Peacebuilding
This research group has adopted a rather broad definition of peacebuilding, in line with the UN Security Council's resolution in 2001 (S/PRST/2001/5). This resolution changes the definition of peacebuilding from focusing explicitly on post-war activities to stating that 'peacebuilding is aimed at preventing the outbreak, the recurrence or continuation of armed conflict'. The Peacebuilding research group is multidisciplinary, constituted by historians, political scientists, human geographers, philosophers, sociologists, and anthropologists.
New Case Brief: Trust and Fairness: Ethical Dilemmas in the Iran Nuclear (JCPOA) Negotiations
This FAIR Case Brief examines the role of threats and sanctions between the key parties and how they
impacted on trust between the various sides as
well as on perceptions of fairness in the negotiations.
Exploring Ethics-Driven Approaches to Digital Peacebuilding at Geneva Peace Week
More than 40 peace practitioners, researchers and representatives from international organizations came together on 2 November 2022 in Geneva to discuss how various ethics perspectives could help in the planning, implemention, and evaluation of digital peacebuilding interventions.
FAIR project workshop takes place in Cyprus
The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.
New Case Brief: The Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS)
This new FAIR case brief by Eli Stamnes and Cedric de Coning focuses on the peace negotiations resulting in the Revitalised
Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in
the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), finalized in September 2018.
New Case Brief: Controversies of Inclusion in the Colombian Peace Process: The Balancing Act of Introducing New Norms and Gaining Popular Support
This new FAIR case brief by Isabel Bramsen argues that inclusion is in fact a controversial issue with several dilemmas in relation to peace processes.
New Case Brief: Ethical Issues and Controversies in the Astana Process: Questioning Representation and Ownership
This new FAIR case brief by Zenonas Tziarras focuses on how the Astana process became central to the peace efforts regarding the Syria conflict after 2017, but it has been heavily influenced by the interests and positions of its three sponsors or guarantor powers: Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
New Case Brief: The Role of Civil Society in Peace Processes – A Case Study of Guatemala: Ethical Reflections
The new case brief by Wenche Iren Hauge examines the Guatemalan peace process from 1990 to
1996 as an early example of the inclusion of civil society in a negotiation process.
The Guatemalan case is an important
illustration of the challenge in having
to prioritize between different norms
in a peace process – and in this
case, ending violence came before
important implications of inclusivity
on other issues on the negotiation
agenda.
New Case Brief: Excluded Palestinians: Mediator Gatekeeping in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
This new case brief by Jørgen Jensehaugen examines the dilemma of inclusion/exclusion, which is one of many central problems
in Arab–Israeli peacemaking, by using three instances of international
mediated involvement in the conflict to highlight how mediation gatekeeping has served
to exclude Palestinians, either as a people, as a
political unit, or as a spoiler group.
New Case Brief: Malian Women’s Participation in the Algiers Negotiations
This FAIR case brief focuses on Malian women's participation in the Algiers negotiations in 2014–2015. It shows how there were stark differences in perceptions of fairness when it came to women's participation among the different actors involved, including relatively strong resistance to women's participation from the international mediation team and the conflict parties in Algiers.
Teuta Kukleci Successfully Defends Master's Thesis
Teuta Kukleci has successfully defended her master's thesis The “Low Road”: Ethnic Division and Bosnian Newspaper Coverage of Landmark Cases of Sexual Violence at the ICTY at the University of Oslo.
Congratulations to Teuta!
Digital Peacebuilding: A Framework for Critical–Reflexive Engagement
Journal Article in International Studies Perspectives
Dinámicas de la violencia en los llanos orientales tras la firma del acuerdo de paz con las FARC-EP
Book Chapter in Donde está la paz territorial? Violencia(s) y conflict armado tras el Acuerdo de Paz con las FARC-EP
Dømt til å mislykkes? USA og det afghanske statsbyggingsprosjektet, 2001–2021
Journal Article in Internasjonal Politikk
On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge
Book Chapter in Lives in Peace Research: the Oslo Stories
At the Gates to Peace: Mediators as Gatekeepers
PRIO Policy Brief
Listening to Peace: Dimensions and Variations in the Implementation of the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia
Report - Other
Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Book Chapter in Contemporary Peacemaking: Conflict, Violence and Peace Processes
Diálogos de La Habana: una comprensión desde la paz positiva y la paz negativa
Journal Article in Opera
Justice during the War with the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
PRIO Policy Brief
National Security Strategies Development in Africa: A Toolkit for Drafting and Consultation
Report - Other
Cancelled: Revelations from Norway’s Secret Negotiations to Stop the War in Libya
FAIR Cyprus workshop on ethical considerations in peace negotiations’
Political Economy of Palestine: Critical Perspectives - MidEast Breakfast with Alaa Tartir
Revising the Mandate for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Reflections on the Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General
Negotiating Disarmament
UTSATT: Prøvestansavtalen 25 år
Colombia – Five Years After the Peace Agreement
Norway’s first 100 days on the UN Security Council: Living up to expectations?
Launch of the UNDP/PRIO report on attitudes and perceptions towards the peace process in Colombia
Global Peace and COVID-19
Arms Export and the Peace Nation
Conversations Across the Divide
Delivering the Cyprus Peace Dividend
Ex-Combatants' Choices: Reintegrating Together or Alone - Effects on Political Participation. Case Studies from Guatemala, Nepal and Colombia
From Separation to Contact: What Peace Looks Like in Cross-Ethnic Environmental Cooperation within the Cyprus Buffer Zone
Minors in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Processes - The Gender Dimension
Monitoring Attitudes, Perceptions and Support (MAPS)
No Peace in Sight? The United States and the Complex Case of Afghanistan, 1978-2020
On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR)
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Wenche Iren Hauge
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