Blog post archive

Monday, 6 Aug 2018
How Do We Decolonize Peace Research?

This is a guest blog post by a student who attended this year’s Peace Research course at the International Summer School 2018. The imprint of war on my life and on those of other young people living in the Global South is the reason I chose to participate in the ...

Monday, 3 Aug 2015
Impressions from Norway

This is the second of two guest blog posts by students who attended this year’s Peace Research course at the International Summer School 2015. My visit to Oslo, Norway, to participate in the International Summer School always had an element of pleasant surprise. It was my first time visiting; straight from ...

Thursday, 30 Jul 2015
My Visit to PRIO

This is the first of two guest blog posts by students who attended this years Peace Research course at the International Summer School 2015. “He reminds me of my grandfather!” The liveliest girl in our class had her back to the wall and was sobbing uncontrollably while PRIO’s old, too ...

Saturday, 9 Aug 2014
The Art and Importance of Teaching Peace Research

Since 1969, PRIO has organized and taught a graduate-level course on peace research for the University of Oslo International Summer School. For six weeks, students from around the world learn about the most current topics in peace research, including why conflicts start, why and how conflicts endure, how peace can ...