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Monday, 25 Nov 2024

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Armed Conflict’s Hidden Costs: A Multidisciplinary Look at War's Impact on Human Development

A new comprehensive review reveals that the detrimental effects of armed conflict extend far beyond the battlefield, with war reverberating through every aspect of human development.

Time to Push for Next Step on Women, Peace and Security: Ensuring Positive Impact for Women in Conflict

Popular article in The Global Observatory

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Tuesday, 13 Aug 2024

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Funding Secured to Study Attacks on Education in Africa

PRIO has received funding for an innovative new project titled Conflict-related attacks on education and children’s lost life opportunities. The multi-year ‘EdAttack’ project is funded by the Research Council of Norway.

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Monday, 25 Nov 2024

Armed Conflict’s Hidden Costs: A Multidisciplinary Look at War's Impact on Human Development

A new comprehensive review reveals that the detrimental effects of armed conflict extend far beyond the battlefield, with war reverberating through every aspect of human development.

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Friday, 1 Mar 2024

UNIFIL soldiers guarding 'the blue line' between Lebanon and Israel, August 2023. Houssam Shbaro / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

What Has Peacekeeping Ever Done for Us?

Are we overlooking positive synergetic effects of peacekeeping operations for peace and development? While UN peacekeeping operations have increasingly come into disrepute, studies underline that operations can prevent conflict re-escalation, limit violence against civilians, and promote settlement – even if not all missions are fully successful. In the new The ...

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2023

Gender and Political Violence in Peace and Conflict Research

Book chapter in Gender and Violence against Political Actors

PRIO Paper

2022

Ex-Combatants’ Choices: Reintegrating Together or Alone – Effects on Political Participation

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Time to Push for Next Step on Women, Peace and Security: Ensuring Positive Impact for Women in Conflict

Popular article in The Global Observatory

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2023

Examining E10 Strategies and Decisions: Sweden and Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council

Journal article in Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations

Monks and Militias in Myanmar

Funding Secured to Study Attacks on Education in Africa

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Thursday, 17 Aug 2023

PRIO Organizes Rotterdam Art Residency on Collective Healing From War

PRIO is organizing a unique art residency in Rotterdam this autumn.

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Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022

Why has the Puntland state of Somalia been unable to conduct a ‘one person one vote’ election for over 24 years?

Somalia has not held multiparty elections since late 1969 when the military seized power from a democratically elected government in a bloodless coup.[1] The military remained in control until 1991, followed by thirty years of civil war and political instability. After the collapse of the central government, major clans, notably ...