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Thursday, 3 Oct 2024

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

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

PRIO Seeks New Director to Lead Institute

PRIO is seeking a new Director to lead the institute. It is looking for a committed and unifying leader who will contribute to strengthening peace research nationally and internationally.

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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".

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Wednesday, 28 Aug 2024

Wilmer Rosell Öden portrait. Photo: PRIO / Julie Marie Hansen

Wilmer Rosell Öden Successfully Defends Master's Thesis

Wilmer Rosell Öden has successfully defended his MA thesis at the University of Oslo

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Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024

Juliane Stötter portrait. Photo: PRIO / Julie Marie Hansen

Juliane Stötter Successfully Defends Master's Thesis

Juliane Stötter has successfully defended her MA thesis at the University of Oslo.

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Monday, 26 Aug 2024

Farseen Ali Puthanveettil Successfully Defends Master's Thesis

Farseen Ali Puthanveettil has successfully defended his MA for the European Master in Migration and Intercultural Realtions (EMMIR) at the University of Stavanger.

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Sunday, 18 Aug 2024

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PRIO Invites Journalists to Apply for Residence Linked to Groundbreaking Research

PRIO hosts six research projects funded by prestigious grants for Europe’s most groundbreaking research. There is now an opportunity for journalists to spend 3-5 months at the institute and engage with these projects.

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Friday, 16 Aug 2024

Forum on Digitalising Emergency Communication

On 15 August 2024, the DIGeMERGE project and the Center for Digital Welfare hosted an open forum on "Digitalising Emergency Communication" inviting participants to discuss the use of new emergency communication technologies in the Nordic countries.

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Thursday, 8 Aug 2024

A Ukrainian serviceman on a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia Region, Southeastern Ukraine, 27 April 2024. . Photo: Getty Images

Great Fear Among Norwegians of World War, Survey Shows

In a survey carried out for the Peace Research Institute Oslo, 41 per cent of people questioned in Norway believe it is likely that a new world war will break out within 10 years. Just as alarming, 55 per cent anticipate a new armed conflict in Europe.

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Friday, 2 Aug 2024

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. Julie Lunde Lillesæter/PRIO

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Elected as Fellow to the British Academy

PRIO Research Professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been elected as a Fellow of The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

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Thursday, 1 Aug 2024

From the left: Eirin Haugseth, Marianne Dahl, Sebastian Schutte, Gudrun Østby, Juliane Stötter, and Ida Rudolfsen. Júlia Palik was not present. . Photo: PRIO / Øyun Baklid

New JPR Editorial Team

Gudrun Østby and Sebastian Schutte are replacing Scott Gates as Editors-in-Chief of the journal, while Juliane Stötter replaces Bertrand Lescher-Nuland as Managing Editor.

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Thursday, 1 Aug 2024

Marianne Dahl 2019. Photo: Indigo Trigg-Hauger / PRIO

Marianne Dahl New Research Director at PRIO

Marianne Dahl is the new Research Director for the Conflict Patterns and Environments Department at PRIO.

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Wednesday, 31 Jul 2024

Vacancy: Web Developer

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