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
The Silent Winner of Myanmar’s Northern Conflict
From the chaos of the conflict in Shan State, the United Wa State Army has emerged as a potentially decisive force. On the morning of July 28, a convoy of soldiers from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) drove through Lashio, the capital of the north...
PRIO Blogs
Victory for the Civilian Uprising in Bangladesh: What is Next for the ‘Second Independence’?
It was an unprecedented and historic moment that unfolded in Bangladesh on 5 August 2024 when Prime Minister Sheik Hasina hastily fled the country in a military helicopter. The protesters had demonstrated in the streets for several weeks, and that...
PRIO Blogs
The Importance of Recognition – Even in Occupation
Norway, Spain, and Ireland recognized a Palestinian state that does not yet exist. This is why it still matters. On Wednesday May 22. Norway, Spain and Ireland declared that they would recognize Palestine as a state on May 28. The recognition has ...
Tuesday, 14 Jun 2005 16:30–18:30 UTC+02
Europe and Peace
PRIO and the French Cultural Centre organized a seminar with Simone Veil.
Thursday, 20 Oct 2005 13:00–15:00 UTC+02
Sudan Peace Agreement
The Centre for the Study of Civil War at PRIO organized a seminar on the achievements and challenges of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
Wednesday, 5 Apr 2006 13:00–15:30 UTC+02
Political Islam in the Sudan
Around 60 people gathered for a PRIO seminar on the historical background of political Islam in the Sudan.
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Convention
7–8 Sep 2006
Transnational and International Facets of Civil War
Workshop in the Working Group 'Transnational and International Facets of Civil War'.
Wednesday, 13 Oct 2010 13:30–15:30 UTC+02
Sudanese Perspectives on the 2011 Referendum
Chair: Mariano Aguirre, Director of Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre (Noref)Introduction:Dr.
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011 15:00–19:00 UTC+02
PRIO Annual Peace Address 2011: The Role of Nonviolence in the Struggle for Liberation
Given by John Lewis
Wednesday, 11 Sep 2013 09:30–15:00 UTC+02
The Art of Demobilisation – Nepal, a Success Story?
In 2006 a peace agreement ended a decade-long civil war in Nepal between the state and the Maoist People’s Liberation Army.
Thursday, 8 Jan 2015 14:00–15:30 UTC+01
Will 2015 be the Year of Peace in Sudan?
Yasir Arman speaks at PRIO
Wednesday, 8 Jun 2016 09:30–11:00 UTC+02
Differentiating Between Israel and the Illegal Settlements
The Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS), the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) and Fagforbundet have the pleasure to welcome you to a breakfast seminar on the European Union's and Norway's approaches to Israel and the illegal s...
Tuesday, 7 Nov 2017 11:00–12:30 UTC+01
Communication, Conflict and the Media in Transitional Contexts
How to understand communication and the role of the media in transitions towards democracy? In the chaotic circumstances that accompany regime change, communication between political actors and the populace is extremely important and the media se...
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
NWM-Norway Workshop
Norwegian women mediators present experiences from Myanmar and Colombia peace processes
Thursday, 1 Nov 2018 12:00–14:00 UTC+01
Cieng, Kafka, and Malcolm X: how southern Sudanese displaced people in Khartoum worked out what liberation might mean
Lunch Seminar
Wednesday, 14 Nov 2018 15:45–18:00 UTC+01
Roadmap to Peace in Mozambique
Registration is now closed.
Friday, 20 Sep 2019 09:00–10:00 UTC+02
Saeb Erekat on Forming a Palestinian Future in the Shadow of Annexation
Saeb Erekat represents the Palestinian National Authority as Chief Negotiator and serves as the Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee.
Thursday, 15 Oct 2020 16:00–17:30 UTC+02
Imagining Inclusive Mediation: Learning from Pioneering and Young Women Leaders
The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in partnership with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Finland and Norway cordially ...
Wednesday, 24 Aug 2022 08:45–10:00 UTC+02
Women Mediators Capacity Building Programs: An Effective Tool in Grassroots Mediation
Women in Mediation Breakfast Seminar co-hosted by the South African Embassy in Norway and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and SecurityThis is a hybrid event, with participation both online and in person at PRIO.
Monday, 12 Feb 2024 13:00–14:30 UTC+01
Exhibition: "The Lost Tapes of A Peoples’ Tribunal, 1982"
PRIO’s CCC and Fotogalleriet invite you to visit a exhibition by filmmaker, photographer and media artist Ayman Alazraq. It showcases the material and related documents, sheds light on the significance of individual efforts in preserving historica...
Thursday, 12 Jul 2007
From Guerrilla Movement to Political Party
Øystein H.
Friday, 6 Sep 2013
Durham Conference Papers
Enlightening papers enhancing debate were presented over four days at the conference “Struggles over emerging states in Africa: The impact of political governance violence on governance and society in North-East Africa, 1950-1980” in Durham in May.
Sunday, 8 Mar 2015
Fifty Years Since the Selma March
Yesterday, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Obama and over 100 members of the US Congress celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march in Selma, a turning-point in the non-violent civil rights movement.
Thursday, 1 Nov 2018
Seminar on Cultural Production among Southern Sudanese Displaced People in Khartoum
On 1 November, PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict organized the lunch seminar Cieng, Kafka, and Malcolm X: how southern Sudanese displaced people in Khartoum worked out what liberation might mean.
Friday, 31 Jul 2020
PRIO Remembers Congressman John Lewis
US civil rights icon, Rep.
Thursday, 20 May 2021
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza
In a series of brief blog posts, researchers of the PRIO Middle East Centre offer their reflections on the unfolding Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Monday, 18 Mar 2024
Who Provides Aid in Protracted Internal Displacement over Decades?
In a new article in the journal Disasters we explore who provides aid, drawing on the case of the protracted internal displacement of Sri Lanka’s Northern Muslims. Based on this we offer insights of relevance to 'localisation' efforts in humanitar...
Kazuhiro Obayashi