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Friday, 29 Nov 2024

Thomas Hylland Eriksen. Photo: GAD - Wikimedia Commons

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Words of Gratitude

On 27 November, PRIO received the sad news that Professor of social anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen passed away.

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Monday, 25 Nov 2024

Syrian refugee cramp. Photo: Getty Images

Armed Conflict’s Hidden Costs: A Multidisciplinary Look at War's Impact on Human Development

A new comprehensive review reveals that the detrimental effects of armed conflict extend far beyond the battlefield, with war reverberating through every aspect of human development.

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Monday, 18 Nov 2024

Erica Chenoweth. Photo: PRIO / Erlend Dalhaug Daae. Photo: Erlend Dalhaug Daae

How Civil Society Can Counter Global Authoritarianism – Insights from the PRIO Annual Peace Address

PRIO hosted the 15th Annual Peace Address on 12 November, focusing on a pressing global concern: the state of democracy and the vital role of civil society in its preservation and renewal.

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Thursday, 14 Nov 2024

Culture Conflict Course, October 2024. Photo: PRIO

PhD level course on Culture, Conflict and Politics

As part of the Norhed project, Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO held the PhD level course Culture, Conflict and Politics: Introduction to interpretive theory and methodology, 29-31 October.

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Friday, 8 Nov 2024

Juliane Stötter portrait. Photo: PRIO / Julie Marie Hansen

Gløbius Award for 2024 goes to Juliane Stötter

Juliane Stötter has won the 2024 Gløbius Award for her Master’s thesis in Peace and Conflict Studies, Precipitation Variability, Rebel Group Resilience, and the Duration of Civil Conflicts.

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Friday, 1 Nov 2024

Inger Skjelsbæk nominated for Brageprisen 2024

PRIO Research Professor Inger Skjelsbæk has been nominated for the prestigious Norwegian book award ‘Brageprisen 2024’ for her non-fiction book Sarajevos roser. Krigen i Bosnia og dens etterliv [Sarajevo Rose: The war in Bosnia and its aftermath].

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Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024

PRIO AI Days Unites Experts to Shape Technology's Role in Global Peace

For a second year, PRIO AI Days took place earlier this month to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in global peace and security.

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Friday, 18 Oct 2024

PRIO Seeks New Director to Lead Institute

We are looking for a committed and unifying leader who will contribute to strengthening peace research nationally and internationally.

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Friday, 11 Oct 2024

Torunn Tryggestad and Kristian Berg Harpviken. Illustration: PRIO

PRIO Researchers to Evaluate Norway’s Engagement in Afghanistan

PRIO’s Deputy Director Torunn L. Tryggestad and PRIO Research Professor Kristian Berg Harpviken are both appointed members of new commission on Afghanistan.

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Friday, 11 Oct 2024

Sigurd Hovd. Photo: Indigo Trigg-Hauger / PRIO

Sigurd Hovd has Successfully Defended PhD Thesis

Sigurd Hovd has today defended his PhD thesis.

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Friday, 11 Oct 2024

Nihon Hidankyo. Illustration: Nobel Peace Centre

Statement on Nobel Peace Prize Announcement by PRIO Director Henrik Urdal

“Today’s Nobel Peace Prize award to Nihon Hidankyo comes at a crucial time when countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, and threats of use by traditional and emerging nuclear powers are alarmingly on the rise."

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Thursday, 3 Oct 2024

Henrik Urdal, PRIO Director. Photo: PRIO / Indigo Trigg-Hauger

Nobel Peace Prize 2024: PRIO Director’s Updated List Announced

The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his updated list for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize today, with election observers topping the list.

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Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024

A busy street in the City of Manila. Photo: Karen Liao

Call for Papers: Theorizing Migration and Social Mobility in Asia and Beyond

Focusing on the Asian context, we seek to explore the interactions between multiple forms of migrations and processes of social mobility, whether upward, downward, or sideways. The Call for Papers is open till 15 October 2024.

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Saturday, 21 Sep 2024

"The solution of the Cyprus problem should be addressed more comprehensively within the framework of sustainable development"

Stated Ipek Borman PCC research consultant at a panel organized on the occasion of International Day of Peace

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Thursday, 19 Sep 2024

Groundbreaking Conflict Prediction System Receives Special Distinction

The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS), a collaborative project between PRIO and Uppsala University, has been awarded a Special Distinction by the prestigious Kluz Prize for PeaceTech.

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Thursday, 19 Sep 2024

PRIO Successful in Recent Norway Funding Round

The Research Council of Norway announced new research funding this week under its Democracy and Global Development panel. PRIO was successful in securing funding for three exciting new research projects.

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Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024

Describing the Cyprus problem as the main problem affecting all aspects - political, economic, social, cultural and environmental - of the lives of Cypriots

Ipek Borman from PCC appeared on Ulaş Barış's Agenda programme on Kıbrıs Postası TV to discuss the latest developments in the Cyprus problem:

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Friday, 6 Sep 2024

How are life aspirations and migration intertwined?. Photo: Original photo by Etienne Boulanger

Call for papers - Life and migration: Decentering migration from the life aspirations of (potential) migrants

We invite abstracts for a panel at the IMISCOE Annual Conference, Paris, 1-4 July 2025. The panel aims to offer new insights across theoretical lenses, methodological approaches and geographical contexts. Deadline 23 September 2024.

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Friday, 6 Sep 2024

Ipek Borman, PRIO Cyprus Centre research consultant and member of the Cyprus Women's Bicommunal Coalition (CWBC), participated in a study visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland

The CWBC conducted a working visit to Belfast and Dublin on 1-5 September 2024.

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Wednesday, 4 Sep 2024

Ophélie Schwab portrait. Photo: PRIO / Julie Marie Hansen

Ophélie Schwab Successfully Defends Master's Thesis

Ophélie Schwab Successfully defended her MA thesis at the University of Oslo, titled "Exploring Interreligious Dimensions of Conflict:  An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the European Union's Framing of Religion in the Nigerian Context".