Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026
Academic skills course on integrating quantitative data into qualitative research
The PRIO Research School on Peace and Conflict hosted researchers from Masaryk University and the University of Helsinki for an academic skills course.
Wednesday, 23 Sep 2026
PRIO researchers publish in new special issue on European rearmament
Europe is not just rearming; it is redefining the role of defence industries in security innovation and European cooperation.
Putin’s ‘Special Electoral Operation’ could backfire
Elections in Russia over the two and a half decades of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule have never been free and fair. The scope of electoral manipulation has been steadily rising to the point that the recent system that selected members of...
Journal Article
Participants in peace-keeping forces
Journal article in Cooperation and Conflict
Escalation and the size of wars
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.
Russia remains absorbed with Europe amid BRICS summit
Russian state media regularly presents the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS as embodiments of a multipolar world order replacing Western dominance.
Book Chapter
Introduction: Religious Minorities and Religious Education in a Plural Europe
Book chapter in Minorities, Migration, and Religion New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe
Book Chapter
Understanding the Interplay of Migration, Minorities, and Religion in European Societies Characterized by Migration-Driven Diversification
Book chapter in Minorities, Migration, and Religion New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe
Book Chapter
Exploring Muslim and Catholic Faith Education in Norway Transnational Ties, Role Modeling, and Socialization
Book chapter in Minorities, Migration, and Religion New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe
Book Chapter
Learning to be Catholic Church Strategies in the Face of Secularization and Migration-Driven Diversification in Europe
Book chapter in Minorities, Migration, and Religion New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe
Is US patience with Israel running out?
Israel’s military campaigns in the Middle East depend on support from the United States. But how long will that support last?
Book Chapter
Translocal Dynamics and (Im)Mobilities in Conflict: South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
Book chapter in Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict Understanding People’s (Im)Mobilities and (Dis)Connections under Conditions of Violence and War
Journal Article
Un-categorising ‘the migrant’ to interrogate the roles of migration in social mobility in four Asian cities
Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
The Ukraine War takes new turns in the Black Sea theatre
Wars of attrition are supposed to be static and predictable, but the Ukraine War definitely departs from this pattern. Its transformation is constant, and during this summer, new surprises have come, delivered primarily by Ukraine, which puts prio...
Only Moscow lacks new ideas for ending war against Ukraine
The July 23 meeting in Manila between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lasted only 35 minutes and produced no new momentum, according to the Kremlin (The Moscow Times, July 23).
Seeing 22 July through transitional justice: what have we learned?
The new book After 22 July: Transitional Justice and Terror focuses on forms of accountability, reconciliation, and remembrance that have emerged in the years since the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway. Bringing together perspectives from multiple...
Ukraine ramps up drone strikes in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea
Since early July, Ukraine has expanded its middle- and long-range aerial and naval drone strikes from isolating the Crimean Peninsula to also disrupting Russia’s maritime traffic in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Putin intensifies missile attacks against Kyiv ahead of NATO summit
The Kremlin paired the July attacks with exaggerated battlefield claims and messaging aimed at the July NATO summit.
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
New special issue on Johan Galtung’s intellectual legacy
PRIO is proud to announce the publication of a special issue of Journal of Global Security Studies, guest-edited by Nils Petter Gleditsch and Gerald Schneider.
Book Chapter
Overgangsrettferdighet etter 22. juli
Book chapter in After 22 July. Transitional justice and terror
Book Chapter
Sikkerhet, frihet og rettigheter: den demokratiske rettsstatens krevende balansekunst
Book chapter in Etter 22. juli. Overgangsrettferdighet og terror
Edited volume
Etter 22. juli. Overgangsrettferdighet og terror
Edited volume
Journal Article
Introduction: Johan Galtung—His work and how it stands up over time
Journal article in Journal of Global Security Studies
Journal Article
Continuities in the work of Johan Galtung
Journal article in Journal of Global Security Studies
Report – Other
Perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence
The Missing Peace Series: Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through Research, Policy and Practice
Shadow of Anchorage no-deal looms over Ukraine peace no-talks
The long-deadlocked Ukraine war has from the start of 2026 changed quite drastically in the tactical, strategic and geopolitical dimensions, but has remained immobile on the diplomatic track.
Report – Other
Migration Rhythms Learning Resources
Wednesday, 3 Jun 2026
PRIO convenes global meeting on the future of development finance
PRIO Research Professor Simon Reid-Henry convened a high-level ministerial meeting of the Coalition of Governments on Global Public Investment, an initiative he launched with partners at the United Nations Financing for Development IV Conference i...
The war in the shadow of Iran
While global attention is focused on the Iran conflict, the war between Pakistan and Afghanistan continues.
Surge in nuclear brinksmanship cannot regain Russia’s position of strength
The accumulation of setbacks in Russian economic, military, and foreign policies this spring has reached such a scale that the pattern of deadlocked war is beginning to shift toward the prospect of defeat