Researching Peace - a podcast by Uppsala University
Episodes
#45 A new logic of ethnic power-sharing – with Alexandre Raffoul
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss power-sharing as a tool for ethnic conflict management with Alexandre Raffoul, who recently defended his thesis on the sub...
# 44 When do Student Movements Turn Violent? – with Anders Themner
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Associate Professor Anders Themnér from our department discusses his research into student-led violence in sub-Saharan Africa. What ...
#43 Activism and the Academe – with Akosua Adomako Ampofo
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we welcome Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo. Tapping into her experience as a Ghanaian scholar and activist, we discuss feminism, acti...
#42 Evolving Threats to Nuclear Security – with Lars van Dassen
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the most acute threats to nuclear security and how are they evolving? How does nuclear security relate to non-proliferation and disarmament? ...
#41 The Iranian Nuclear Issue – with Stephan Klement
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the Iranian nuclear issue with Ambassador Stephan Klement, who is the EU Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferatio...
#40 A Journey Connecting Mental Health and Peace – with Karen Brounéus
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Karen Brounéus, professor in peace and conflict research and clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey from grassroots work to th...
#39 The Challenge and Potential of Conflict Data – with Therese Pettersson
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode UCDP Research coordinator Therese Pettersson discusses their newly released data for the year 2024. She also walks us through how the ...
#38 AI, Peace and International Law – with Mary Ellen O’Connell
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode features the talk by Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, which she gave at ...
#37 A Challenged but Unbroken Nuclear Order – with Stephen Herzog
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After several decades of relative stability, many now question the health of the global nuclear order. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Herzog offers his ...
#36 The Joys of Data and the Utility of Visuals – with Siri Jansson
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Siri Jansson discusses the joys and challenges of creating the Alva Myrdal Centre’s new database on arms control agreements, AMC dat...
#35 Bridging Research and Policy – with Florian Krampe
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the link between science and policy with Florian Krampe, who works as Director of Studies, Peace and Development at the Sto...
#34 Democracy Under Threat – with Espen Geelmuyden Rød
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we look at current threats to democracy and ask if the internet and social media have turned against democracy? Joining us from Norw...
#33 The Civil War in Sudan – with Johan Brosché
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Johan Brosché helps us navigate the complexities and horrors of the civil war currently raging in Sudan. Johan works as associate pr...
#32 Nuclear Politics in the Middle East – with Ludovica Castelli
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ludovica Castelli is an expert on the history of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. In the latest episode of our podcast Researching Peace, Ludovica ...
#31 Predicting Electoral Violence – with David Randahl and Hanne Fjelde
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Around the world – in both mature and young democracies, elections continue to be a flashpoint for violence. Researchers at our department recently ...
#30 The Civilian Dimension of UN Operations - Conversations with Sabine Otto
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Researching Peace, we welcome Sabine Otto, who discusses her project focusing on the civilian aspects of UN peacekeeping operations...
#29 AI, Peace, and Conflict #2 – Conversations with Paola Vesco
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Researching Peace, we continue to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on peace research with Paola Vesco, a post-doctoral...
#28 AI, Peace, and Conflict #1 – Conversations with Jim Dale and Mert Can Yilmaz
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does artificial intelligence (AI) affect peace and conflict research? Meet Jim Dale and Mert Can Yilmaz, who, in this episode, will explore the ro...
#27 Water, Climate, and Conflict #3 – Conversations with Stefan Döring
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we welcome Stefan Döring, a researcher specializing in the intersection of water and conflict. Drawing from his interdisciplinary re...
#26 Water, Climate, and Conflict #2 – Conversations with Nina von Uexkull
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Associate Professor Nina von Uexkull talks about the intricate relationship between climate change and conflict. She explains how the...
#25 Water, Climate, and Conflict #1 - Conversations with Ashok Swain
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode as we delve into the intricate relationship between water, climate, and conflict. Our guest, Professor Ashok Swain, a leading ...
#24 Att lämna som statsminister och kämpa för fred
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I det här mycket spännande avsnittet av Researching Peace- Alva Myrdal centrum välkomnar vi vår tidigare statsminister Stefan Löfven, som nu är ...
#23 Bland statistik och ubåtar
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Det har blivit dags för säsongsavslutning i Researching Peace och vi avslutar på topp med universitetslektor Magnus Öberg. I det här avsnittet pr...
