[4 Jun 2019] Sexual violence in armed conflict does not necessarily silence women. On the contrary, sexual violence can be a driver of women's political mobilization for peace and women's rights, a dissertation from the University of Gothenburg shows.
[15 May 2019] Media and digital tools are shaking up political communication. Political exclusion and populism threaten democratic progress and good governance. Non-state actors become increasingly involved in various aspects of governance. These and other challenges affect democracy, governance and peace both at national and local level in many countries.
[8 Apr 2019] Scholars, policy makers and journalists from around the world are using data from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project in order to understand the current challenges to democracy. Today, the V-Dem Institute has released an updated version of its award-winning dataset covering 202 countries from 1789 to 2018.
10 Sep at 1:15 PM [Research profile seminar]
11 Sep at 12:00 PM [Research profile seminar]
