Studying security, armed conflict and peace
Studying security, armed conflict and peace
Producing its first papers on women's participation for peace and feminism in the early 1980s, PRIO's research on gender has a long tradition. PRIO has since become a hub of research on gender and Women, Peace and Security in Norway with an international outreach studying various forms of gender aspects related to security, armed conflict dynamics, and conflict resolution. Reflecting PRIO's inter-disciplinary and multi-method approach, our research spans across all Research Departments.
Contributing to progress, journals hosted at PRIO have been arenas for publishing novel research on gender. Notably, already in 2000, the Journal of Peace Research released one of the first quantitative articles on gender equality and political violence ever published. Security Dialogue had a special issue dedicated to gender and security as early as 2004. In addition to research, PRIO researchers are engaged in teaching, training, and policy support on gender and on Women, Peace and Security.
The aim of the Gender Research Group is to contribute to further strengthen PRIO's profile. This is an effort conducted in close collaboration with the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Center where we mutually reinforce each other's effort in this research field.
In addition to external events and outreach activities, the research group and the center organize internal research seminars together. In 2021, these included:
Planned for the Autumn of 2021:
If you are interested in presenting at the Gender Research Group/GPS Centre brownbags, please contact the coordinators.
PRIO researchers contribute to Special Issue of Internasjonal Politikk [International Politics].
The 12th UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies gathered senior peace mediation experts this week, to discuss how to strengthen women's role in peace processes.
This week, the UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies celebrates ten years.
Ine Eriksen Søreide’s tenure as Norway’s Foreign Minister between 2017 and 2021 was reviewed by PRIO researchers Torunn L.
Inger Skjelsbæk will receive the Ingrid Aune memorial prize 2022 for her research on conflict-related sexual violence.
The First Lady of Colombia, Veronica Alcocer, visited PRIO 7th of September 2022.
This week PRIO is organizing the 11th UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies.
Yesterday, a video featuring the Global Women, Peace and Security Index went viral on TikTok, garnering over 700,000 likes so far.
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.
Kelly Fisher and Teuta Kukleci have each been nominated for the Centre for Gender Research award "Best Master's Thesis With a Gender Perspective" for 2021.
Book chapter in Gender and Violence against Political Actors
Journal Article in NORMA International Journal for Masculinity Studies
Journal Article in Internasjonal Politikk
Journal Article in Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
GPS Policy Brief by Patty Chang & Louise Olsson
Book chapter in Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations
Journal Article in Frontiers in Big Data
Journal Article in International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice
GPS Centre Gender and Mediation Backgrounder
Louise Olsson
Research Director