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, Henrik Urdal, releases 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.

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PRIO in the media

Harry Tzimitras

Harry Tzimitras was interviewed in the Deutsche Welle where he stresses the need for realism regarding potential offshore energy resources exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean.


Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya & Åshild Kolås

A feature article on the edited volume Women's Empowerment in India: From Rights to Agency, co-edited by Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya and Åshild Kolås, was published by the Indian magazine Mid-Day.

Ilaria Carrozza

PRIO researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed about the new Chinese AI model, DeepSeek, for the South China Morning Post.

Inger Skjelsbæk

PRIO researcher Inger Skjelsbæk was interviewed about her EuroWARCHILD project in an article about Norway’s war children, by the Norwegian research magazine Forskning.no

Henrik Syse

PRIO researcher Henrik Syse was interviewed in an article about text messages between Elon Musk and Norway’s oil fund chef, for TV2.

Tor Wennesland

Tor Wennesland, PRIO’s new Practitioner in Residence, was interviewed by NRK’s Dagnytt 18 on his return to Norway from his role as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Norway’s VG newspaper also ran a long portrait piece on him.

Jørgen Jensehaugen

PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed about two Israeli laws to prohibit the work of UNRWA, by the Turkish news agency Anadolu Agency.

Stein Tønnesson

PRIO researcher Stein Tønnesson was interviewed in an article about North Korean soldiers helping Russia fight Ukraine, for the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet

Siri As Rustad

PRIO Researcher Siri As Rustad was interviewed about increasing conflict trends in Africa, in an article for the Wall Street Journal

Hilde Henriksen Waage

PRIO researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage was interviewed about the Gaza ceasefire, by VG, Dagbladet, Dagsavisen, ABC Nyheter, Nettavisen, and TV2 here and here.

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