Wednesday, 5 Feb 2025
Nina Græger Appointed as New Director of PRIO
PRIO is pleased to announce the appointment of Nina Græger as its next Director, effective 1 July 2025.
Tuesday, 28 Jan 2025
PRIO Director's 2025 Nobel Peace Prize List
The Director of PRIO, Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms topping the list.
Popular Article
Conversations on ending the war in Ukraine grow louder and emptier
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Book Review
War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
Virtual book launch of 'From uncertainty to policy: A guide to migration scenarios' on International Migrants Day
Can migration be forecasted in today's unpredictable world? How can policymakers and scholars navigate inherent uncertainty, with robust and realistic models?
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024
New Podcast Episode Explores Russian Approaches to Peace Processes Amid Escalating Ukraine Crisis
As the conflict in Ukraine intensifies, questions about the prospects for peace and the shifting dynamics of international involvement take center stage in the latest episode of PRIO’s Peace in a Pod.
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
PRIO in the Republic of Korea for its Action with Women and Peace Conference
On December 10th, PRIO Research Director Louise Olsson and GPS Coordinator Stine A. Bosheim contributed to the Action with Women and Peace Conference (AWP), in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Book Review
Who Will Defend Europe?
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Monday, 9 Dec 2024
PRIO secures funding for four new innovative projects
PRIO has successfully secured funding for four new projects to support research addressing today’s critical societal challenges, including two focused on Norwegian security and defence.
Report – External Series
The Madrid Conference and the Washington Process (1991–1993): A Regional Framework for Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Report – External Series
Navigating US-China Technology Competition: An Indonesia Perspective
Research Report
Report – Other
The Elephant in the Room: How Saudi Arabia’s Multiple Roles in Yemen Influence Mediation Efforts
Report – Other
False Hopes and Broken Promises on the Road to War: The Minsk Process to Manage the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, 2014-2021
Report – Other
The Madrid Conference and the Washington Process (1991–1993): A Regional Framework for Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Popular Article
Putin's 'three escalations' affect prospect of peace in Ukraine
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Popular Article
Putin and Kim look for opportunities amid US elections turmoil
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024
PRIO AI Days Unites Experts to Shape Technology's Role in Global Peace
For a second year, PRIO AI Days took place earlier this month to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in global peace and security.
Popular Article
The BRICS format makes sense, but only that much
Popular article in Panorama UIK
Friday, 11 Oct 2024
Statement on Nobel Peace Prize Announcement by PRIO Director Henrik Urdal
“Today’s Nobel Peace Prize award to Nihon Hidankyo comes at a crucial time when countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, and threats of use by traditional and emerging nuclear powers are alarmingly on the rise."
Friday, 11 Oct 2024
PRIO Researchers to Evaluate Norway’s Engagement in Afghanistan
PRIO’s Deputy Director Torunn L. Tryggestad and PRIO Research Professor Kristian Berg Harpviken are both appointed members of new commission on Afghanistan.
Thursday, 3 Oct 2024
Nobel Peace Prize 2024: PRIO Director’s Updated List Announced
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his updated list for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize today, with election observers topping the list.
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024
Call for Papers: Theorizing Migration and Social Mobility in Asia and Beyond
Focusing on the Asian context, we seek to explore the interactions between multiple forms of migrations and processes of social mobility, whether upward, downward, or sideways. The Call for Papers is open till 15 October 2024.
Saturday, 21 Sep 2024
"The solution of the Cyprus problem should be addressed more comprehensively within the framework of sustainable development"
Stated Ipek Borman PCC research consultant at a panel organized on the occasion of International Day of Peace
Journal Article
The multi-level determinants of international migration aspirations in 25 communities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Journal article in World Development
Popular Article
Moscow takes measure of Western vaccilations
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Friday, 6 Sep 2024
Call for papers - Life and migration: Decentering migration from the life aspirations of (potential) migrants
We invite abstracts for a panel at the IMISCOE Annual Conference, Paris, 1-4 July 2025. The panel aims to offer new insights across theoretical lenses, methodological approaches and geographical contexts. Deadline 23 September 2024.
Sunday, 18 Aug 2024
PRIO Invites Journalists to Apply for Residence Linked to Groundbreaking Research
PRIO hosts six research projects funded by prestigious grants for Europe’s most groundbreaking research. There is now an opportunity for journalists to spend 3-5 months at the institute and engage with these projects.
Friday, 16 Aug 2024
Forum on Digitalising Emergency Communication
On 15 August 2024, the DIGeMERGE project and the Center for Digital Welfare hosted an open forum on "Digitalising Emergency Communication" inviting participants to discuss the use of new emergency communication technologies in the Nordic countries.
Policy Brief
The Politics of Subsea Cables in Indonesia: Navigating Great Power Competition
PRIO Policy Brief
Journal Article
Localised refugee education: understanding nationally accredited refugee-led schools in Kenya’s Dadaab camps
Journal article in Journal of Eastern African Studies