#22 From nuclear weapons development to disarmament
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Researching Peace, we welcome Robert Kelley, a veteran nuclear engineer at the US Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex at...
#21 Från fredsaktivist till professor
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kan forskning bidra till en fredligare värld? Det tror dagens gäst – professor Isak Svensson som redan som tonåring var fredsaktivist. I det här...
#20 Med blick mot världen
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cecilia Wikström är inte bara en av Sveriges mest seniora EU-parlamentariker – hon är också ordförande i Alva Myrdal-centrums styrelse. I det h...
#19 En kärnfysikers detektivarbete
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vem är det som kontrollerar om ett land har kärnvapen eller inte? Finns det verktyg för att ta reda på sanningen? Det har blivit dags att vässa g...
#18 Den globala kampen
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I det här avsnittet träffar vi svenska Beatrice Fihn som leder antikärnvapenrörelsen ICAN, mottagare av Nobels fredspris 2017. Men hur är det att...
#17 Vägen framåt
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hur kommer Sveriges relation till Ryssland se ut i framtiden? Vad behöver hända efter kriget för att gå framåt? Och vad kan Alva Myrdal centrum s...
#16 I stormens öga
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sedan kriget i Ukraina bröt ut har kärnvapenhotet trappats upp, bedömare menar att risken för att kärnvapen kommer att användas har ökat. I det...
#15 Om det värsta sker
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kan Sverige bygga upp en beredskap för en kärnvapenattack? Eller är enda vägen framåt att arbeta för nedrustning? I det här avsnittet möter du...
#14 Året som världen borde minnas
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
1945 fälldes två atombomber över Hiroshima och Nagasaki i Japan. Attackerna slog ut städerna och dödade över 200 000 personer. Kriget i Ukraina ...
#13 Det kraftfullaste vapnet
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
För första gången sedan kalla kriget står världen inför ett reellt kärnvapenhot. Hur hamnade vi här och vilken roll kan Alva Myrdal center spe...
#12 Peace Research in the Global South
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How is peace research perceived in different places around the world? Do the perceptions remain the same when we move from a research environment in t...
#11 Doing Field Research
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are the ethical challenges of conducting field research in conflict-affected areas? In this episode, Prakash Bhattarai -the Founder and Executive...
#10 Predicting Armed Conflicts
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to forecast when and where violence will escalate in the future? In this episode, Håvard Hegre -Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace a...
#9 Diplomacy & Peace Research
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can peace research play a role in the developments in international relations and diplomacy? How does the interaction between theory and practice ...
#8 Researching Conflicts Ethically
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How should peace researchers reflect on ethics in their studies? What are the key challenges that they are likely to face while investigating on the g...
#7 Collecting Conflict Data
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we need data on conflicts in order to understand peace? The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has been collecting systematic information on ...
#6 Resisting without Violence
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do we need to study civil resistance to better understand war and peace? Does civil resistance even work? If so, when and how? In this episode of Rese...
#5 Responding to Conflict
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Civil society initiatives for peace are valuable in conflict-affected regions. Peace research learns a lot from the good practices and paves the way f...
#4 Understanding Peace and Conflict Research
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peace research seeks to understand the causes, dynamics, and resolution of armed conflicts and organized violence. In this episode, Kjell-Åke Nordqui...
#3 Being on the Ground
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conflict-ridden areas are at the focus of peace research in academia. But how does it feel to be on the ground? In this episode, Jamie LeSueur -Head o...
#2 Bridging the Gap: Research & Policy
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a divide between research and policy? If so, how does this gap manifest itself? In this episode, Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs -Head of Research at...
#1 Evolution of Peace Research in Uppsala
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University has been working on understanding organized violence since 1971. In this episode, Pete...
Philosophy Tea - John le Carré
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Building on his background in British Intelligence John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was a global success. It has been followed by...
Philosophy Tea - Naomi Klein
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Philosophy Tea, focusing on Naomi Klein, was recorded and edited at Reginateatern, which also served as the host venue for the ev...
Philosophy Tea - Mahatma Gandhi
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Philosophy Tea we scrutinize the life, achievements and legacy of the icon of nonviolent action Mohandas K. Gandhi, better known as Mahatma ...
Philosophy Tea - John Maynard Keynes
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode discusses John Maynard Keynes’ important work of political economy, The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Critical of the harsh repa...
