Ph.D. Candidate and Project Manager (UCDP)

Research | Teaching | Publications | Other

Research Areas

Main areas of research

"Armed Conflict and Political Value Change" (dissertation project)

Project Manager, UCDP GED (Georeferenced Event Data)

Other areas of research

Power sharing, peace agreements and implementation, sports and reconciliation

Geographic areas

Middle East (Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt); Southern Africa; Afghanistan; Sri Lanka

Teaching

Lecturer, A-course and B-course
Advisor, B-level and C-level essays
Module director, Conflict Analysis, A-course

Publications 

Sundberg, Ralph, Kristine Eck and Joakim Kreutz, 2012, "Introducing the UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset", Journal of Peace Research, Vol.49, No.2, March 2012

Sundberg, Ralph, with Johan Brosché, 2012, "Ställ tuffa krav på Sydsudan", Arena, Nr.2, April 2012 (in Swedish)

Sundberg, Ralph, with Mike Spagat, Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks and Uih Ran Lee, 2011, "Global Comparison of Warring Groups in 2002-2007: Fatalities from Targeting Civilians vs. Fighting Battles", PLoS ONE 6 (9)

Sundberg, Ralph and Lotta Harbom, 2011, "Systematic Data Collection: Experiences from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program", in Kristine Höglund & Magnus Öberg eds., Understanding Peace Research: Methods and Challenges. London & New York: Routledge

Sundberg, Ralph, 2010, "Munväder om klimatkrig", Magasinet Neo, Nr.6, 2010

Sundberg, Ralph, 2010, "More Mouths and Less Food - Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Non-state Conflicts" (with Erik Melander), Paper presented at 7th SGIR Conference, September 9-11, Stockholm, and presented to the Uppsala Forum Workshop on Global Climate Change, September 2010

Sundberg, Ralph, 2009, "Revisiting One-sided Violence - A Global and Regional Analysis", UCDP Paper No.3, Uppsala University: Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Harbom, Lotta and Ralph Sundberg (eds.), 2009, "States in Armed Conflict 2008", Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet

Melander, Erik and Ralph Sundberg. 2009. "Gender Equality and Political Assassination", Poster presented at the 2009 ISA Conference, New York, USA

Sundberg, Ralph. 2008. "Collective Violence 2002 - 2007: Global and Regional Trends", in Harbom Lotta and Ralph Sundberg (eds.), States in Armed Conflict 2007, Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet

Harbom, Lotta and Ralph Sundberg (eds.). 2008. "States in Armed Conflict 2007", Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet

Höglund, Kristine and Ralph Sundberg. 2008. "Reconciliation through Sports? The Case of South Africa", Third World Quarterly, June 2008

Jarstad, Anna and Ralph Sundberg. 2007. "Peace by Pact: Data On the Implementation of Peace Agreements", in Swain, Ashok, Ramses Amer and Joakim Öjendal, Globalization and the Challenge of Building Peace, London: Anthem Press

Ralph Sundberg and Stefan Vestergren, 2006, “Missed Opportunities in the Wake of Disaster – The Bargaining Process Applied to Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka”, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Minor Field Study

Jarstad, Anna and Sundberg, Ralph, 2006, "Peace by Pact- The Theory and Data of Peace Agreement Implementation". Paper presented at the 1st Globalization and Peacebuilding Conference, 6-8 November, Uppsala, Sweden.