Celebrating 50 Years of Peace & Conflict Research at Uppsala University

In 1971, the Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established at Uppsala University. Here, the department celebrates 50 years of teaching and researching peace and conflict with an anniversary symposium, held in English.

Listen to prominent international scholars present research on some of the big societal challenges and reflect on the future of peace and conflict research. Hear what experienced practitioners think peace and conflict research can contribute to policy and practical peace work.

The event was held in Uppsala University Grand Auditorium.

0:12 Welcome Address
Uppsala University Vice Chancellor, Professor Anders Hagfeldt

3:35 The History of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Senior Professor Peter Wallensteen (Former Dag Hammarskjöld Professor, DPCR)

16:30 Diplomacy, Practice and Conflict Resolution
Jan Eliasson (Honorary Doctor of Uppsala University; former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN; former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs)

27:28 Making Sense of a Complex World – lectures and panel discussion

31:40 Lecture: Armed Conflict and Maternal and Child Health
Professor Gudrun Østby (Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway)

49:15 Lecture: People Power in an Age of Polarization
Professor Erica Chenoweth (Harvard University, USA)

1:09:53 Lecture: Toward a Unified Field of Political Conflict: (Re)introducing Relative Contention
Professor Christian Davenport (University of Michigan, USA)

1:26:13 Speaker panel: The Research Frontier and The Big Questions for the Future
Moderated by Professor Kristine Höglund (DPCR Uppsala University)

2:01:05 Peace Research: Is It Still Relevant for the World? – panel discussion
Jamie LeSueur (Head of Emergency Operations at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; DPCR graduate; Uppsala University Alumnus of the Year, 2020)

Beatrice Fihn (Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), ICAN received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize)

Margot Wallström (Former UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict; former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Moderated by Senior Professor Peter Wallensteen

3:10:25 Closing remarks
Professor Ashok Swain (Head of Department, DPCR)