Thursday, 3 Apr 2025
Global Gatherings on AI Weapons and Satellite Imagery: PRIO at UN Forums
PRIO’s engagement with issues around the use of AI was in full display last week, when PRIO researchers joined key UN discussions in Geneva on AI-enabled weapons and satellite technology, contributing expertise on security, ethics and strategic po...
PRIO Blogs
There’s a Path Forward for Turkey-Greece Cooperation — but It Requires a Dose of Realism
In the Eastern Mediterranean, tensions are largely the norm rather than the exception. Greece and Turkey, two stable states and NATO allies, enjoy largely peaceful unneighborly relations, despite occasional tension between them.
Wednesday, 5 Mar 2025
Roundtable on Chinese perspectives on global developments
On 4 March, PRIO hosted a roundtable on Chinese perspectives on global issues during the official visit of a Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister LU Kang (IDCPC). Scholars in Oslo joined to discuss China-Norway relations, geopolitics, and multi...
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.
PRIO Blogs
Conversations on Ending the War in Ukraine Grow Louder and Emptier
The first week of the “Golden Age” of U.S. policy announced by President Donald Trump registered a stream of messages from the White House on the need to bring the war in Ukraine to an end (White House, January 20). The Kremlin duly responded with...
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.
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
PRIO Blogs
Putin’s Much Ado About the BRICS Summit
The BRICS summit on October 22–24, held in Kazan, Russia, was met with great fanfare in Russian propaganda, which hailed it for its “epochal” significance. The BRICS summit, held in Kazan, was met with great fanfare in Russian propaganda. Propagan...
PRIO Blogs
No Shortcut to Hard Road to Peace in Ukraine
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its 33rd month, no drastic changes are expected on the battlefield. Ukraine has intensified its behind-the-scenes multilateral political maneuvering, as evidenced by Ukrainian President Volodym...
Popular Article
Unwinnable wars, risks of escalation, and the nuclear taboo
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
PRIO Blogs
Unwinnable Wars, Risks of Escalation, and the Nuclear Taboo
The announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize on October 11 coincided with a dangerous phase in two long wars — Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine — that are both poised for escalation. This ...
PRIO Paper
Cyprus in the EU and EMU: A Retrospect
Occasional Paper Series
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.
Thursday, 8 Aug 2024
Great Fear Among Norwegians of World War, Survey Shows
In a survey carried out for the Peace Research Institute Oslo, 41 per cent of people questioned in Norway believe it is likely that a new world war will break out within 10 years. Just as alarming, 55 per cent anticipate a new armed conflict in Eu...
Wednesday, 31 Jul 2024
Vacancy: Web Developer
Want to play a crucial role in managing PRIO's digital presence and ensuring our websites communicate our research in the best way possible?
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.
Wednesday, 12 Jun 2024
Media invitation: Seminar with UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini
Journalists are invited to a seminar on UNRWA under attack – saving the UN’s Palestine refugee agency, with its Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.
PRIO Blogs
Can High-Level Diplomacy Turn the Tide of the Ukraine War?
World politics in the first half of June is set to be enlivened not only by elections in such major powers as India, Mexico and South Africa, but also by a heavy concentration of international summits, conferences and visits. Agendas are rich and ...
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
The PRIO Cyprus Centre joins new EU project - REWEU
The project '(Re)uniting the East and West: Reflections on the 2004 EU enlargement' is focused on the commemoration of the 2004 “big bang” EU enlargement at the occasion of its 20th anniversary in May 2024.
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2006 13:00–14:30 UTC+02
Rising Militancy in the Niger Delta
The Roles of Government, Oil Companies, Oil Communities and Civil Society
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.
Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 09:00–12:30 UTC+02
Law, Governance and Legitimacy in Afghanistan
Seminar with Ali Wardak, Seema Ghani and Kanishka Nawabi
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008 10:00–12:00 UTC+02
Seminar with Dr. Stephen P. Cohen
PRIO is happy to welcome Professor Stephen P.
11–12 Jun 2009
Joint CSCW WG3/GROW-Net workshop
In association with PRIO’s 50th Anniversary Week in Oslo in June 2009, the CSCW Working Group on Environmental Factors in Civil War (WG3) and the CSCW node of the ESF/ECRP project “Disaggregating Civil Wars“ (aka GROW-Net) are organizing a joint ...
Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011 13:30–15:00 UTC+02
South Asia Seminar with Tridivesh Singh Maini
PRIO is delighted to welcome Tridivesh Singh Maini for a presentation and dialogue on 15 June at 1:30 PM in PRIO’s Philosopher’s Hall, with former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Amb.
Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011 13:30–15:00 UTC+02
India-Pakistan Relations After 26/11
Seminar with Tridivesh Singh Maini
Monday, 17 October 2011
Business as an Instrument of Peace
Symposium in Oslo
7–10 May 2012
Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War - a PhD course
POL8514 - 10 credits
Thursday, 19 Apr 2012 09:30–11:30 UTC+02
Returnee Women's Role in Peacebuilding in Sudan
Mobilities and Conflict seminar series
Monday, 11 Jun 2012 14:00–16:00 UTC+02
Geopolitical Implications of Climate Change
Seminar with Dr.