Media centre

If you are a journalist, PRIO’s Communication Department can connect you with our expert researchers who can speak across a diverse range of issues, and in a number of languages.

Topics and regions we cover

PRIO’s current peace and conflict research focuses on 143 countries across the globe.

Many of our researchers have extensive knowledge that is country-specific. Read more about the countries we cover on our Locations page, which includes a list of research carried out on each country, and the researcher who managed the project.

Read more about the full range of issues PRIO has expertise on our Topics page, which includes aid, children, conflict trends, COVID-19, extremism, gender, peacebuilding, drones, terrorism and the war in Ukraine.

PRIO’s Director, Nina Græger, releases an annual list of recommendations for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is covered extensively in the media. Read more about the current and former lists on our Nobel Shortlist pages.

To receive our press releases

Email communication@prio.org to be added to PRIO's Press Releases list to receive news on our latest research.

To get in touch

Email us at communication@prio.org. This email reaches our entire team. You can also reach out to individual members of our team detailed on this page.

Michelle Delaney

Communication Director

michelle@prio.org

+47 941 65 579

Agnete Schjønsby

Senior Communication Adviser

agnete@prio.org

+47 905 71 503

Arnaud Siad

Senior Communication Adviser

arnaud@prio.org

+47 413 52 500

Latest press releases

Press release

Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026

Nobel Peace Prize 2026: PRIO Director’s list announced

Today PRIO's Director announced her list for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Press release

Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025

AI model warns of deadliest conflict zones in 2026

Ukraine, Palestine/Israel, Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria are projected to see the highest battle-related death tolls in 2026, according to a world-leading AI-driven conflict forecasting system.

Press release

Monday, 27 Oct 2025

2025 Women, Peace and Security Index Covert Art. Illustration: GIWPS/PRIO

New report raises alarm on lack of progress globally for women’s rights and wellbeing

Progress for women’s rights and wellbeing has stalled globally, according to the 2025/26 Women, Peace and Security Index launched today in New York.

Press release

Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025

Hindu-Muslim violence in western India. Photo: Getty Images

Online speech drives real-world violence, new PRIO study finds

A new study from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) represents one of the first large-scale investigations into how online discourse can both increase and reduce real-world violence.

Press release

Friday, 10 Oct 2025

Maria Corina Machado. Photo: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

Reactive statement on Nobel Peace Prize announcement by PRIO Director Nina Græger

Today’s Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado is, above all, a prize for democracy.

Press release

Monday, 22 Sep 2025

A woman carries a child through the crater from an Israeli air strike as she makes her way across the border from Lebanon into Syria on 5 October 2024. Photo: Getty Images

Record number of women living in conflict in 2024

An estimated 676 million women – nearly 17 percent of the global female population – lived within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict last year, according to a new PRIO report.

Press release

Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: PRIO Director’s updated list announced

The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Nina Græger, announced her updated list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Press release

Tuesday, 5 Aug 2025

A wall with bullet holes. Photo: Getty Images

Survey shows rise in war fears among Norwegians

Anxiety among Norwegians about the state of global peace and security continues to grow, according to a new survey released by PRIO.

PRIO in the media

Marta Bivand Erdal

PRIO Researcher Marta Bivand Erdal guested the Norwegian podcast Afripod speaking about what causes people to migrate.

Jørgen Jensehaugen

PRIO Researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed on the war in the middle east by Norwegian Broadcast NRK TV (watch at 11min).

Bruno Oliveira Martins

PRIO Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interviewed on drone attacks for the Norwegian aid magazine, Panorama Nyheter.

Mete Hatay

PRIO Researcher Mete Hatay wrote an article on the Cyprus conflict in the news outlet Seffaf Gazete.

Haakon Gjerløw

PRIO Deputy Director Haakon Gjerløw was interviewed on NRK’s Studio 2 radio programme speaking about the relationship between dictatorships and skyscrapers (listen at 15mins 16secs).

Håvard Hegre

PRIO researcher Håvard Hegre is part of a study covered by The Guardian, Telegraph, Le Monde, LBC, Middle East Eye, and Al Jazeera. Published in The Lancet Global Health, it presents the first independent, representative survey conducted in Gaza during the ongoing conflict, estimating a death toll substantially higher than previously reported.

Håvard Hegre

PRIO researcher Håvard Hegre was interviewed by NRK on the first independent, representative survey conducted in Gaza, which estimates a death toll much higher than earlier reports.

Jørgen Jensehaugen

PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed by Klar Tale & adressa.no discussing why the two-state solution to the Israel–Palestine conflict appears less likely than ever.

Hilde Henriksen Waage

PRIO researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage appeared in Le Derniere Heure in connection with the missing documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archive related to the Oslo process.

Pavel K. Baev

PRIO researcher Pavel K. Baev was interviewed by Forsvarets forum on how the willingness to sacrifice soldiers in the cold gives the Russians a tactical advantage in Ukraine.