Working paper documenting the prediction model submitted to the 2023/2024 VIEWS Prediction Challenge. Authors: Julian Walterskirchen, […]
Working paper documenting the prediction model submitted to the 2023/2024 VIEWS Prediction Challenge. Authors: Cornelius Fritz, […]
Working paper documenting the prediction model submitted to the 2023/2024 VIEWS Prediction Challenge. Author: Patrick T. […]
Working paper documenting the prediction model submitted to the 2023/2024 VIEWS Prediction Challenge. Authors: Daniel Mittermaier, […]
The 23rd Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference took place in Dublic from 17-19 June 2024. […]
Several team members attended the DEMSCORE conference in Gothenburg between 13-14 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 […]
Last week, members of the VIEWS team attended the EconAI workshop in Barcelona, engaging in discussions on AI-based forecasting for conflict and natural disasters in the humanitarian sector. Key findings include growing interest in predictive analytics, challenges in integrating conflict forecasts, and the need for clear ethical guidelines and open dialogue to ensure the responsible use of AI prediction models.
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 […]
Our team member Sara Kallis recently represented VIEWS at the Africa Transition Index Methodology Workshop. The […]
VIEWS is seeking skilled and motivated candidates to fill 1-2 positions of Junior Machine Learning Developer […]
Join VIEWS-researcher Simon Polichinel von der Maase for a roundtable on the power of collaboration between […]
Listen to VIEWS-researcher David Randahl at the ISA panel on “Restraining Violence” on Saturday April 6th […]
Listen to VIEWS-researcher Mihai Croicu at the “Measurement & Forecasting Innovations in the Study of Conflict” […]
Listen to VIEWS-researchers Ashok Swain and Stefan Döring at the “Revisiting Conflict and Cooperation in International […]
Listen to VIEWS-affiliated researcher Nina von Uexkull speak at the “Conflict and Environmental Disasters” panel on […]
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 […]
What is the relationship between water management, sustainable development, and peacebuilding? Find out more in this […]
Come work with VIEWS as Postdoctoral Researcher on armed conflict and climate change impacts at University […]
Team members Sara Kallis, Simon Polichinel von der Maase, and Garrett Benz presented ongoing and future work at the Inaugural Conference of the Atrocity Prevention Lab at Harvard. The conference focused on using spatial methods to prevent atrocities, with presentations and workshops exploring the application of geographic information systems (GIS) for conflict prevention. Recordings are available.
The 29th of January VIEWS member Mihai Croicu presented at the 2024 workshop organised by AI […]
Webinar about the Violence & Impacts Early Warning System (VIEWS) and how it can be leveraged to support policy-makers and practitioners in their work across the triple nexus of peace, development, and humanitarian assistance.
Launch of Known Issues record to track bugs in model code and other issues with relevance when using prediction data across the triple nexus.
VIEWS Senior Researcher Paola Vesco connects the dots between AI, Peace and Conflict in the latest episode from the "Research Peace" podcast, delving deeper into the intersection of climate variability, food production, and conflict risk.
The Uncertainty in Forecasting Fatalities in Armed Conflict (UFFAC) research project held a “research kitchen” workshop […]
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 […]
Last week’s Data for Peace Conference hosted by the NYU CIC in New York was filled […]
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” […]
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 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 […]
Interested in an R package that allows you to model and draw inferences from extreme value […]
We are starting off September with many new additions to the VIEWS teams in Oslo and […]
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: 2023 […]
Title: Drought exposure decreases altruism with salient group identities as key moderator Authors: Stefan Döring and Jonathan […]
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 […]
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 Global […]
Between June 26-28 the 2023 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference was held at the University […]
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 we […]
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 study […]
The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) recently released the result pack from Research and […]
We are looking for 1-2 Research Assistant(s) to join the team within Societies at Risk at […]
On 26-27 April, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop titled DemIndex for the Stability and Change project. The workshop […]
On 13-14 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented ‘Building and improving VIEWS, a political violence early-warning […]
During the German Data Science Days on 9-10 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre presented ‘Building and […]
On 28-29 March, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop titled ChangeTrend for the Stability 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 […]
During the early days of March, project members and collaborators with the ANTICIPATE project gathered at […]
On 22 February, the Director of VIEWS, Håvard Hegre, co-led a workshop titled “Counting the Uncounted” […]
The latest member of the VIEWS team, Simon Polichinel von der Maase’s research spans the field […]
On January 18 Director Håvard Hegre presented at the World Bank Africa climate thought seminar series. […]
The Expert Group for Aid Studies have published a Development Dissertation Brief (DDB) on the role […]
Title: The Results of a Prediction Competition Suggest the Fog of War Can Be Partially Lifted […]
Title: The ‘conflict trap’ reduces economic growth in the shared socioeconomic pathways Authors: Petrova, Kristina; Gudlaug […]
On 6-7 December, VIEWS Director Håvard Hegre co-led a workshop for the Stability and Change project […]
On 1 December 2022, VIEWS launches its newest project “ANTICIPATE: Anticipating the Impact of Armed Conflict […]
On 6-7 December VIEWS director Håvard Hegre and Prof. Nils Lid Hjort, will host an invitation-only […]
On 23 – 24 November, Ph.D. Candidate Maxine Leis attended the HiCN (Households in Conflict Network) annual workshop […]
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 Vulnerability […]
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.
The special issue from our 2020 prediction competition is now available as International Interactions Volume 48, […]
We are seeking to expand the team developing VIEWS with a position as senior developer at […]
Dataset: fatalities001_2022_09_t01 Content: Learn more and access the data via the VIEWS API | Codebook
Presented at the “State of the science of “political futures”: Exploring how to improve the representation […]
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 Models” […]
Join us for a webinar organised by the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data this Thursday, November […]
On 13 October 2022, more than 30 representatives from a wide range of IGO agencies, NGOs, […]
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! The […]
Håvard Hegre has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of EUR 2.5 million for the project ANTICIPATE […]
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.
The article from the prediction competition we hosted in the fall of 2020 is now available. The […]
Publication from the ViEWS-ESCWA collaboration. Title: Understanding the potential linkages between climate change and conflict in […]
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 launch […]
The results of the latest European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant competition have now been […]
Report from ViEWS and the Sahel Predictive Analytics Project, in support of the United Nations Integrated […]
Uppsala University awarded a 39.7M SEK grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) to study the effect of […]
ViEWS generates high-risk alerts for countries with a recent history of fatal political violence. By October […]
ViEWS generates high-risk alerts for countries with a recent history of fatal political violence. By August […]
With the conflict threshold increased from at least 1 to a minimum of 25 fatalities, forecasted […]