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Sebastian Schutte

@sschutte.bsky.social
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Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Editor of the Journal of Peace Research. I mostly focus on communal conflict, the effects of social media on politics, and geographic research methods.

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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
OMG: "We fight to win!" Ok, will Iran give in then? Let’s swap the labels and do a taste test: Iran declares ongoing negotiations failed, kills the Pope in an airstrike, blows up a school full of little girls, and forgets to bring more that two carrier strike groups. Would the US give in?
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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Great initiative, Haakon, happy to contribute. Anyone else chipping in?
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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Online hate isn’t just virtual. Posts with Hindu nationalist hashtags on India’s Koo platform precede real-world attacks on Muslims & Christians. When the internet shuts down, so does the violence. Fresh research from colleague @sschutte.bsky.social et al Read more 👉 www.prio.org/news/3644
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Online speech drives real-world violence, new PRIO study finds – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
A new study from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) represents one of the first large-scale investigations into how online discourse can both inc ...
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European Leadership Network (ELN) @theeln.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A new policy brief by Dr Ben D.E. Dando, @kjolvegeland.bsky.social, and @sschutte.bsky.social draws on insights from the Norwegian institute NORSAR’s real-time monitoring of the 2022 Ukraine conflict. europeanleadershipnetwork.org/policy-brief...
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Widening the ceasefire toolkit: The promise of geophysical monitoring in Ukraine and beyond
Any monitoring mission deployed to observe an end to the hostilities in Ukraine is likely to incorporate a range of remote-sensing technologies to support its verification activities. Drawing on insig...
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Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Even subtle online rumors about out-group can ⬆️ resentment & conflict-related emotions. Results from large pre-registered experiment out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social , with Mathilde B. Mjelva, @sschutte.bsky.social , Helga M. Binningsbø. @statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
First publication from the ODAS project (www.prio.org/projects/1955) is out! We scraped 80% of Koo (Indian Twitter clone) and find that religious references predict increases and reductions in subsequent Hindu-Muslim violence (with Daniel Karell and Ryan Barrett): academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ad...
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Online speech and communal conflict: Evidence from India
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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The “Easter Truce” that broke down quickly shows that Ukraine will need a ceasefire monitoring solution. We think we can build one (på norsk): www.dn.no/innlegg/ukra... (in English): chatgpt.com/share/68075b...
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Debatt: Norsk bidrag til overvåkning av våpenhvile i Ukraina
Norge har avgjørende ekspertise og kan spille en viktig rolle i utviklingen av et overvåkningssystem for en våpenhvile i Ukraina.
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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Arnaud Siad from PRIO's "Peace in a Pod" has talked to Oleksandra Matviichuk and me about how new technologies could help with ceasefire monitoring in Ukraine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GLg...
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Could a Breakthrough Technology Transform the War in Ukraine?
YouTube video by Peace Research Institute Oslo
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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
New collaboration with NORSAR on using remote sensing to research the war in Ukraine. We try to understand where civilians are at highest risk, how traditional event data compare to remote tech, and applications to ceasefire monitoring: www.prio.org/news/3607
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Norwegian research foundations develop new technology for studying war crimes against Ukraine – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PRIO and NORSAR, both Norway-based research foundations, today announced a joint effort to use cutting-edge sensor technology for uncovering and analys ...
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Sebastian Schutte @sschutte.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
One theme at EPSA '24 was experimenting on German public views to increase military support for Ukraine. As I wrote a year ago, the rank order of national preferences here is perfectly predicted by WWII experiences. So please know your bias, everyone: blogs.prio.org/2023/04/with...
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