZ6

➡️Last week the students taking the course Negotiation and Mediation in Practice had an excursion to Stockholm with Professor Isak Svensson. ➡️ They met with the mediator Birgitta Holst Alani, as well as Peter Weiderud at the Foreign Ministry and Eldrige Adolfo at FBA (Folke Bernadotteakademin).

➡ Did you know today is #EarthDay? It stems from the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. 🌏 Don't miss this column in Gulf News by our Ashok Swain: "We must emphasise the importance of environmental education for a sustainable future". https://lnkd.in/dS9Jdh8a

➡ "Senegal’s swears in new president – an inspiring success story for democracy in Africa and beyond" ➡ Article under the topic "Democracy in action" in Scroll Media by our Professor Ashok Swain https://lnkd.in/dvZeZQmN