Comment
Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026
The rise in interstate conflict signals a dangerous shift that demands new thinking in prevention, peacebuilding, and global governance.
News
Monday, 21 Sep 2026
Today, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) released the beta version of PRIO-GRID 3.0, a major redevelopment of its widely used infrastructure for integrating and analyzing spatial data.
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2026
The war in Ukraine underscores the severe human impact and economic consequences of large wars, but there has been remarkably little attention to why wars differ so much in severity in the first place.
Friday, 4 Sep 2026
Civil war events are overrepresented around the Equator.
Policy brief
2026
GPS Policy Brief
PRIO Paper
Thursday, 3 Sep 2026
PRIO Senior Researcher Jonas Vestby has been awarded funding from the European Research Council(ERC) for a groundbreaking study on how artificial intelligence and knowledge graphs can transform the way peace and conflict data is connected, understood and used.
Book chapter
Book chapter in Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict Understanding People’s (Im)Mobilities and (Dis)Connections under Conditions of Violence and War
Press release
Monday, 17 Aug 2026
Almost one in five women globally were living within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict event in 2025, according to a new report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
Recorded event
Tuesday, 9 Jun 2026 09:00–10:30 UTC+02
Join us for the launch of PRIO’s annual global conflict overview, Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2025.
Scott Gates
Research Professor
Nils Petter Gleditsch
Håvard Hegre
Henrik Urdal
Håvard Strand
Senior Researcher
Stein Tønnesson
Research Professor Emeritus
Halvard Buhaug
Research Director
Gudrun Østby
Ragnhild Nordås
Siri Aas Rustad
Øystein H. Rolandsen
Andreas Forø Tollefsen
Ida Rudolfsen
Júlia Palik
Eric Stollenwerk
Sebastian Schutte
Kristina Petrova
Research Associate
Chandler Williams
Doctoral Researcher
Linn Åmot
Research Assistant
Lion Kircheis
Visiting Researcher
Dylan Dornin Pinheiro
Machine Learning Developer
Martina Lucaccini
Camilo Espinosa-Díaz
Håkon Liltved Hyrve
Junior Data Developer
Mara Lachmann
Master's student
Jul 2013 –
Conflict Trends
Led by Siri Aas Rustad
Jun 2018 –
Ceasefires
Oct 2019 –
VIEWS: Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System
Led by Håvard Hegre
Jan 2020 –
Conflict Trends Reporting
Aug 2021 –
Unlocking Sub-Saharan Africa's Demographic Dividend: Youth Bulges, Human Capital and Insecurity
Led by Bintu Zahara Sakor
Dec 2022 –
ANTICIPATE: Anticipating the Impact of Armed Conflict on Human Development
May 2023 – Apr 2028
Peace Science Infrastructure
Led by Scott Gates
