About Researching Peace - en podd från Uppsala universitet
Why do armed conflicts happen? How can we achieve lasting peace? In the Researching Peace podcast, you will meet the leading researchers in peace and conflict research and other experts in the field.
Researching Peace is produced by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Some episodes are produced in collaboration with the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament and focus on issues of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
The views expressed in the podcast are those of each contributor and do not represent the official position of either the University or the Department.
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#49 The importance of self-care when researching violence
In this summer special, Karen Brounéus, professor in peace and conflict research and clinical psychologist, offers practical advice to researchers and others whose work requires them to continuously ingest material containing descriptions of violence and suffering.
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A transcription of this episode is available on the department website: https://www.uu.se/download/18.3d4f842919ed45a4aad24a/1781682034077/%2349%20The%20importance%20of%20self-care%20when%20researching%20violence.pdf
For more on Karen’s own journey and her research, please see episode #40.
For further reading, we recommend this excellent, easy-to-read piece by WHO: “Doing what matters in times of stress: An illustrated guide”: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240003927
For a survey and analysis on the experiences of collecting conflict data, please see this recent article in the Journal of Peace Research, titled Researching Human Rights Violations: Assessing Research-related Stress Among Research Assistants.” The article is available open access on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433251370495
29 May 2026
#48 Great Powers and the Pursuit of Status – with T.V. Paul
This special episode presents a recording of the 2026 Peter Wallensteen Lecture, which took place in Uppsala, Sweden on 20 May 2026. Professor T.V. Paul delivered a riveting analysis of how the pursuit of status affects the decisions of great powers.
The first question during the Q&A was asked the by Jan Eliasson, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs. Professor Peter Wallensteen himself offered the concluding question.
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The annual Peter Wallensteen Lecture honours the department’s founder, Professor Peter Wallensteen and his enduring legacy in peace studies. T.V. Paul is Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
12 May 2026
#47 Nuclear Weapons and the Nordics – with Thomas Jonter
In this episode, we discuss nuclear proliferation and disarmament in the Nordic region with Professor Thomas Jonter. In response to the rapidly shifting security landscape of the Nordics and the Baltic Sea region, the AMC working group, which Thomas leads, has increasingly focused on this region.
Read more about the working group and their research: https://www.uu.se/4.28afe6b218c4313625918573.html
A transcript of this episode is available on our website:
https://www.uu.se/download/18.7b07d1fb19ddcad926649530/1778586543292/Thomas%20transcription.pdf
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