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    Thursday, 11 Aug 2022

    PRIO at Arendalsuka 2022

    ​PRIO will participate at this year's Arendalsuka with three events, and with our researchers on several debate panels.

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    Monday, 8 Aug 2022

    Chandler Williams Succesfully Defends Master's Thesis

    ​Chandler Williams has succesfully defended his thesis "Airstrike-only Military Interventions and Their Civilian Consequences - Evidence from the Kosovo War".

    Congratulations, Chandler!

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    Sunday, 17 Jul 2022

    PRIO Personified: Nils Petter Gleditsch at 80

    ​Nils Petter Gleditsch turns 80 years today. He has been an international leader in peace research and an institution builder at PRIO since 1964.

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    Wednesday, 13 Jul 2022

    Halvard Buhaug Awarded ERC Advanced Grant

    ​Research Professor Halvard Buhaug has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the project "POLIMPACT: Enabling Politically Sensitive Climate Change Impact Assessments for the 21st Century".

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    Thursday, 30 Jun 2022

    New Conflict Data for 2021: Sharp Increase in the Number of Deaths

    The 2021 update of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) data on organized violence is now available. It reveals that at least 119,000 people died as a result of organized violence in 2021. This is an increase of 46 percent compared to the year before and the highest figure since 2015.

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    Thursday, 30 Jun 2022

    Nina von Uexkull Receives Major Award

    Associate Professor at Uppsala University and PRIO associate Nina von Uexkull has been awarded the prestigious Oscar Prize for her work on security implications of climate change.

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    Wednesday, 29 Jun 2022

    Anton Kronborg Successfully Completes Master's Thesis

    ​Anton Kronborg has successfully completed his master's thesis, titled On the Edge of their Seats: Incentives for Constituency Service in the National Assembly of Zambia, at the University of Copenhagen (Department of Political Science).

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    Wednesday, 29 Jun 2022

    Katrine Fangen Reviews ‘Hate in the Homeland’ by Cynthia Miller-Idriss

    ​In an extensive book review published in the journal YOUNG, Katrine Fangen offers a nuanced assessment of Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right, by Cynthia Miller-Idriss (Princeton University Press, 2020).

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    Thursday, 23 Jun 2022

    Reintegrating Together or Alone? New Study on How the Reintegration Process Can Affect Ex-Combatants’ Political Participation

    ​In a new PRIO Paper, Senior Researcher Wenche Iren Hauge assesses how the reintegration processes of ex-combatants affect their political participation. The paper draws on case studies from Guatemala, Nepal and Colombia.

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    Thursday, 23 Jun 2022

    Residency on Creative Practice and Activism in the Context of Conflict and Oppression

    ​On 15 August, PRIO, PRAKSIS and artist Motaz Habbash will kick off a month-long residency with ten artists whose creative practices respond to lived experiences of conflict and oppression. 

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    Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022

    The Women, Peace and Security Index Goes Viral on Social Media

    Yesterday, a video featuring the Global Women, Peace and Security Index went viral on TikTok, garnering over 700,000 likes so far.

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    Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022

    PRIO Gender Equality and Diversity Action Plan

    ​The PRIO Gender Equality and Diversity Action Plan 2022-2025 (GEDAP) was adopted by the PRIO Board 7 April 2022.

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    Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022

    Roundtable with Hugo Slim: The Future of Humanitarian Principles - Recording Now Available

    ​Will the principle of humanity survive the critique of anthropocentrism and a call for post-humanism? 

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    Monday, 13 Jun 2022

    Fulbright Article Prize 2022 Awarded to Gudrun Østby

    ​​The Fulbright Alumni Association Norway (FAAN) has by scholarly committee awarded Gudrun the Fulbright Article Prize for 2022.

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    Friday, 10 Jun 2022

    Article in POLITICO with Comments by Harry Tzimitras

    ​“Energy could be a good platform for reconciliation in politically laden regions, like Cyprus and beyond, but unfortunately, it has become yet another chapter in the book of the conflict.”

    Read the article here.

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    Tuesday, 7 Jun 2022

    PhD Course on International Mediation

    The PRIO Research School on Peace and Conflict, in collaboration with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, hosted doctoral candidates at the PhD-level course.

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    Thursday, 2 Jun 2022

    PRIO and STK Host the Launch of the EuroWARCHILD Project

    ​On 1 June, the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, and the University of Oslo's Centre for Gender Research (STK) hosted the launch of the EuroWARCHILD project. The launch brought together scholars and practitioners, as well as European war children, to discuss what it means to be a child born of war.

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    Thursday, 2 Jun 2022

    CHANSE Funding in Place for Project on Digital Emergency Communication

    The project will examine the use of smartphone apps, mass notifications via SMS and messaging on social media platforms, in efforts to alert the public and respond to emergencies.

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    Tuesday, 31 May 2022

    Next Steps toward New Insights on Migration, Development and Policy from MIGNEX

    ​Successful MIGNEX consortium meeting in Istanbul, with inspiring discussion as the project members continue to build new knowledge on migration, development and policy.

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    Monday, 30 May 2022

    Abraham Accords on NRK Urix

    Før måtte de skjule at de var jøder i arabiske land. Nå flytter mange jøder fra hele verden til muslimske Dubai. Hvorfor?
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