We’re pleased to welcome this year’s interns supporting the work of VIEWS and Societies at Risk: […]
We are pleased to announce that VIEWS’ conflict forecasts are now available on the Humanitarian Data […]
Uppsala, Sweden – On 21 March, Mihai Croicu successfully defended his PhD dissertation, “Forecasting Battles: New […]
In 2023, VIEWS initiated a conflict prediction challenge to enhance early-warning systems by shifting focus from point estimates to probability distributions of fatalities in armed conflicts. The challenge's results, available through a live dashboard, aim to improve decision-making for conflict prevention and response among policymakers.
We are thrilled to welcome a new Machine Learning Developer to VIEWS: Sonja Hæffner! Sonja has […]
Huge congratulations to our very own Mihai Croicu, who nailed his dissertation to the kitchen wall […]
On 22 November, Gudlaug Olafsdottir defended her dissertation titled Precarious Paths to Democracy: Electoral Violence and the Struggle for Democratization at Uppsala University, exploring the link between electoral violence and democratization. Previously, she worked as a Research Assistant with the VIEWS team, continuing collaboration during her doctoral studies. Congratulations, Gulla!
The Canadian DND/CAF launches the Fast Forward challenge, inviting innovators to use public data and machine learning to forecast fatalities in future armed conflicts. Ten teams may receive $25,000 each for model development, with top three teams winning up to $150,000. Applications are due by December 2, 2024.
The research by VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre and former VIEWS researcher Espen Geelmuyden Rød has been recognized in the scientific background document for the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. Their study on democracy determinants is published in Public Choice and is available through Open Access.
We are thrilled to welcome four new members of staff this fall; three based at Uppsala […]
Alexa Timlick, Research Assistant with VIEWS and at PRIO, received the 2024 Mats Hammarström Prize for […]
Alexa Timlick, Research Assistant with VIEWS and at PRIO, received the 2024 DEMSCORE Prize for an […]
The final submissions to the VIEWS Prediction Challenge 2023/2024 have trickled in and we are thrilled […]
From 9-11 October 2023, the VIEWS Prediction Competition Workshop took place in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office.
We are starting off September with many new additions to the VIEWS teams in Oslo and […]
Stefan Döring was elected on a four-year mandate as an associated researcher with the Folke Bernadotte […]
Finalist for the Falling Walls ‘Science Breakthroughs of the Year’ award 2023 The Falling Walls Global […]
This week the Blue Planet announced the laureates of the 32nd Blue Planet Prize and we […]
VIEWS has been awarded USD 700 000 from the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d) to study […]
On 1 December 2022, VIEWS launches its newest project “ANTICIPATE: Anticipating the Impact of Armed Conflict […]
Håvard Hegre has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of EUR 2.5 million for the project ANTICIPATE […]
The results of the latest European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition have now been […]
Uppsala University awarded a 39.7M SEK grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) to study the effect of […]