Åshild Kolås: All news

On 15 August 2024, the DIGeMERGE project and the Center for Digital Welfare hosted an open forum on "Digitalising Emergency Communication" inviting participants to discuss the use of new emergency communication technologies in the Nordic countries.

The CHANSE project Digital Emergency Communication (DIGeMERGE) is presenting a poster at the 2024 conference organized by ISCRAM (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management) in Münster, Germany, 25-29 May 2024.

The Center for Studies of the Course of International Relations (CECRI) at the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal) organized its 45th International Relations Colloquia on 22-24 April 2024.

'Digital Designs - from Unique ID to CBDC' was co-organized by PRIO and the Maharashtra Institute of Technology-World Peace University (MIT-WPU) at MIT-WPU's campus in Pune, India, 9-10 February 2024.

The project will examine the use of smartphone apps, mass notifications via SMS and messaging on social media platforms, in efforts to alert the public and respond to emergencies.

​The new open accessbook Livesin Peace Research: The Oslo Stories explains how PRIO, the world'soldest independent peace research institute, was founded and how it survivedthrough crises.

​The project will investigate the current crisis of statelessness affecting millions of people in the Bengali borderlands, including the Rohingya population of Myanmar and Bengali Muslims in the Northeast Indian state of Assam.

​PRIO Research Professor Åshild Kolås has been appointed Vice President of the ISA Interdisciplinary Studies Section (IDSS).

​The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) invites applications for a three-year, full-time research position as a Doctoral Researcher.

​How is e-governance and the Internet of Things (IoT) changing the everyday lives of the people of India and China, and how are these multifaceted changes affecting international relations?Congratulations to Åshild Kolås, who will lead the project e-Topia: China, India and Biometric Borders, which has now received 4-year funding from the Foreign Policy programme of the Research Council of Norway.

The book describes women’s efforts as agents for change in Myanmar and examines the potential of the peace process as an opportunity for women’s empowerment.

​This new GPS Policy Brief on women’s participation in the Myanmar peace process asks: How well are women represented in the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) involved in the peace process?What kind of work do the women do? Do the women participate in decision-making as members of the EAOs’ central executive committees? Read the policy brief in full here.

PRIO researchers have been prolific contributors to the field of humanitarian studies in 2018.

Negotiating values, identities and a resilient society

UNESCO launches the book 'Long Walk of Peace'. Part I: 'Perspectives from Peace Research' is coauthored by PRIO Global Fellow Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya and PRIO Research Professor Åshild Kolås

The conference was organised by the PRIO project on 'Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar' (WOMENsPEACE).

WOMENsPEACE

​Sovereignty Revisited: The Basque Case, edited by PRIO's Åshild Kolås and Pedro Ibarra Güell, provides a fresh view on Basque sovereignty and statehood in the new political climate.

Empowering Survivors of Sexual Violence in DR Congo

Åshild Kolås, PRIO Research Professor, has published two new books on Women, Peace and Security in India and Nepal.

​Presenting research results and policy recommendations on population, poverty, women, peace and security

​Priyankar Upadhyaya, UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding, and Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India, has recently been appointed PRIO Global Fellow.

International Conference held in Varanasi, India, on 28-29 September 2016

Special Issue of Alternatives: Global, Local, Political edited by Åshild Kolås

Edited by Pedro Ibarra Güell and Åshild Kolås, Basque Nationhood Towards a Democratic Scenario is now out on Peter Lang International Academic Publishers​​.

DDR through a Gender Lens in Nepal and Myanmar

Women Engaging in Islamic Charity as ‘Development Agents’

Three-day IDSA-PRIO conference featured presentations by key experts from India, Europe, South Africa, Russia, Australia, and the USA

​​​​We are happy to announce that the Research Council of Norway (NORGLOBAL) has funded another 3-year PRIO project Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar (WOMENsPEACE).

IDSA-PRIO workshop held at Thon Hotel Vika Atrium, Oslo