Monday, 24 Feb 2025
Top UN Middle East Envoy Tor Wennesland Joins PRIO
Veteran diplomat Tor Wennesland joined the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) as Practitioner in Residence in January.
Monday, 18 Nov 2024
How Civil Society Can Counter Global Authoritarianism – Insights from the PRIO Annual Peace Address
PRIO hosted the 15th Annual Peace Address on 12 November, focusing on a pressing global concern: the state of democracy and the vital role of civil society in its preservation and renewal.
PRIO Blogs
Spectre of Escalation Over the Ukraine War
The first striking sentence of the Communist Manifesto issued in 1848 – A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism – has long become a historical anecdote. Even the leftist fringe cherishes no illusions about the unity of the proletar...
PRIO Blogs
Is China Truly a Neutral Development Actor?
China presents itself as a different kind of development actor compared to Western donors — more equal and with less imposition and interference in national affairs, based on the belief that economic development leads to peace. However, many doubt...
Wednesday, 21 Mar 2007 10:00–13:00 UTC+01
African Developments Seminar
PRIO and the South African Embassy invite you to a seminar with Vasu Gounden and Kwezi Mngqibisa, both with extensive experience of security and conflict resolution in Africa.
Friday, 8 Feb 2013 19:00–21:00 UTC+02
Launch: New Cyprus Critical History Archive
The Cyprus Critical History Archive (CCHA) is a joint initiative between the Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR) and PRIO Cyprus Centre (PCC) to digitize, catalogue and make available to the public Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypri...
Thursday, 8 May 2014 14:00–19:30 UTC+01
Revisiting the Politics of State Survival
Violence, Legitimacy and Governance in the Greater Horn of Africa
Thursday, 8 Jan 2015 14:00–15:30 UTC+01
Will 2015 be the Year of Peace in Sudan?
Yasir Arman speaks at PRIO
15–16 Jul 2015
LASIE: Supporting Forensic Analysts in Digital Evidence Retrieval and Analysis
First LASIE Project Workshop in London
Monday, 5 Jun 2017 18:30–20:00 UTC+01
Women, Peace and Security in the Global Arena
How are scholars and researchers worldwide holding governments to account for their local and international women, peace and security commitments?
Wednesday, 7 Mar 2018 09:30–11:30 UTC+05
Climate Change and Conflict: New Research for Defense, Diplomacy, and Development
“The long-term trends toward a warming climate, more air pollution, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity are likely to fuel economic and social discontent – and possibly upheaval – through 2018,” the U.
Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:00–16:00 UTC+02
Camp David at Forty - Lessons and Prospects
PRIO, in collaboration with the Norwegian Nobel Institute and the University of Oslo, presents a seminar on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, commonly referred to as the 'Camp David Accords'.
Thursday, 3 Jun 2021 13:00–14:00 UTC+02
INSPIRE: Artistic encounters in war and violent conflict
Launch of research project website
Thursday, 24 Mar 2022 17:00–19:00 UTC+01
Identity and Cultural Authenticity – A Conversation and Concerts with Harpreet Bansal and Sankung Jobarteh
The PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict (CCC) invites you to a conversation on identity and cultural authenticity, followed by a double concert with violinist and composer Harpreet Bansal and guitarist, kora-player and vocalist Sankung Jo...
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023 14:00–15:30 UTC+01
Visual Artist Marisa Cornejo in Conversation With Katarzyna Grabska - INSPIRE Seminar Series
Chilean artist Marisa Cornejo, has saved and conducted extensive research on the archives of her father: an artist and teacher, the victim of political imprisonment and torture under Pinochet’s dictatorship, a refugee with no status who died as an...
Monday, 8 May 2023 16:30–18:00 UTC+02
Parallel Histories of Palestine: Art, Archives and Solidarity
Archives are important in preserving history, but how should they be presented or preserved? In this seminar, Palestinian artist Ayman AlAzraq, and PRIO Researcher Cindy Horst, will explore the role of art, history, solidarity and interconnection...
Monday, 12 Feb 2024 13:00–14:30 UTC+01
Exhibition: "The Lost Tapes of A Peoples’ Tribunal, 1982"
PRIO’s CCC and Fotogalleriet invite you to visit a exhibition by filmmaker, photographer and media artist Ayman Alazraq. It showcases the material and related documents, sheds light on the significance of individual efforts in preserving historica...
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011
International media takes no breaks
Interviews with Radio France, BBC, and Russian media
Monday, 3 Dec 2012
A More Peaceful World Awaits
Article in TIME
Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012
Research on the 22 July Attacks
The Research Council of Norway has just announced its funding from the SAMKUL programme.
Tuesday, 4 Nov 2014
Journal of Eastern African Studies, Special Issue: Politics and violence in eastern Africa: the struggles of emerging states, c.1940-1990
Volume 8, Issue 4, 2014
Monday, 9 Feb 2015
Peacekeeping Works!
New Policy Brief from the Conflict Trends Project
Friday, 28 Apr 2017
Launch of Task Force report on Blue Economy Vision 2025
with Task Force member Ruchita Beri, IDSA
Friday, 21 Jun 2019
Journal of Peace Research Does Well on Ranking
PRIO's Journal of Peace Research is in the top quartile of International Relations and Political Science citation ranking.
Monday, 1 Jul 2019
PRIO Migration Research Update
The latest issue of PRIO Migration Research Update provides an overview of recent news, events, publications, videos and more from the Migration research group.
Monday, 5 Oct 2020
Creative Methods Workshop for the INSPIRE Project
On October 5-6th a workshop on creative methods was held for the INSPIRE project.
Monday, 14 Jun 2021
Artistic Encounters in War and Violent Conflict: New Platform for the INSPIRE Project Launched
On June 3rd 2021, the INSPIRE research platform was launched with a live performance by Faytinga and a presentation of artwork by Diala Brisly.
Monday, 27 Mar 2023
PRIO’s Historical Archive Is Now Publicly Available
The PRIO Archive (about 1500 physical boxes) is now deposited at the National Archives of Norway.
Associate Researcher
Nicole M. Hartwell
Laura Le Cornu