National Conference on Peace and Conflict Research
Keynote speaker at the conference Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (l), together with Associate Prof. Kristine Höglund and Prof. Peter Wallensteen.
The biannual National Conference on Peace and Conflict Research – sponsored by Folke Bernadotte Academy – held at Uppsala University on 16–17 December 2010 concluded in success. During the one and a half conference days ongoing research in the broad realm of peace and conflict was discussed among PhD students and scholars active in research environments in Sweden. Among the over 60 participants attending the conference there were also researchers from African research milieus and the Peace Research Institute in Oslo. Professor Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University was the conference keynote speaker on the theme: “The Transformation of Civil Wars: 1800–2010”. "The Future of Peace and Conflict Research" was discussed in a round table with Associate Professor Karin Aggestam, Lund University, Professor Christine Sylvester, Göteborg University/Lancaster University and Professor Peter Wallensteen, Uppsala University. Associate Professor Kristine Höglund was moderating the discussion. The final conference program can be found below.
The previous national conference in 2008 was successfully organized in Lund. The National Conference 2012 will be held in Göteborg and the 2014 conference in Umeå.
Reimbursement for travel costs
The conference organising committee: Erik Noreen, Peter Wallensteen, Kristine Höglund, Hanne Fjelde, Helena Grusell, Andreas Jarblad and Emma Johansson