Recent News

Post-Conflict Reconstruction Research Gets ERC Funding

​A new project PRIO partners with at the University of Essex receives a €2.47million European Research Council Advanced Grant.

PRIO’s Historical Archive Is Now Publicly Available

​The PRIO Archive (about 1500 physical boxes) is now deposited at the National Archives of Norway. Most of the material is accessible to all users.

In Search of the Radicalized Mainstream: Mobilizing, Normalizing and Normativizing Far-Right Ideologies from the Centre

​Call for Papers for an international symposium & workshop, 9-10 November 2023. PRIO is co-hosting this event.

Chinese Foreign Policy in Focus

Senior Researcher Ilaria Carrozza discussed Chinese foreign policy at the Norwegian Foreign Policy Conference 2023 on March 21.

Call to Action on Responsible Military AI

​PRIO Researchers Greg Reichberg and Samar Abbas Nawaz attended a recent summit on Responsible AI in the Military domain.

Ikke glem barna født av krigsvolden i Ukraina (Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine)

​PRIO GPS Centre Research Professor Inger Skjelsbæk and UiO Research Fellow Johanne Rokke Elvebakken have published an op.ed on Aftenposten on Children Born of War.

INSPIRE Art Award - Open Call for Artists

Now more than ever we can see how the impact of war and violence changes societies and people. Artists are often at the frontline of documenting, sharing and transforming experiences of war, violent conflict, exile and displacement. 

Apply now: PRIO Peace Research Course at the International Summer School

PRIO's International Summer School (ISS) is finally back in in-person format, after running virtually for three-years.

Vacancy: Doctoral Researcher – Forecasting

Do you want to contribute to a new and original area of research, developing forecasting systems and tools? Do you want to work closely with a larger interdisciplinary team of researchers studying the impact of armed conflict on human development? 

Nobel Peace Prize 2023: PRIO Director’s Shortlist Announced

​The director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his shortlist today for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, with human rights activists topping the list. 

Call for Application to the PhD-level course “Political regimes: Developments, Typologies and Consequences"

PRIO invites applications for this course, which will be taught in person in Oslo on 5-7 June 2023. The application deadline is 28 February.

Where Now for Norway Post-UN Security Council Membership?

Norway’s term as an elected member of the UN Security Council ended on December 31, 2022, after two intensive years. 

PRIO and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies: Round Table on Islamic Social Finance for Sustainable Development

HumBORDER project wrap-up: Humanitarian borders from 2015 to 2022

The HumBORDER project held its closing seminar on 1-2 December 2022 at PRIO. Looking back at the humanitarian borders of Europe from 2015-2022 the first part of the seminar assessed different manifestations and dynamics of these borders. 

Case Study Briefs and other MIGNEX publications

​Following the completion of data collection in 26 research areas, across 10 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the MIGNEX project has published one Case Study Brief for each of the research areas.