Research assistant, substitute position - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Department
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct peace research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. Currently approx. 90 persons are employed at the Department and at present some 1000 students are enrolled every academic year. Courses offered include undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as well as a Ph. D. programme. For more information, visit www.pcr.uu.se.

UCDP
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala university is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of over 40 years. Its definition of armed conflict has become the global standard of how conflicts are defined and systematically studied.

The department and UCDP are now looking for a substitute research assistant for a full-time position starting 1 October, 2024, or as otherwise agreed, and ending on 31 March 2025.

Duties
The main task will be to collect and code information on organized violence. Specifically this includes going through large amounts of source material and assessing it against UCDP's definitions and coding rules, locating and critically reviewing new sources, and, finally, extracting relevant information and entering it into UCDP's coding system, where it will also be geocoded, i.e. entering geographic coordinates according to a predetermined system.

Another task will be to update and write new texts in the program's encyclopedia. Other tasks may be added based on the needs of the program.

Requirements
Applicants must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in peace and conflict studies, or the equivalent
• Good knowledge of political violence and theories of peace and conflict
• Very good knowledge of UCDP and its definitions
• Documented experience of working with conflict data (coding/data management)
• Previous experience with geocoding
• Excellent command of English (verbally and in writing)
• Documented ability to work independently
• Good cooperation skills.

Additional qualifications

• Master's degree in peace and conflict studies
• Experience of conflict data collection according to UCDP definitions and coding rules.

Weight will be given to personal suitability.

About the employment
The employment is a substitute position (6 months temporary position). Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 1 October 2024, or as agreed. End date: 31 March 2025. Placement: Uppsala.

For further information about the position, please contact: Magnus Öberg, magnus.oberg@pcr.uu.se.

Please submit your application by 16 September 2024, UFV-PA 2024/2829.

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