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Gudlaug Olafsdottir is a part-time researcher at Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research and a post-doctoral researcher at Stockholm University's Stockholm Center on Global Governance. She earned her PhD in Peace and Conflict Research in November 2024.
Education:
- PhD in Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (2024)
Research Focus: Her work examines political dynamics in semi-democratic regimes, specializing in electoral violence, election boycotts, and democratization processes. She employs mixed methodologies including statistical modeling, qualitative fieldwork in Turkey and Uganda, and machine learning for conflict forecasting. Current projects investigate how election boycotts yield political concessions through collaboration between Uppsala's DPCR and the Nordic Africa Institute.
Publication Trends: Recent outputs bridge political science with data-driven conflict analysis, spanning electoral violence impacts (2024), economic consequences of conflict in climate scenarios (2023), and AI-powered early-warning systems (2019). Her research consistently explores the tension between electoral processes and democratic erosion.
Professional Engagement: Active in policy implementation through OSCE Election Observation Missions, consultancies for International IDEA and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, and a Women In International Security policy brief on post-conflict women's rights.
Collaborative Work: Leads a multi-institutional team studying election boycott effectiveness, leveraging cross-national data collection frameworks developed through partnerships with Nordic Africa Institute researchers.
