News & Events
The latest updates from the VIEWS consortium
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Posted on 27 Feb 2026
Featured Member of Climate AI Nordics in February: Paola Vesco
PRIO Senior Researcher Paola Vesco has been highlighted as Climate AI Nordics’ Featured Member for February 2026, recognizing her work at the intersection of armed conflict, climate extremes, and societal vulnerability. In the feature, she discusses her most recent work and broader interest in data-driven approaches for understanding the dynamic links between conflict, governance, and…
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Posted on 26 Feb 2026
Gaza Mortality Study Gains Wide International Media Coverage
A new peer-reviewed mortality study on Gaza co-authored by VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre has rapidly gained global attention, being picked up by more than 70 news articles in the days following publication. Major international media have highlighted the findings, including The Guardian (front page coverage), The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Reuters, LBC, Middle East…
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Posted on 26 Feb 2026
VIEWS Director Interviewed by NRK on New Gaza Mortality Study
VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre was recently interviewed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) about his latest research on mortality in Gaza, just published online-first in The Lancet Global Health. The peer-reviewed study, co-authored with six other scholars, estimates that more than 75,000 Palestinians were killed by violence in the first 16 months of the war…
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Posted on 26 Feb 2026
New Data Release: Forecasts for Feb 2026–Jan 2029
The VIEWS forecasts for state-based armed conflict from January 2026 to December 2028 are now available. The dataset includes country-month forecasts and geo-referenced predictions for Africa and the Middle East, detailing expected direct deaths and probabilities.
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Posted on 30 Jan 2026
New Data Release: Forecasts for Jan 2026 – Dec 2028
The VIEWS forecasts for state-based armed conflict from January 2026 to December 2028 are now available. The dataset includes country-month forecasts and geo-referenced predictions for Africa and the Middle East, detailing expected direct deaths and probabilities.
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Posted on 30 Jan 2026
Maxine Leis Successfully Defends Dissertation on Conflict-Related Mobility
The VIEWS team congratulates Maxine Leis on her successful PhD dissertation defense, “Signals of Violence, Patterns of Flight,” which analyzes how violence influences population movement. The research, part of the Mistra Geopolitics Research School and VIEWS, aims to enhance predictions of conflict-related displacement.
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Posted on 31 Dec 2025
New Data Release: Forecasts for Dec 2025 – Nov 2028
The latest VIEWS forecasts for state-based armed conflict are now available, covering the 36-month period from December 2025 through November 2028. The dataset includes global forecasts at the country-month level, along with geo-referenced forecasts at 0.5° spatial resolution for Africa and the Middle East. It captures the following indicators for state-based armed conflict: 📥 Download…
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Posted on 12 Dec 2025
New Forecasts of the Deadliest Conflict Zones in 2026
Press release – original posted by PRIO Ukraine, Palestine/Israel, Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria are projected to see the highest battle-related death tolls in 2026, according to a world-leading AI-driven conflict forecasting system. The Violence and Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) is an award-winning conflict prediction model developed by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Uppsala University, that…
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Posted on 12 Dec 2025
Vacancies: Junior Data Developer and Senior or Postdoctoral Researcher
We are pleased to announce two new positions, with a deadline of 15 January 2026, to join Research Professor Håvard Hegre and the VIEWS team at PRIO: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 We’re looking for a candidate with a great interest in data-driven social science, and experience in design and maintenance of databases and machine learning, to join the project…
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Posted on 4 Dec 2025
VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre Featured in Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat
VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre was recently interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest subscription newspaper, in a feature exploring how artificial intelligence is used to predict and steer the course of violent conflicts — including the ongoing war in Ukraine. The article highlights VIEWS’ recent forecasts, which show both a projected decline in conflict-related fatalities in…
