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.
Popular Article
Trump's logic of deal-making versus Putin's logic of war-making
Popular article in Panorama UIK
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.
Tuesday, 21 Jan 2025
Write your master's thesis at PRIO: Applications open now for the PRIO Student Programme
PRIO is committed to fostering the next generation of peace researchers. To this end, we invite Master students to take part in our vibrant research community while writing their thesis.
Book Chapter
Using satellite maps to build sampling frames in migration surveys
Book chapter in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration
Journal Article
Conditionality, Compensation, or Both? Comparative Experiences of Third-Country Cooperation on Migration with the EU
Journal article in Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
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
Policy Brief
Bucking the “Big Bang:” Steps Toward Constructive Dialogue on the Cyprus Issue
PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief
Journal Article
A theory of the symbolic role of disarmament during peace processes: The laying down of FARC-EP’s weapons in Colombia
Journal article in Security Dialogue
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.
Journal Article
The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature
Journal article in World Development
Journal Article
Forum: Fostering Cooperation in Conflict Research Beyond Borders
Journal article in All Azimuth
Policy Brief
The EU and Peace Facilitation Organizations: Peace Multipliers or Cats to Be Herded?
PRIO Policy Brief
Journal Article
Fostering togetherness in superdiverse Catholic parishes
Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Friday, 18 Oct 2024
PRIO Seeks New Director to Lead Institute
We are looking for a committed and unifying leader who will contribute to strengthening peace research nationally and internationally.
Book Chapter
Implementing collaborative qualitative data collection
Book chapter in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration
Popular Article
Time to Push for Next Step on Women, Peace and Security: Ensuring Positive Impact for Women in Conflict
Popular article in The Global Observatory
Popular Article
Challenging the Invisibility of Women Combatants: Five Steps Towards Gender-Responsive DDR
Popular article in IPI Global Observatory
Friday, 11 Oct 2024
Sigurd Hovd has Successfully Defended PhD Thesis
Sigurd Hovd has today defended his PhD thesis.
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.
Policy Brief
Post-War Opportunities for Arms Control
PRIO Policy Brief
Popular Article
Spectre of escalation over the Ukraine war
Popular article in Panorama UIK
Report – Other
Foxes Guarding The Henhouse? The IGAD Mediation for South Sudan, 2013-15
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.
Wednesday, 14 Aug 2024
The Nordics in NATO: Is Norway Prepared for a New Reality?
Eirik Kristoffersen, Norway’s Chief of Defense, introduced the PRIO-hosted event on Norway's new role in NATO at Arendalsuka.
Thursday, 1 Aug 2024
Marianne Dahl New Research Director at PRIO
Marianne Dahl is the new Research Director for the Conflict Patterns and Environments Department at PRIO.
Journal Article
Norway’s Aid to Ukraine: Building Peace or Fueling Crime?
Journal article in Journal of Illicit Economies and Development
Policy Brief
Disinformation and Emergency Communication
PRIO Policy Brief