Philosophy Tea - Fredrika Bremer
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Philosophy Tea, focusing on Fredrika Bremer, was recorded and edited at Reginateatern, which also served as the host venue for th...
Philosophy Tea - Martha Nussbaum
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Philosophy Tea, focusing on Martha Nussbaum, was recorded and edited at Reginateatern, which also served as the host venue for th...
Philosophy Tea - Albert Camus
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Philosophy Tea we discuss Camus’ highly topical, The Plague (La Peste). Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. The Plague...
Philosophy Tea - Alva Myrdal
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Disarmament negotiator Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) was the focus in the Regina Theatre Philosophy Tea discussion on November 17, 2020 between Peter Walle...
Philosophy Tea - Margaret Atwood
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by George Orwell’s iconic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-four, Margaret Atwood set about in 1984 to write a dystopia from, as she has sai...
Philosophy Tea - Nathan Söderblom
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Söderblom and World Peace. In this episode we take up the Uppsala-based theologian, Archbishop Nathan Söderblom (1866-1931...
Philosophy Tea - John Locke
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Locke and Natural Law Our second philosophy tea discusses the groundbreaking ideas of the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) on natural law in h...
Philosophy Tea - Eleanor Roosevelt
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor Roosevelt and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) This season’s first philosophy tea discusses Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962...
Philosophy Tea - Immanuel Kant
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Perpetual Peace (1795) Immanuel Kant's Philosophical sketch for World Order. Immanuel Kant's Philosophical sketch for World Order became important...
Philosophy Tea - Arundhati Roy
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
30th October 2019 – Arundhati Roy The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017) The Tragedy of Kashmir and the Partition of India. Set in New Delhi and t...
Philosophy Tea - George Orwell
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” The Nightmarish World of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four (1949). The legacy of ...
Philosophy Tea - W.E.B. Du Bois and Pan-Africanism
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line”, The Souls of Black Folks (1903). What unites the African Union in Addis ...
Philosophy Tea - Rachel Carson
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was published in 1962 it was an instant bestseller and a resounding alarm-bell: human activities were about...
Philosophy Tea - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A misunderstood philosopher? Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was, and still is, a controversial thinker. He has been blamed ...
Philosophy Tea - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nigeria in a Globalized World - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s, Americanah (2013) This Philosophy Tea discusses the portrayal of post-colonial Nigeria i...
Philosophy Tea - Amartya Sen
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amartya Sen - Development and Freedom Amartya Sen (born 1933) is a respected economist and philosopher from India with a broad perspective on deve...
Philosophy Tea - Jonathan Swift
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Philosophy Tea, september 25th 2018 Leaving Europe Behind – Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) In our first Philosophy Tea for autumn 20...
Philosophy Tea - Bertrand Russell
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"A World Built on Rationality". In his Power: A New Social Analysis from 1938 the empirically acute philosopher and activist Bertrand Russell (1872-19...
Philosophy Tea - Karin Boye
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
”A World Without Feeling". A discussion of Karin Boye’s dystopian novel Kallocain (1940)”. This episode was recorded and edited at Reginateatern...
Philosophy Tea - William Wilberforce
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Philosophy Tea, focusing on William Wilberforce, was recorded and edited at Reginateatern, which also served as the host venue for...
Philosophy Tea - Ibn Khaldun
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
‘Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.’ Ibn Khaldun, al-Muqaddima (Prolegomena). Ibn Khaldun...
Philosophy Tea - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
American writer and activist Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1934) was the topic of the Philosophy Tea session on October 17, 2017 (produced by Paul ...
Philosophy Tea - Dag Hammarskjöld
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The episode focuses on diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), a practitioner with a philosophy as seen through his actions as Secreta...
Philosophy Tea - Bertha von Suttner
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A central person in the history of European peace movements is Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914), and she was the topic of the Philosophy Tea discussion...
Philosophy Tea - Spinoza
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Philosophy Tea at Regina Theatre. Scones, tea and interesting discussions led by Professor Peter Wallensteen and Foreign Lecturer Daniel O...
Philosophy Tea - Hannah Arendt
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Philosopher Hannah Arendt’s work on totalitarianism was the topic at the Philosophy Tea at Regina Theater (produced by Paul Kessel) on December 14,...
Philosophy Tea - Voltaire
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Philosophy Tea, focusing on Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778), was recorded and edited at Reginateatern, which also s...