Researching Peace - a podcast by Uppsala University

In this episode, we discuss power-sharing as a tool for ethnic conflict management with Alexandre Raffoul, who recently defended his thesis on the subject. His dissertation sheds light on the understudied concept of “associational power-sharing”, and his data reveal some striking findings. 

 

Resources:

The extensive summary (Kappa) of Alexandre's dissertation "The Logics of Multi-Ethnic Coalitions: Power-Sharing, Party Systems, and Ethnic Conflict Management" is available here: https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A2024657&dswid=4385

The first essay, “Practicing Power-Sharing: How Political Adversaries (Fail to) Rule Jointly”, is available open access in Nations and Nationalism: https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13110

The second essay, "Unstable Concepts, Unresolved Controversies: Reassembling Power-Sharing, Consociationalism, and Centripetalism", is published open access in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2025.2488577

In this episode, Associate Professor Anders Themnér from our department discusses his research into student-led violence in sub-Saharan Africa. What are the patterns and warning signs of such violence? Should universities be mindful of these signs?   

 

Read more about Anders’ project: https://www.uu.se/en/department/peace-and-conflict-research/research/research-projects/uncivil-students-the-militarization-of-student-civil-society-as-a-threat-to-democracy

In this episode, we welcome Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo. Tapping into her experience as a Ghanaian scholar and activist, we discuss feminism, activism, and potential pitfalls in academic collaborations between the global north and the global south.  

Akosua Adomako Ampofo is Professor of African and Gender Studies, and a former Director of the Institute of African Studies and the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Ghana. She was awarded the 2025 Claude Ake Chair, hosted by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and the Nordic Africa Institute. (NAI)

This episode is hosted by Joakim Palmén

What are the most acute threats to nuclear security and how are they evolving? How does nuclear security relate to non-proliferation and disarmament? In this episode we talk to Lars van Dassen, who is executive director of the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) in Vienna.

This episode is presented in collaboration with the Alva Myrdal Centre for nuclear disarmament.

In this episode we discuss the Iranian nuclear issue with Ambassador Stephan Klement, who is the EU Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

He has been a part of the nuclear negotiations with Iran for more than 20 years and is a Special Advisor for the Iranian nuclear issue in the European External Action Service.

Since Stephan holds two doctoral degrees, in International Law and in Physics, we also zoom in on the interdisciplinary aspect.

This episode is produced in co-operation with the Alva Myrdal Centre for nuclear disarmament: uu.se/amc