Gudlaug (Gulla) Olafsdottir

The Peace Process and Constitutional Reforms in Turkey - Institute for Turkish Studies SUITS Policy Brief 2025:2 (May) examines the likelihood of pro-Kurdish reforms in Turkey and discusses the role that domestic and external actors could play.

New policy brief from @golafs.bsky.social & me for SUITS:

Turkey may be at a turning point. With the PKK disbanded and constitutional reform back in play, the stakes—for both peace and democracy—are high.

We look at what’s changed since 2011, and what’s now at risk.

www.su.se/institute-fo...

We wrote a thing!

How do democracies and autocracies differ (or not) in the way they design international organizations? Check out our new article!👇

In our April 2025 issue -

"Viewing Violence through a Partisan Lens: How Electoral Violence Shapes Citizens' Support for Democracy" - tinyurl.com/5frcbjm5

by @hannefjelde.bsky.social & @golafs.bsky.social

@uupeace.bsky.social

Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social.

Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).

doi.org/10.1086/736113

We are now receiving applications for one fully funded PhD position in peace and conflict research, with a focus on political violence in democratic countries. Read more 👉 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Applications are also open for our general PhD position👉 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

#PhD #Democracy

Opting out? Explaining the effectiveness of election boycotts - Uppsala University

🆕 Last week I had a start-up workshop for a research project on #election #boycotts that I lead together with @golafs.bsky.social and @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social. Excited to learn something new and to work with such a knowledgable and passionate team!

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We are advertising a PhD student position in polisci for research on democracy, autocracy, and international cooperation. Come join a great team on a critical question of our times! Deadline: 6 February👇

www.su.se/english/abou...

Do you want to work with world-class conflict researchers in a supportive environment? Come be my new colleague! @uupeace.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Lecturer and an Associate Senior Lecturer. More info here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

and here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Conflictsky

This failed coup attempt highlights the importance of a "civilized" military in safeguarding democracy. What if President Yoon had a military background and strong ties with the generals, such that they would have followed his orders to open fire? No military should be elected to political office.

🚨new pub 🚨
Does it matter to citizens where #foreignaid comes from? Survey experiment with citizens in #Serbia (N=2500) now on @SCID__journal :
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I find that donors' regime and practices impact citizens' views of their local politicians and donors

Check out our latest article, led by Paola Vesco, reviewing literature on war impacts through an inter-disciplinary theoretical framework. We review studies across 9 dimensions of human development: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...

@prioresearch.bsky.social
@uupeace.bsky.social #conflictsky #polisci

Tack! ☺️

Tack! ☺️

Last Friday I successfully defended my dissertation. I am endlessly grateful for my supervisors @hannefjelde.bsky.social, @krishogl.bsky.social and Espen Geelmuyden Rød for their guidance during this process. Many thanks to my fantastic opponent, @sdhyde.bsky.social, for the stimulating discussion!

Our podcast Researching Peace is back! In the first episode of the season, we welcome David Randahl and Hanne Fjelde to discuss their team's new model, which predicts electoral violence.
Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/show/7xlFu19...
Apple Podcasts 👉 podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/r...

Great to see this paper co-authored with Laure Bokobza out with an issue number in @democratization.bsky.social (albeit it has been online first for a while).

In the article we argue and show that dictatorships increasingly include multiple parties in the governing coalition to co-opt outsiders.

I am very excited about being part of this team!

Can’t wait to get started!

In those moments I'd opt for a café! Get the work done while feeling the buzz of the city, coupled with nice coffee ☕🏙️

Well thank you @hathaonguyen.bsky.social then! :)

Thank you!

Excited to explore this platform, thanks for the invite @sebvanbaalen.bsky.social!