Several members of the VIEWS core team are traveling to the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Montréal. Please join us for interesting discussions!

WC49: Wednesday 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Rebel and Opposition Politics
Forecasting armed conflict escalation at rebel group level from large bodies of natural language text – Mihai Croicu 
TD64: Thursday 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Methodological Advances in Conflict Research
A fast multiple stochastic spatial reassignment procedure for imprecise armed conflict events – Mihai Croicu

Going with the flow: On predicting conflict‐induced migration dynamics – Maxine Leis

States of conflict: Using Markov models to predict monthly fatalities from armed conflict – David Randahl 
FC43: Friday 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM
New Insights on Climate Change and (In)Security
Predicting the impact of armed conflict on vulnerability: a Machine Learning approach – Paola Vesco &
Mariagrazia D’Angeli (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
WA43: Wednesday 8:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Bodies as Battleground: Gender, Images and International Politics
Gender, Photojournalism and the Iraq War: Are Women a Sign of Conflict? – Simon Polichinel von der Maase & Lene Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
FB59: Friday 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Challenges of conflict resolution and post-conflict instability
War by other Means: The Impact of Armed Conflict on Water and Health Infrastructure – Stefan Döring 
WD14: Wednesday 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Understanding the Effects of Exposure to Violence
Cooperation, Scarcity and War: Explaining altruism among refugees affected by drought – Stefan Döring