Join PRIO's Annual Peace Address with Harvard Professor Erica Chenoweth, an expert in political violence and mass movements, discussing civil society's role in global democracy. The event, held a week after the US presidential election, will explore its impact on the future.
In this seminar, Katarzyna Golik of the Polish Academy of Sciences, will present her research on Mongolia and China, which focuses on sociotechnical solutions to grassland governance in the two countries.
In this recent keynote lecture for PRIO's AI Days, watch Executive Director of AI for Peace, Branka Panic, delve into the growing role of artificial intelligence in peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
The Violence and Impacts Early-Warning System, a collaborative project between PRIO and Uppsala University, has been awarded a Special Distinction by the prestigious Kluz Prize for PeaceTech.
PRIO’s Deputy Director Torunn L. Tryggestad and Research Professor Kristian Berg Harpviken have been appointed as members of the second independent commission on Afghanistan. The commission will assess Norway's engagement in Afghanistan between 2015 and 2021.
More than one in six children lived in conflict zones in 2023, with the highest absolute number in Africa, and the highest risk in the Middle East, according to PRIO research.
Ukraine is intensifying military and diplomatic efforts to shift the war’s trajectory, while Russia prepares for a prolonged conflict with increased defence spending and strategic alliances with pariah states like North Korea.
Both individual and community factors influence people’s desire to migrate, with community-level analysis finding that individual factors do not consistently predict who wants to migrate.
The widespread availability of digital technologies is reshaping conflict and peace dynamics across multiple dimensions. While digital tools enhance inclusivity and transparency, they also challenge confidentiality and equity, requiring peace facilitation organizations to balance these factors for sustainable peace.
Asian cities, like Mumbai, are seeing middle-class growth, with upward mobility driven by hard work, education and connections, boosted by the city’s opportunities and internal migration.
