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What Now for Humanitarian Studies?
Humanitarianism has long been in crisis, but since early 2025 the sector has been experiencing an unprecedented organizational, institutional, normative, and political collapse. As scholars active in the broad, inter-, and multidisciplinary field ...
Monday, 10 Mar 2025
Norwegian research foundations develop new technology for studying war crimes against Ukraine
PRIO and NORSAR, both Norway-based research foundations, today announced a joint effort to use cutting-edge sensor technology for uncovering and analysing war crimes in Ukraine.
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Contesting the AI-Cybersecurity Nexus: Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom
In an age where so-called artificial intelligence (AI) seems to revolutionise every corner of our lives, it’s no surprise that its intersection with cybersecurity has become a major focus for governments worldwide. Where cybersecurity and AI were ...
PRIO Report
The impact of the Cyprus problem on the protection of the environment
PRIO Cyprus Centre Report
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.
PRIO Blogs
Israel Has Escalated Its Shadow War Against UNRWA. What Happens Now?
On 4 November, the Israeli Foreign Ministry cancelled the agreement the country signed with UNRWA in 1967. A week earlier, the Knesset had passed legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Why is I...
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Putin Cannot Escape War in Ukraine Amid Travels to Far East
Russia’s ninth annual Eastern Economic Forum was held last week on September 3–6 in Vladivostok. It was intended to promote Moscow’s commitment to pivoting its economic policy toward the Asia-Pacific, but instead exposed the shortcomings of this a...
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Prisoner Exchanges and the Prospects for Peace Talks
The timing of the unprecedented exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West on August 1 remains a difficult question. The final decision was most likely made in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s red carpet reception of the rele...
PRIO Blogs
Russia Seeks to Maintain Battlefield Initiative on Eve of NATO Summit
The ever-changing battlefield dynamics of Moscow’s war against Ukraine have made it impossible for predictions to be accurately tied to the political calendar. This unpredictability is particularly acute in the lead-up to one of the most critical ...
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China evaluates partnership with Russia
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Monday, 9 Oct 2006 19:00–21:00 UTC+02
Film Seminar: After the War
9–10 Jul 2009
Pro-Government Armed Groups and Militias
Incidence, Impact, and Government Accountability
Friday, 31 Oct 2014 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Gender Based Violence in War and Conflict – Approaching and Assisting Survivors
Registration Closed!
Wednesday, 20 May 2015 09:00–16:00 UTC+02
A Humanitarian Crisis on the Doorstep of Europe
Drivers, dynamics and challenges of increased migration across the Mediterranean
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2015 08:00–09:30 UTC+01
Boklansering: Det vi sier til hverandre – Om tanke, tale og toleranse
Henrik Syse lanserer sin nye bok Det vi sier til hverandre.
Friday, 29 May 2015 09:00–12:00 UTC+02
End User Seminar on Authorities, Crisis Management and Social Media
End User Meeting, on invitation only
Thursday, 14 Jul 2016 18:15–19:30 UTC+04
Measuring Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: Launch of the SDG16 Data Initiative
To meet the ambition of the SDGs, it is essential that they are matched by equally comprehensive and inclusive data collection, monitoring and accountability measures.
Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:00–16:00 UTC+02
Civil Resistance in the Contemporary U.S.: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications
Inaugurating the Oslo Lectures on Peace and Conflict
Thursday, 28 Jun 2018 10:15–19:30 UTC+03
Nothing Is Agreed Until Everything Is Agreed: A Comparative Evaluation of the Comprehensive Settlement Approaches
In collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (SeeD)
10–11 Dec 2018
Data, Security, Values: Vocations and Visions of Data Analysis
Annual Conference of the Nordic Centre for Security Technology and Societal Values (NordSTEVA)
Monday, 10 Dec 2018 17:00–18:30 UTC+01
The Coexistence of Humans and Algorithmic Machines
Katja de Vries, Postdoctoral Researcher, Business IT Department, IT University CopenhagenMachine Learning (ML) applications shape, and are shaped by, human values.
Thursday, 19 Sep 2019 09:00–16:00 UTC+02
Assisting and Protecting Refugees in Europe and the Middle East - Politics, Law, and Humanitarian Practices
What are the current trends when it comes to assisting andprotecting refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe and in the Middle East? How dopolitical decisions regarding refugees taken in one region affect assistanceand protection in other regions?
Wednesday, 28 Aug 2019 14:00–15:00 UTC+02
Camp David 2000: Clashes of Character and Conduct
The Camp David summit in 2000 is widely agreed to have been a failure.
Thursday, 20 Aug 2020 10:00–11:00 UTC+02
The Corona Crisis as a Humanitarian Problem
Power Structures, Localisation and the Study of Humanitarian Action
Thursday, 8 Oct 2020 15:00–16:30 UTC+02
Sampling respondents in migration surveys: challenges and trade-offs
Webinar co-hosted by MIGNEX and GMDAC
Tuesday, 27 Aug 2013
Durham University Conference 8-11 May 2013
“Struggles over emerging states in Africa: The impact of political governance violence on governance and society in North-East Africa, 1950-1980”
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Electing India's Future
In April, 800 hundred million people began casting their ballots all across India in the largest election the world has ever seen.
Monday, 8 Sep 2014
SOURCE launches an Online-Questionnaire
Building a network of excellence of Societal Security in Europe
Tuesday, 13 Jan 2015
Who is Charlie? And What Now?
New blogpost by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Thursday, 15 Jan 2015
PRIO Comments to the Terror in France
Several PRIO researchers have written on different aspects of the recent terror in France.