Peter Wallensteen

Peter Wallensteen, born 29 July 1945 in Stockholm, is a peace and conflict researcher in Sweden, now Senior Professor in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. He was the first holder of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, 1985-2012. He was the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor of Peace Studies, at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), 2006-2018. From 1972 to 1999 he directed the [https://pcr.uu.se/ Department of Peace and Conflict Research] at Uppsala University.

He is recognized in the scholarly community through his studies of international economic sanctions, where he is leading [https://pcr.uu.se/research/smartsanctions/ SPITS], the Special Program on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions. The program deals primarily with UN economic sanctions.

One of his major contributions to international peace research is the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), which he initiated in 1978 and led until 2015. UCDP collects data on armed conflict throughout the world, and has become a leading data provider on organized violence. In 2011 the program was specifically awarded by APSA, the American Political Science Association.

At Uppsala University he chaired the University Committee for the Holmdahl Prize in Human Rights (2014-2023) and at the Regina Theatre, Uppsala, he conducted its regular sessions ''Philosophy Tea'' (2014-2021) together with lecturer Daniel Ogden, discussing authors, practitioners and philosophers concerned with issues of peace, war and justice.

For the period 2016-2021 he was the Inspector of the Västmanlands-Dala Nation (a student club with 5 000 members). He was a member of the Advisory Council of the Folke Bernadotte Academy, Stockholm, 2017-2023. Since 2021 he is the Vice Chair of the Alva Myrdal Center for Nuclear Disarmament, Uppsala University. Provided by Wikipedia