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Hello, there Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. An initial version of the analytical tool called ViEWS (a political Violence Early-Warning System) was unveiled in June. What is it?

Human diversity abounds in language, culture and biology. An understanding of this diversity is central to a lot of research, but it is important to address the ethical issues raised by this research. The Human Diversity Research Network takes an ...

The Ragnar Söderberg Foundation has presented this year’s approved grants in law. From a total of six researchers and projects awarded SEK 12 million altogether, Henrik Bellander, Yaffa Epstein, Therése Fridström Montoya and Mosa Sayed at Uppsala’...

How, where and when we eat are key issues for human health and wellbeing. A multidisciplinary research network at Uppsala University aims to deepen knowledge about the significance of meals.

SWEDESD participates at the SASUF Research & Innovation Week in Pretoria 14-18 May to strengthen research partnership and professional development for sustainable development in higher education.

An ethnographic research documentary on alternative entrepreneurship in Hungary will premier on the 16th of May. We talked to researchers Annika Skoglund and David Redmalm, members of the research group that created the documentary Pride - Alterna...

Nowadays, civil rights are usually connected with citizenship of a country. But how do growing globalisation and more mobility affect this?

The course Satan in the History of Ideas, new this year, is already one of Uppsala University’s most popular summer courses in terms of applicant numbers. But what is the attraction of a course on Satan at the height of the holiday season? To lear...

Remarkably little research is conducted on higher education in Sweden, but a large share of existing research on the subject is at Uppsala University. Through a research network for research on higher education, researchers are now mobilising to d...

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently elected new members. Two Uppsala researchers were elected as international honorary members.

In competition with other universities, Uppsala University has won the bid to coordinate the capacity-building project LISTO (Latin American and European Cooperation on Innovation and Entrepreneurship), which is funded by the EU under the Erasmus+...

In late April, a ship will reach New York bringing the exhibition “The Vikings Begin” which will embark on a two-year tour of the US. On display will be a selection of 1,300-year-old items from the pre-Viking Age. Usually in storage at Gustavianum...

The Institute of Intellectual Property, Marketing and Competition Law (IMC) at the Faculty of Law is beginning a collaboration with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). IMC will assist decision-making bodies in the EU through a...

Every year, Vitterhetsakademien (The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities) confers prizes for outstanding scholarly achievements. PhD Hedvig Mårdh at Uppsala University was one of the 2017 prizewinners.

Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor in Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard University, is awarded the 2018 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. Professor Mansbridge wins the prize for “with sharpness, deep involvement...

In a new report, Uppsala University researchers show that most countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) benefit financially when they receive a citizen from an EU country who moves there to live and work. The report includes migration between...

In a world of conflict and violence new knowledge on how to build sustainable peace is urgently needed. In his dissertation, PhD candidate Florian Krampe emphasizes the need for helping countries to reset their internal relations on a peaceful path.

At Uppsala University’s newly established Centre for Social Work (CESAR), which has hit the ground running, numerous projects have started.

A large majority of European Economic Area (EEA) countries saw net fiscal benefits from EU immigration (people born in one EU country and living in another) between 2004 and 2015, the first major cross national analysis has shown.

Hedvig Söderlund has recently been appointed professor of psychology with a focus on human memory. She is investigating, for instance, how gender, ageing and severe depression affect memory.