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Expert evaluation gives high marks to the Department’s Research

A major research evaluation undertaken by Uppsala University gives high marks to the research at the Department. The evaluation, known as Quality and Renewal 2011 (KoF11), comprised two different parts. Firstly, a peer-review process, conducted by distinguished scholars of the international research community. Secondly, a bibliometric study of publications in the period 2007–2010.

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Previous Speaker Series

Autumn 2011

September 8 (13.15-15, Sal 2): Branislav Slantchev (Assoc. Professor, University of California, San Diego). "Borrowed Power: Debt Finance and the Resort to Arms."

October 6 (13.15-15, Sal 2): Ragnhild Nordås (Senior Researcher, PRIO). “Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: A New Data Collection.”

October 20 (13.15-15, Sal IV, Main University building): Christian Davenport (Professor, University of Notre Dame). "Rethinking Rwanda, 1994." (In collaboration with the Uppsala Forum on Peace, Democracy and Justice)

November 3 (13.15-15, Sal 2): Laia Balcells (Researcher at the Institute for Economic Analysis, CSIC). "Technologies of Rebellion in Civil War. Causes and Consequences."

December 14 (13.15-15, Sal 1): Séverine Autesserre (Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University). "Seeing Like a Peacebuilder: An Ethnography of International Intervention."