VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre was recently interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest subscription newspaper, in a […]
We’re thrilled to announce the release of the new fatalities003 conflict prediction model – running on […]
As of October 2025, VIEWS has implemented an important update to how summary events in the […]
The latest VIEWS forecasts for state-based armed conflict are now available, covering the 36-month period from […]
Earlier this month, Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan and Paola Vesco presented the Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) […]
We’re pleased to welcome this year’s interns supporting the work of VIEWS and Societies at Risk: […]
Rome, Italy – On 1 July 2025, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) officially launched […]
On 2-5 March, several members of the VIEWS team will be in Chicago for the International […]
On December 10th, VIEWS researcher Stefan Döring presented insights on the impact of war on water […]
The PSI-PRIOGRID Workshop, “The Future of Subnational Conflict Research,” held in Oslo on January 23–24, brought […]
On December 6, VIEWS led a workshop session on the use of AI-powered conflict early-warning systems […]
On December 5, VIEWS Senior Researcher Simon Polichinel von der Maase led a session on leveraging […]
From November 6-8, 2024, VIEWS co-organized a conference in Geneva focused on enhancing the use of arms flow data for conflict early warning. Attended by over 50 experts, discussions highlighted the need for optimizing existing data for use in quantitative models, and emphasized the value of cooperation among academics, policymakers, and practitioners to jointly improve capabilities for conflict early warning and early action.
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.
Join members of the VIEWS team from October 15th to 16th at PRIO for the upcoming […]
Several members and friends of the VIEWS team participated in the symposium organised by The Center […]
The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) was awarded a Special Distinction for the Use of […]
Next week the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) 120th Annual Meeting and Exhibition is taking place […]
Senior researcher and deputy director of VIEWS Paola Vesco participated in a seminar during Arendalsuka, the […]
Director Håvard Hegre was invited by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as […]
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 […]
Dr. Paola Vesco, VIEWS Deputy Director of VIEWS and Senior Researcher at PRIO, served as an […]
Between June 25th and 28th, Visby and the Almedals Week invites anyone to participate in thousands […]
The 23rd Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference took place in Dublic from 17-19 June 2024. […]
We congratulate Marina Matic and Alexa Timlick who successfully defended their master thesis earlier this week […]
VIEWS Doctoral Researcher Chandler Williams, continues to actively explore the relationship between armed conflict and wartime […]
On the 26th of April The Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes (climes) held an inauguration […]
During the 23 to 25th of April the WaterCentre@KTH and the Royal Swedish Academy of Science […]
Join VIEWS researchers for a panel on the “Patterns of State and Non-State Violence” at the […]
Authors: Elena Raffetti, Malin Ahrne, Stefan Döring, Ana Hagström, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Gabriele Messori, Maria Rusca, and […]
The 29th of January VIEWS member Mihai Croicu presented at the 2024 workshop organised by AI […]
The VIEWS team recently convened in Uppsala for an internal workshop from November 30 to December […]
Congratulations to Chandler Williams for receiving a Fulbright Research Fellowship from the U.S. Department of State […]
During the 23-24 of November VIEWS members Thorsten Rogall and Sofia Nordenving participated in the 19th […]
Members of the VIEWS team were recently featured on an episode entitled “The Science of War […]
Operations and Outreach Manager Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan and Senior Researcher Simon Polichinel von Der Maase presenting VIEWS […]
Several members of the VIEWS Team contributed to the panel “AI on Conflict and Early Warning” […]
New episode from the Uppsala University "Researching Peace" podcast, featuring the VIEWS programmer Jim Dale.
During the international and interdiciplinary workshop Climate, Environment and Food connections at Uppsala University 19-21 September, […]
Title: “Could vote buying be socially desirable? Exploratory analyses of a ‘failed’ list experiment” Authors: Sophia […]
Title: “Predicting armed conflict using protest data” Authors: Espen Geelmuyden Rød, Håvard Hegre, and Maxine Leis […]
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 […]
Between August 31 and September 3 the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition will […]
Finalist for the Falling Walls ‘Science Breakthroughs of the Year’ award 2023 The Falling Walls Global […]
Between June 26-28 the 2023 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference was held at the University […]
This week the Blue Planet announced the laureates of the 32nd Blue Planet Prize and we […]
The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) recently released the result pack from Research and […]
During the German Data Science Days on 9-10 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented ‘Building and […]
Simon Polichinel von der Maase defended his Ph.D. successfully on 23 Mars 2023 at the Faculty […]
Several members of the VIEWS core team are traveling to the International Studies Association Annual Convention […]
On January 18 Director Håvard Hegre presented at the World Bank Africa climate thought seminar series. […]
Title: The Results of a Prediction Competition Suggest the Fog of War Can Be Partially Lifted […]
On 6-7 December, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop for the Stability and Change project […]
On 23 – 24 November, Ph.D. Candidate Maxine Leis attended the HiCN (Households in Conflict Network) annual workshop […]
Uppsala University awarded a 39.7M SEK grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) to study the effect of […]
“A newer model called ViEWS, built by researchers at Uppsala University, provides a huge boost in granularity. […]