Varieties of Peace Visiting Researcher program is now up and running. Five researchers have been selected to join our team in the first application round. Arvid Lundberg and Jason Klocek as Visiting Researchers; Daniela Lai and Velomahanina Razakamaharavo as Junior Researchers; and Lars Waldorf as a Senior Visiting Researcher. More information about Varieties of Peace Visiting Researchers will be available in the Visiting Researcher section of the website shortly.

We are looking for a candidate who has in-depth knowledge of conflicts and peace processes in Sri Lanka. The employment is part-time and for a time period of 8 months. Work assignments primarily include data collection in Sri Lanka. Please see the job ad for details https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:247131/

Varieties of Peace Workshop, May 7-8 in Uppsala, organized by Malin Åkebo, Johanna Södertröm and Anna Jarstad. Please submit your abstracts (200 words) no later than 31st of January, to johanna.soderstrom@umu.se More information about the workshop can be found here.

Prof. Anna Jarstad presented the program at the Department of Political Science Research Day on the 10th of January. The presentation also included planning for 2019 and introduction of the new members of the team, one postdoc and five guest researchers that will join later this year.