Kick-off meeting for the ViEWS project

2017-01-18

Views group photo
In the photo from the left: Lisa Hultman, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Desirée Nilsson,
Jonas Nordkvelle, Hanne Fjelde, Stina Högbladh, Nina von Uexkull, David Randahl,
Mihai Croicu, Håvard Hegre, Frederick Hoyles, Halvard Buhaug, Sayeed Auwn Muhammed

The ViEWS project started up with a kick-off meeting on 17–18 January. The project, directed by Håvard Hegre and involving Hanne Fjelde, Lisa Hultman, Desiree Nilsson, as well as an international team of researchers, will develop, test, and iteratively improve a pilot Violence Early-Warning System (ViEWS). 

It will provide early warnings for four forms of political violence: armed conflict involving states and rebel groups, armed conflict between non-state actors, violence against civilians, and forced population displacement, and apply these to specific actors, sub-national geographical units, and countries. The system will leverage the data resources of the UCDP and other data sources developed by the Department and the project’s international partners.

The project has five years of funding from the European Research Council and involves collaboration with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). 

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