Gudlaug OlafsdottirUppsala University | UU · Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Gudlaug Olafsdottir
PhD Candidate in Peace and Conflict Research. MSc in Peace and Conflict Studies. BSc in Political Science, minor in Economics.
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January 2019 - December 2023
June 2016 - October 2016
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Armed conflict and economic growth are inherently coupled; armed conflict substantially reduces economic growth, while economic growth is strongly correlated with a reduction in the propensity of armed conflict. Here, we simulate the incidence of armed conflict and its effect on economic growth simultaneously along the economic pathways defined by...
This article presents ViEWS-a political violence early-warning system that seeks to be maximally transparent, publicly available, and have uniform coverage, and sketches the methodological innovations required to achieve these objectives. ViEWS produces monthly forecasts at the country and subnational level for 36 months into the future and all thr...
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The ViEWS project develops, tests, and iteratively improves a political violence early-warning system that is rigorous, data-based, and publicly available to researchers and the international community. ViEWS provides early warnings for the three forms of political violence recorded by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program: armed conflict involving states and rebel groups, armed conflict between non-state actors, violence against civilians, as well as forced population displacement, and apply these to specific actors, sub-national geographical units, and countries.
