Uppsala University (@uu.se) is hiring:
2 PhD Candidates in Peace and Conflict Research (DIViNE)

#phd #peace #conflictresearch

🏅 The 2026 CRS Medal for Outstanding Contribution goes to Judith Large (Univ. of Kent) — three decades of bridging research and practice across conflict settings worldwide, and a driving force in shaping the CRS into the Society it is.

Congratulations Judith! 💙 #ConflictResearch #CRSMedal

#CRS2026 in Glasgow is behind us. Thank you to everyone who came — panels, workshops, plenary, conference dinner and all.

What did you take away? A paper that stuck, a conversation that opened something new? We'd love to hear. 💙

#ConflictResearch #Glasgow

CRS member Mark Schroeder (USC) has a new book out 27 Oct from Princeton UP: When Things Get Personal: A Philosophical Guide to Conflict.

How misreading people drives conflict — at every scale. A good one for the post-conference reading pile.

#ConflictResearch #Philosophy #CRS

Two OA articles from CRS members:

🔹 Flora McCrone on elite politics & violence in post-devolution Kenya (JMAS)
🔹 Clara Voyvodic on roadblock governance in Colombia (Journal of Political Power)

Both free to read. Both excellent. #ConflictResearch #OpenAccess #CRS

CRS members Andrew Thomson & Dominic Bryan (QUB) have published the first Northern Ireland Peace Index. Violence down sharply. Structural foundations of peace? Barely moving.

nipi.economicsandpeace.org

#Peacebuilding #NorthernIreland #ConflictResearch #CRS

New in Journal of Peace Research from CRS member Imrana Buba (Oslo): civilian compliance and victimization in the Boko Haram insurgency. Fieldwork in NE Nigeria. Rigorous and important.

buff.ly/HBSfiXu

#ConflictResearch #CivilWar #Nigeria #CRS

Two new pieces from CRS member Dr Ezenwa Olumba (Aston):

→ Why some veterans never really come home (Psychology Today)
→ A new model of immobility in migration contexts (Journal of Intercultural Studies, OA)

Compelling work on cognitive immobility. #ConflictResearch #CRS

Deadline THIS Sunday 13 Sept — ECPR Political Violence online seminar series 2026-27 is seeking presentations.

Send a 1-page proposal to [email protected]

Civil war, terrorism, rebellion, riots, civilian responses — all welcome. #ConflictResearch #ECPR #CRS

The CRS Annual Conference 2026 is THIS WEEK! 🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁯

8-10 September, Glasgow. Workshops, keynote by Prof. Stathis Kalyvas, Book of the Year Prize, and conference dinner at Glasgow City Chambers.

See you there! #CRS2026 #ConflictResearch #Glasgow