Latest news – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

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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 the three research projects.

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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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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

Illustration. Photo: Andrew Neel (Unsplash)

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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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

Want to play a crucial role in managing PRIO's digital presence and ensuring our websites communicate our research in the best way possible?

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Wednesday, 3 Jul 2024

The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) releases forecasts from its Prediction Challenge

VIEWS releases forecasts from participating teams to the Prediction Challenge 2023/2024.

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Friday, 28 Jun 2024

.Summer School 2024. Photo: PRIO / Øyun Baklid

Summer School Students Welcome to PRIO

This week we have welcomed this year's summer school students to PRIO.

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Thursday, 27 Jun 2024

Maria Krogshus Holmås. Photo: Julie Marie Hansen/PRIO

Maria Krogshus Holmås Successfully Defends Master`s Thesis

Maria Krogshus Holmås has successfully defended her MA thesis at the University of Oslo.

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Tuesday, 25 Jun 2024

Read the latest blog post from Mete Hatay: Turkish Cypriots and “Demographic Danger”

In March 2024, Bülent Dizdarlı, a respected Turkish Cypriot doctor and former head of the medical association, speculated on his Facebook page that the population of the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) had reached two million.

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Friday, 21 Jun 2024

PRIO awarded FRIPRO funding for two groundbreaking projects

The Research Council of Norway announced funding for 21 new projects this week. PRIO was delighted at the funding of two of its projects.

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Thursday, 20 Jun 2024

Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 2024. Photo: Anadolu via Getty Images

Funding in Place for Project on Possible War Crimes in Ukraine

PRIO has received the news that the three-year project Recording Explosive Munitions for the analysis of WAR crimes (REMWAR) will be funded by the Research Council of Norway.

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Thursday, 20 Jun 2024

Kristian Berg Harpviken. Ebba Tellander / PRIO

PRIO’s Kristian Berg Harpviken Appointed New Director of The Nobel Institute

PRIO congratulates Research Professor Kristian Berg Harpviken who has been appointed the new Director of The Nobel Institute.

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Wednesday, 12 Jun 2024

13 October 2023, destroyed UNRWA compound in Gaza. . Photo: UNRWA Photo

Media invitation: Seminar with UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini

Journalists are invited to a seminar on UNRWA under attack – saving the UN’s Palestine refugee agency, with its Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.