PRIO Blogs
How Colombia’s Disarmament Process Transformed Weapons Into Symbols of Peace
In 2016, the Colombian government and the guerrilla group FARC-EP ended their five decade-long war. As part of the peace agreement, FARC-EP’s weapons had to be collected, a process known as disarmament. By 2017, UN observers had received and remov...
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.
Security Dialogue
Migrant deaths in the name of law
Image byJim BlackfromPixabay In international political sociology, a variety of scholars following Agamben and the so-called state of exception emphasize the routes of violence against migrants in the light of their privation of rights or “suspend...
Security Dialogue
Can Videogames Shape Public Understandings of Weaponized Artificial Intelligence?
Image byLukasfromPixabay Millions of consumers play videogames like Call of Duty and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon. The battlefields these series portray increasingly feature drones, tanks, and robots that select and engage targets on their own, thanks...
Wednesday, 22 Jan 2025
New Study Reveals Human Impact of UNRWA Ban: Lifelines to Millions at Risk
New report outlines the on-the-ground consequences of Israel’s ban on UNRWA which comes into effect next week.
Report – External Series
Commanders of Putin's Long War: Purged, Reshuffled and Disgruntled
Russie.Eurasie.Visions
PRIO Blogs
An Untested Refugee Theory
From late January 2025, the Israeli ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will come into effect. What does this mean for the rights of the Palestinian refugees, and who will then take responsibility for h...
Report – Other
The Madrid Conference and the Washington Process (1991–1993): A Regional Framework for Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict
PRIO Blogs
Authorship and Involuntary Attribution: How and Why Should We Contest AI Manipulation?
Technology is radically changing the work and role of scholars and the function of academic publishing. Fake and fabricated content (data, facts, arguments, claims, conclusions) undermines the foundations of knowledge in a democratic society. Faki...
PRIO Blogs
Making Women Combatants Visible: Steps Towards Gender-Responsive Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
In October the Security Council met for its annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Open Debate under the theme of “Women Building Peace in a Changing Environment.” Despite the WPS agenda’s goals for including women in all aspects of security and ...
Journal Article
Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave
Journal article in Migration Studies
PRIO Paper
Framing Humanitarian AI Conversations: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Ethics?
PRIO Paper
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.
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
Journal Article
Toward a Thomistic Theory of Attention
Journal article in The Thomist
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.
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.
PRIO Blogs
Community Initiatives to Mitigate Group Tensions: Reflections from Uganda
Forced displacement places increased pressure on host communities. Refugees are often hosted in resource-scarce areas with high unemployment and poverty. Local, national and international collaboration is therefore crucial to mitigate social confl...
Thursday, 8 Aug 2024
Nordic Emergence to NATO and Gender Equality
PRIO Research Director Louise Olsson was interviewed by forskning.no about an integrated Nordic region in NATO and gender equality.
Book Chapter
External Intervention and Domestic Instrumentalization: A Structured, Focused Comparison of Iran and Saudi Arabia's Role in Yemen
Book chapter in A Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System
30 Nov 2006–1 Dec 2006
Integrating Small Arms Measures into Development Programmes
This international workshop aims to engage small arms experts, researchers and field practioners in sharing knowledge and experience on initiatives to address the impact of small arms proliferation and violence upon sustainable development.
Saturday, 10 February 2007
Doctoral Defence by Henrik Urdal
Henrik Urdal successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "Demography and Internal Armed Conflict" at the University of Oslo.
Friday, 7 Dec 2007 14:00–16:00 UTC+01
Afghanistan, The Neo Taliban and the North
Seminar with Antonio Giustozzi
Thursday, 13 December 2007
SORISK kick-off seminar
The Security Programme kicks off the SORISK project, a cooperation between PRIO and the University of Stavanger.
17–18 Aug 2006
The Role of First Actors in Civil War
A CSCW Workshop was held at PRIO 17-18 August, on The Role of First Actors in civil war.
Wednesday, 31 May 2006
Workshop: The Reintegration of ‘Refugee Warriors’
The first in a series of two workshops, the May 2006 event will be of an explorative character.
7–8 Dec 2007
Mimicry in Civil War
Workshop with Diego Gambetta
6–7 Mar 2008
Human Rights, Governance and Conflict
Opening Meeting of the CSCW Working Group on Human Rights, Governance and Conflict, led by Sabine Carey.
Wednesday, 11 May 2005
WG 6 Seminar at NTNU
Monday, 14 Dec 2009 09:00–18:00 UTC+00
Recruitment into Extra-Legal Organisations
A key focus of this workshop will be to discuss the ways in which recruits into extra-legal organizations signal that they are trustworthy and have the necessary skills to become a member and also how organizations screen and test recruits for tru...