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.
Journal Article
Tacit engagement in humanitarian action: making sense of silence and secrecy in humanitarian negotiations
Journal article in Journal of International Humanitarian Action
Journal Article
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975–2021): Introducing the DDR dataset
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
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.
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.
Book Review
War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World
Book review in JPR Book Notes
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
Book Review
Who Will Defend Europe?
Book review in JPR Book Notes
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.
PRIO Report
The impact of the Cyprus problem on the protection of the environment
PRIO Cyprus Centre Report
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.
Friday, 29 Nov 2024
Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Words of Gratitude
On 27 November, PRIO received the sad news that Professor of social anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen passed away.
Journal Article
The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature
Journal article in World Development
Report – Other
The Elephant in the Room: How Saudi Arabia’s Multiple Roles in Yemen Influence Mediation Efforts
Journal Article
Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave
Journal article in Migration Studies
Friday, 1 Nov 2024
Inger Skjelsbæk nominated for Brageprisen 2024
PRIO Research Professor Inger Skjelsbæk has been nominated for the prestigious Norwegian book award ‘Brageprisen 2024’ for her non-fiction book Sarajevos roser. Krigen i Bosnia og dens etterliv [Sarajevo Rose: The war in Bosnia and its aftermath].
Policy Brief
Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2023
Conflict Trends
PRIO Paper
Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Karachi
PRIO Paper
Popular Article
No shortcut to hard road to peace in Ukraine
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Book Chapter
Mixed methods: bridging the qualitative–quantitative divide in migration research
Book chapter in How to Do Migration Research
Popular Article
Unwinnable wars, risks of escalation, and the nuclear taboo
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
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.
Journal Article
Toward a Thomistic Theory of Attention
Journal article in The Thomist
PRIO Paper
The Cyprus Property Issue and the Return of Lawfare
Occasional Paper Series
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
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.
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...
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.