Course Description:
The past few years have been the most violent years since the Cold War, we see more global tension, democratic backsliding and an increasingly more complex conflict picture. How can we understand this development and what do the numbers and facts tell us? This course will give an overview of conflict trends based on large conflict datasets on conflict related variables. It will provide a better understanding of the larger global trends in the world, such as level and type of conflicts, the geography and demography of conflict, and protests and mobilization. The course is data driven and will give insight into how conflict data is collected and coded, and how we can understand trends by understanding what is included and not included in the material.
The course will be built around a series of lectures on the above-listed topics followed by seminars with guided discussions. The curriculum is state-of-the-art as the lecturers teaching the course are at the academic forefronts in the field. The course is open for both PhD-candidates and junior faculty.
All participants will receive a diploma from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) proving that they have taken the course. In order to have the course counted as a 5 ECTS course, participants must submit a paper of 4000 words, which is evaluated as passed.
Deadlines:
Apply by 1 March 2025.