 Wednesday, 09 May 2012 | Karin Dyrstad, a PhD candidate at NTNU and a research associate of CSCW/PRIO successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in Trondheim on 8 May. The title of the dissertation is 'Civil War and the Transformation of Values'. It discusses the relationship between war experiences, ethnicity, and governance, building on surveys of public opinion from several countries in the Balkans.
Ola Listhaug and Halvard Buhaug served as her dissertation advisers. John O'Loughlin (University of Colorado) and Erin Jenne (Central European University) were the opponents at the dissertation defense. More... |
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 Friday, 04 May 2012 | Rune Slettebak, a PhD candidate at NTNU and a research associate of CSCW/PRIO successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in Trondheim on 3 May. The title of the dissertation is 'Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and the Risk of Violent Conflict'.
This PhD project assesses the relation between natural disasters triggered by extreme weather events and the risk of violent conflict. Han Dorussen (University of Essex) and Espen Sjaastad (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) were the opponents at the dissertation defense, while Indra de Soysa and Henrik Urdal were PhD supervisors. More... |
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Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012 | PRIO invites applications from candidates with a solid command of management, research and diplomatic skills to lead the work of the PRIO Cyprus Centre, based in Nicosia. More... |
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Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012 | The majority of civil wars are local phenomena confined to limited parts of a country’s territory. However, studies of civil war have mainly relied on national statistics to explain the causes of such conflicts. As spatial methods and sub-national data evolve, this opens up for local studies of conflict. But how can we combine and provide spatial data related to civil war for scrutiny? More... |
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Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | The two institutions, which have a long-standing institutional relationship, are placed amongst the world’s most influential institutions in a recently released paper which takes takes its cue from the citations and recitations of scholarly articles within International Relations (IR). More... |
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Sunday, 22 Apr 2012 | The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is announcing a PhD fellowship financed as part of a Grant from the Research Council of Norway for a project on “Effective Non-Violence? Resistance Strategies and Political Outcomes” led by Kristian Skrede Gleditsch of the University of Essex & PRIO. The project seeks to understand the conditions that foster the use of non-violent as opposed to violent tactics, focusing on the interaction between specific characteristics of different organizations, their constituencies, the state, and external actors.
Applications deadline 31 May 2012. Please see the announcement text for further details. More... |
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 Friday, 16 Mar 2012 | Steven Pinker visited Oslo this week, with lectures at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, as well as at the University of Oslo (co-hosted by PRIO). Pinker also visited PRIO for an informal discussion with PRIO researchers, particularly those that have worked on the collection and analysis of the conflict data to which he refers frequently in his recent book on the decline of violence. More... |
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 Friday, 02 Mar 2012 | Siri defended her PhD dissertation on Friday March 2 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The thesis is titled Conflict, Peace, and Natural Resources: The role of natural-resource management in building lasting peace. More... |
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 Monday, 06 Feb 2012 | Does climate change sow the seeds of war? Until recently, most answers to this political question have been based on speculation. A landmark issue of Journal of Peace Research published by SAGE on behalf of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) investigates a host of potential causes for conflict. Many other factors have a far greater influence than climate change on peace and stability, most of the studies conclude. Special Issue of Journal of Peace Research on Climate Change & Conflict. Guest editor: Nils Petter Gleditsch. More... |