Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025
New Results from Prediction Challenge That Seeks to Improve Conflict Forecasting
The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction Challenge invites researchers to forecast conflict intensity as a probability distribution, fully accounting for uncertainty to improve decision-making and crisis preparedness.
PRIO Blogs
Moscow Seeks to Regain Initiative in the Game of Peace Talks
Jubilation in Moscow after the phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on February 12 has given way to contemplations of the consequences and even to confusion caused by the barrage of statements...
Security Dialogue
Poison: The politics behind pesticides and chemical weapons
Compounds labelled as chemical weapons and pesticides share common active chemical ingredients, which function as nerve agents to humans and insects whether they are considered a form of warfare or a farming staple. Lice: Image from Pixabay Why ar...
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...
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
473 million Children Live in Conflict Zones
The world is suffering from escalating levels of conflict. The Civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the bombing of Gaza have all significantly contributed to dramatic increase in battle deaths in recent years...
PRIO Blogs
Putin Puts Forth Resolute Indifference to Kursk Debacle
The impact of Ukraine’s August 6 offensive operation into Kursk oblast remains an open strategic question following four weeks of increasingly intense and fluid fighting (see EDM, August 14, 15). Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first reaction t...
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
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...
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 Paper
Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2023
PRIO Paper
Wednesday, 5 Jun 2024
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2024
Arendalsuka is an annual Norwegian political festival that brings together politicians, journalists, policy makers, aid organisations, civil society and the private sector.
Monday, 10 Jun 2024
New data shows record number of armed conflicts
Last year saw the highest number of state-based conflicts since 1946. In addition, the past three years were the most violent in the last three decades, according to new conflict trend analysis.
PRIO Blogs
War of Attrition Perturbs Putin’s Elites
Last week was full of shocks for Moscow. The United States finally approved $61 billion of aid to Ukraine, the European Parliament passed a resolution rejecting the legitimacy of Russia’s March presidential elections, and Russian Deputy Defense Mi...
Monday, 8 Apr 2024
New Research Finds Information Campaigns to Deter Migration Have Little Effect
Research carried out by PRIO has found that public information campaigns warning against migration rarely affect desires to leave. And when they do, they surprisingly tend to increase the wish to migrate.
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2024
UCDP and PRIO data feature in major international database
As of early 2024, conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and PRIO are featured in a new section of Our World in Data dedicated to War and Peace.
PRIO Blogs
The AI Dilemma: Can Artificial Images of War and Suffering Stir Empathy?
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert explores the pitfalls and potentials of the use of AI to provide windows into humanitarian crises and human rights abuses. AI-generated images have already been used by charities and human rights organizations to illustrat...
Thursday, 14 Oct 2004 18:00–21:00 UTC+02
From Childhood to Suicide Bombing
PRIO invites you to a film seminar during the Films from the South festival.
Friday, 21 Sep 2007 18:30–22:00 UTC+02
Civil War in Colombia
Film Seminar
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.
Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008 19:00–22:00 UTC+02
Civil War in Europe - Film Seminar
Lessons Learned or Not? From Yugoslavia to Georgia
Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 10:00–12:00 UTC+02
A Peace Opportunity Missed? Is the World getting Less Peaceful Again?
PRIO Anniversary Seminar
Friday, 27 May 2011 11:00–12:30 UTC+02
Achieving Durable Peace: Afghan Perspectives on a Peace Process
Thursday, 27 Oct 2011 10:00–12:00 UTC+02
War Rape and Genocide
Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2012 13:00–15:00 UTC+01
Militant martyrdom
Tuesday, 4 Feb 2014 12:00–16:00 UTC+01
The Road Towards Colombian Peace: Field-Based Perspectives
Academic Seminar
Sunday, 9 Feb 2014 19:15–21:00 UTC+01
Human Rights Human Wrongs: Camp 14: Total Control Zone
Introduction by Stein Tønnesson
Wednesday, 28 May 2014 12:30–14:00 UTC+02
Crisis in Nigeria: Monitoring Violence and Accounting for the Dead
Lunch seminar with Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 08:30–10:00 UTC+02
Ebola: A Humanitarian Crisis or a Crisis of Humanitarian Governance?
Breakfast Seminar
Monday, 2 Nov 2015 13:00–14:30 UTC+01
To End a Civil War: Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka
Book Launch