An Interesting Job in Casualty Recording!

Check out this job opportunity.   Posted on: 13 March 2018 Closing date: 12 April 2018 Programme Development Officer Posted by Every Casualty Worldwide Save job £28,000 -  £32,000 London, Greater London Part-time Category Project Management , Advocacy Sectors Human Rights This is an opportunity to make a unique contribution to changing the way that governments acknowledge the human cost … Continue reading An Interesting Job in Casualty Recording!

Exaggerating War Deaths

Here are the slides from the presentation I gave last Monday in London at this event.  Thanks to everyone who braved the elements to come. And for those who couldn't make it, please have a look and let me know what you think.      

A Debate about Excess War Deaths: Part II

My rejoinder (with Stijn van Weezel) to Hagopian et al is out. Hooray!   See this earlier post for background. Please have a read.  It's short and sweet.  Here's the abstract: Spagat and van Weezel have re-analysed the data of the University Collaborative Iraq Mortality Study (UCIMS) and found fatal weaknesses in the headline-grabbing estimate of 500,000 excess … Continue reading A Debate about Excess War Deaths: Part II