News from the VIEWS projects
During the 23-24 of November VIEWS members Thorsten Rogall and Sofia Nordenving participated in the […]
Members of the VIEWS team were recently featured on an episode entitled “The Science of […]
Last week’s Data for Peace Conference hosted by the NYU CIC in New York was […]
Operations and Outreach Manager Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan and Senior Researcher Simon Polichinel von Der Maase presenting […]
Several members of the VIEWS Team contributed to the panel “AI on Conflict and Early […]
From 9-11 October 2023, the VIEWS Prediction Competition Workshop took place in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office.
New episode from the Uppsala University "Researching Peace" podcast, featuring the VIEWS programmer Jim Dale.
VIEWS panel at the NYU CIC Conflict Early Warning/Early Action Workshop in May 2021 on advancements in predictive model development for violence prevention, addressing the need for improved early warning systems, broad collaboration, actor layer details, and how accurate predictions can augment policy decisions and preventative strategies.
At the 2021 Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding Workshop, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre discussed the use of quantitative early-warning systems for predicting political violence, advocating for the 'continuous multi-period incidence target'.
During the international and interdiciplinary workshop Climate, Environment and Food connections at Uppsala University 19-21 […]
Title: “Could vote buying be socially desirable? Exploratory analyses of a ‘failed’ list experiment” Authors: […]
Title: “Predicting armed conflict using protest data” Authors: Espen Geelmuyden Rød, Håvard Hegre, and Maxine […]
Interested in an R package that allows you to model and draw inferences from extreme […]
We are starting off September with many new additions to the VIEWS teams in Oslo […]
New episode from the Uppsala University "Researching Peace" podcast, featuring the VIEWS researcher Stefan Döring.
Title: Spatial patterns of communal violence in sub-Saharan Africa Authors: Stefan Döring and Katariina Mustasilta Year: […]
Title: Drought exposure decreases altruism with salient group identities as key moderator Authors: Stefan Döring and […]
Stefan Döring was elected on a four-year mandate as an associated researcher with the Folke […]
Between August 31 and September 3 the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition […]
Panel on climate challenges in the Middle East, featuring VIEWS researcher Stefan Döring, held during the annual week-long conference "Almedalsveckan".
Finalist for the Falling Walls ‘Science Breakthroughs of the Year’ award 2023 The Falling Walls […]
Between June 26-28 the 2023 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference was held at the […]
As a Lead Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the deployment of our new pipeline. Collaborating closely with our team of data scientists and researchers, you will contribute to the development and implementation of the infrastructure. Additionally, you will work with, and potentially manage, external consultants during the initial phase of the project. Once the pipeline is successfully deployed, you will be responsible for the maintenance, monitoring, and deployment of new data sources and models developed by our research team.
This week the Blue Planet announced the laureates of the 32nd Blue Planet Prize and […]
As a Lead Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the deployment of our new pipeline. Collaborating closely with our team of data scientists and researchers, you will contribute to the development and implementation of the infrastructure. Additionally, you will work with, and potentially manage, external consultants during the initial phase of the project. Once the pipeline is successfully deployed, you will be responsible for the maintenance, monitoring, and deployment of new data sources and models developed by our research team.
VIEWS has been awarded USD 700 000 from the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d) to […]
The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) recently released the result pack from Research […]
We are looking for 1-2 Research Assistant(s) to join the team within Societies at Risk […]
On 26-27 April, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop titled DemIndex for the Stability and Change project. The […]
On 13-14 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented ‘Building and improving VIEWS, a political violence […]
During the German Data Science Days on 9-10 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented ‘Building […]
On 28-29 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop titled ChangeTrend for the Stability […]
Simon Polichinel von der Maase defended his Ph.D. successfully on 23 Mars 2023 at the […]
Several members of the VIEWS core team are traveling to the International Studies Association Annual […]
During the early days of March, project members and collaborators with the ANTICIPATE project gathered […]
On 22 February, the Director of VIEWS, Håvard Hegre, co-led a workshop titled “Counting the […]
The latest member of the VIEWS team, Simon Polichinel von der Maase’s research spans the […]
On January 18 Director Håvard Hegre presented at the World Bank Africa climate thought seminar […]
The Expert Group for Aid Studies have published a Development Dissertation Brief (DDB) on the […]
Title: The Results of a Prediction Competition Suggest the Fog of War Can Be Partially […]
On 6-7 December, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop for the Stability and Change […]
On 1 December 2022, VIEWS launches its newest project “ANTICIPATE: Anticipating the Impact of Armed […]
On 6-7 December VIEWS director Håvard Hegre and Prof. Nils Lid Hjort, will host an […]
On 23 – 24 November, Ph.D. Candidate Maxine Leis attended the HiCN (Households in Conflict Network) annual […]
On November 28, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented the potential of VIEWS to the Anticipatory Action in Conflict Practitioners Group, followed by the UN ESCWA office sharing their integration success.
This morning marked the launch of the synthesis report “Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating […]
The Societies at Risk project members held a workshop on October 27-28, discussing uncertainties in data, prediction, and models, and the impacts of conflict.
We are seeking to expand the team developing VIEWS with a position as senior developer […]
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Presented at the “State of the science of “political futures”: Exploring how to improve the […]
On Nov 3rd, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre discussed using conflict prediction models for anticipatory action in a webinar hosted by the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data.
From 19-20 October the “Stability and Change” project hosted a workshop titled “From Processes to […]
Join us for a webinar organised by the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data this Thursday, […]
On 13 October 2022, more than 30 representatives from a wide range of IGO agencies, […]
The Societies at Risk research project launched at Uppsala University on 20 May 2022, bringing together multidisciplinary scholars to study conflict impact on development. Stream the recording from the event.
We are thrilled to announce the release of a new prediction model: the ‘fatalities’ model! […]
Håvard Hegre has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of EUR 2.5 million for the project […]
Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research invites the public to the launch of a new six-year research project ‘Societies at Risk: the Impact of Armed Conflict on Human Development’ on May 20, 2022. The event will feature a keynote address by Andrew Harper and a panel discussion involving several notable researchers.
Publication from the ViEWS-ESCWA collaboration. Title: Understanding the potential linkages between climate change and conflict […]
Presentation of the "Societies at Risk" research project at the World Bank Fragility Forum 2022, featuring VIEWS researchers and Joaquin Salido Marcos at the UN-OHRLLS.
Save the date! On 20 May 2022, we invite you to join us for the […]
The results of the latest European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition have now […]
Report from ViEWS and the Sahel Predictive Analytics Project, in support of the United Nations […]
Uppsala University awarded a 39.7M SEK grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) to study the effect […]
“A newer model called ViEWS, built by researchers at Uppsala University, provides a huge boost in […]