Gregory M. Reichberg has been appointed head of the Research School in Peace and Conflict. The appointment is effective as off 1 January 2013. Greg Reichberg is a Research Professor at PRIO, and a Professor (II, adjunct) in the Department of Political Science of the University of Oslo. He also serves on the board of the Peace Research Endowment. He has previously been Director at the PRIO Cyprus Centre and Programme Leader at PRIO.

The Research School is a consortium that offers Ph.D.-level courses on peace and conflict studies. This multidisciplinary program is a joint initiative of PRIO, the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

For further information about the school, please consult its web-page.