Events

Oslo, Norway – The VIEWS team convened at PRIO from 19–21 November for a hands-on workshop to finalize the new production model pipeline, which was successfully launched last week. The workshop also provided an opportunity to plan for future model development and broader project initiatives. Over the course of three days, the team tackled in-depth…

Vancouver, Canada – Post-Doctoral Researcher David Randahl (Uppsala University) presented recent work at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) held in Vancouver, Canada, from September 11–14. Randahl presented the paper “Forecasting Regime Breakdowns”, co-authored with Vilde Lunnan Djuve and Carl-Henrik Knutsen from the Department of Political Science at the University…

Geneva, Switzerland – VIEWS’ Simon Polichinel von der Maase and Alexa Timlick took center stage at the UNIDIR Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2025, presenting “A.C.T.S. Now: Why MLOps Must Govern AI in Critical Systems and High-Stakes Domains.” Their talk emphasized the urgent need for robust AI governance in security-sensitive applications. Polichinel von…

Chicago, USA – From March 2-5, VIEWS participated in the International Studies Association’s (ISA) Annual Convention 2025 in Chicago. At our exhibition booth, we engaged with researchers and practitioners, sharing insights into our work and the tools we offer for forecasting armed conflict. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to connect with…

Washington, D.C., USA – Paola Vesco, Deputy Director of VIEWS, presented at the Humanitarian Frontiers convening on March 5-6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Hosted by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Humanitarian Health, the event gathered experts to explore how data-driven insights can enhance crisis preparedness and response at the intersection of climate, health, conflict, and displacement. As part of…

Dr. Paola Vesco delivered a keynote at the IAERE 2025 conference, emphasizing the connection between climate variability and armed conflict. She advocated for predictive modeling to mitigate humanitarian crises, citing recent events like the Libya floods. The conference highlighted the necessity for interdisciplinary approaches to tackle climate-related challenges in economic contexts.

Doctoral Researcher Chandler Williams recently presented his ongoing work to the Kosovar Government at the international academic conference of the Institute for Crimes Committed During the Kosovo War. The conference, entitled “The Scale, Legacy, Documentation and Adjudication of Crimes Committed in Kosovo”, took place on February 18 in Prishtina, Kosovo. Chandler’s research highlights the risks…

On February 25, VIEWS hosted a virtual Brownbag seminar featuring a presentation on the working paper “Rapid Machine Learnt Climate Emulators Enabling Broader Risk Assessments.” The paper explores the role of machine learning in enhancing climate risk assessments and was presented by Dr. Vassili Kitsios. The research underscores the urgent need to assess climate risk…

On January 28, VIEWS hosted a virtual Brownbag seminar featuring a presentation on the working paper “Civilian Conflict and the Nutritional Status of Children: A Bayesian Analysis of Survey Data from Affected Populations in Africa.” The paper, authored by Thomas Jideofor Ogbu, Rebecca Louise Jones, and Debarati Guha-Sapir, examines the complex relationship between armed conflict…

On January 22, VIEWS researcher Paola Vesco and PRIO researcher Ida Rudolfsen presented their co-authored paper, “Conflict Worsens the Impact of Flood on Food Insecurity: Evidence from the Nargis Cyclone in Myanmar,” as part of PRIO’s Conflict Patterns Brownbag series. The paper, co-written with VIEWS researcher Thorsten Rogall, explores the compounding effects of conflict and…