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Thursday, 13 Nov 2025

PRIO Deputy Director Haakon Gjerløw. Photo: Indigo Trigg-Hauger / PRIO

Haakon Gjerløw appointed new Deputy Director of PRIO

The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Haakon Gjerløw as its new Deputy Director, effective 1 October.

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Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025

Editors and some of the contributors to the 'Handbook of Nordic Cooperation' at the launch event in Copenhagen, Denmark. . Photo: PRIO

Handbook highlights Nordic cooperation as a model for global collaboration

The newly published Handbook of Nordic Cooperation was launched last week in Denmark at a seminar co-hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Copenhagen and Edward Elgar Publishing.

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Tuesday, 11 Nov 2025

Mari Holmboe Ruge at PRIO in 1965, with Ingrid Eide to her left and Johan Galtung to her right. Photo: Unknown

Mari Holmboe Ruge in memoriam

The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is sad to announce the passing away of Mari Louise Holmboe Ruge (born 20 July 1934) on 7 November 2025 in Oslo.

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Monday, 10 Nov 2025

The Afghanistan Commission, who were tasked to assess Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan from 2015 to 2021. Photo: PRIO

Norwegian Government receive Afghanistan review report with key insights from PRIO experts

On 6 November, Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik received the report from the Afghanistan Commission assessing Norway’s engagement in the country.

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Wednesday, 5 Nov 2025

PRIO Cyprus Centre welcomes Norwegian delegation

An excellent opportunity for a principled yet pragmatic discussion on the Cyprus problem, regional realities, and topical issues.

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Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025

AsiaPeace roundtable in Islamabad. Photo: PIPS

AsiaPeace Roundtable on China’s ‘Developmental Peace’ held in Islamabad

On 4 November the AsiaPeace project convened a roundtable bringing together scholars, analysts and officials from Pakistan, China, and Norway to discuss the role of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in advancing development and peace in Pakistan.

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Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025

Mass Mobilization and Democratization course. Photo: PRIO / Linn Åmot

PhD course on Mass Mobilization and Democratization

As part of the NORHED II project Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO hosted a PhD-level course on Mass Mobilization and Democratization, from October 29 to 31.

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Friday, 31 Oct 2025

Security Dialogue welcomes new editorial team from 2026

From 1 January 2026, the international journal Security Dialogue will be led by a new editorial team based at its institutional home, PRIO.

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Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025

Presentation of FUMI results in in Cape Verde. From left: Paulino Dias, Guilherme Flor, Celeste Fortes, Jørgen Carling, and Revan Almeida. Illustration: Criselene Brito

Research results on young people's dreams captivate audiences in Cape Verde

"What is your most important dream in life" was a key question in a large survey of young people, and the source of thought-provoking results.

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Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025

Military robot. Photo: US Department of Defense Sgt Cory D. Payne

Rethinking human roles in AI warfare

What kinds of human involvement are necessary in the use of AI-enabled weapons systems – and why?

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Monday, 27 Oct 2025

2025 Women, Peace and Security Index Covert Art. Illustration: GIWPS/PRIO

New report raises alarm on lack of progress globally for women’s rights and wellbeing

Progress for women’s rights and wellbeing has stalled globally, according to the 2025/26 Women, Peace and Security Index launched today in New York.

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Tuesday, 21 Oct 2025

Two new postdoctoral positions at PRIO

PRIO is announcing two postdoctoral positions linked to the ERC-funded project Rituals in Combatant-to-Civilian Transformation (Com2Civ), led by Senior Researcher Júlia Palik.

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Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025

Hindu-Muslim violence in western India. Photo: Getty Images

Online speech drives real-world violence, new PRIO study finds

A new study from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) represents one of the first large-scale investigations into how online discourse can both increase and reduce real-world violence.

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Friday, 10 Oct 2025

Maria Corina Machado. Photo: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

Reactive statement on Nobel Peace Prize announcement by PRIO Director Nina Græger

Today’s Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado is, above all, a prize for democracy.

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Friday, 3 Oct 2025

PRIO building. Julie Lunde Lillesæter/PRIO

PRIO secures new funding from RCN and ERC

PRIO researchers have recently been awarded grants for exciting new projects, from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the European Research Council (ERC).

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Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025

PRIO secures funding for three ground-breaking projects

PRIO has successfully secured funding for three timely projects on authoritarian AI (mis)use, biodiversity financing politics and ethical dilemmas in Norway’s preparedness strategies.

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Friday, 26 Sep 2025

Inger Skjelsbæk and Helga Malmin Binningsbø. Photo: PRIO

New funding for project on Norwegian truth and reconciliation commission in the South Saami area

Analyzing the case of the Norwegian truth and reconciliation commission in the South Saami area.

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Thursday, 25 Sep 2025

Daniel Kjebekk Drivdal Awarded the 2025 Gløbius Prize

Daniel Kjebekk Drivdal has been awarded the Gløbius Prize for 2025 for his MA thesis on Climate Mitigation and Conflict.

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Thursday, 25 Sep 2025

Migration Rhythms survey documentation (PRIO paper 2025). PRIO

MigrationRhythms Survey Documentation Published Ahead of Open Access Dataset

A new PRIO Paper offers in-depth documentation of the MigrationRhythms survey, shedding light on urban middle classes, social mobility and internal & international migration across four major Asian cities.

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Monday, 22 Sep 2025

A woman carries a child through the crater from an Israeli air strike as she makes her way across the border from Lebanon into Syria on 5 October 2024. Photo: Getty Images

Record number of women living in conflict in 2024

An estimated 676 million women – nearly 17 percent of the global female population – lived within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict last year, according to a new PRIO report.