Media centre

If you are a journalist, PRIO’s Communication Department can connect you with our expert researchers who can speak across a diverse range of issues, and in a number of languages.

Topics and regions we cover

PRIO’s current peace and conflict research focuses on 143 countries across the globe.

Many of our researchers have extensive knowledge that is country-specific. Read more about the countries we cover on our Locations page, which includes a list of research carried out on each country, and the researcher who managed the project.

Read more about the full range of issues PRIO has expertise on our Topics page, which includes aid, children, conflict trends, COVID-19, extremism, gender, peacebuilding, drones, terrorism and the war in Ukraine.

PRIO’s Director releases an annual list of recommendations for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is covered extensively in the media. Read more about the current and former lists on our Nobel Shortlist pages.

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Email communication@prio.org to be added to PRIO's Press Releases list to receive news on our latest research.

To get in touch

Email us at communication@prio.org. This email reaches our entire team. You can also reach out to individual members of our team detailed on this page.

Michelle Delaney

Communication Director

michelle@prio.org

+47 941 65 579

Agnete Schjønsby

Senior Communication Adviser

agnete@prio.org

+47 905 71 503

Arnaud Siad

Senior Communication Adviser

arnaud@prio.org

+47 413 52 500

Latest press releases

Press release

Monday, 8 Jun 2026

A protestor holds up a sign during a rally in Spain for the end to the war in Palestine. Illustration: Getty Images

Conflicts between states highest level since World War II

The number of armed conflicts fought directly between states doubled in 2025, reaching the highest level recorded in over 80 years, according to PRIO’s annual report mapping global conflict trends.

Press release

Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026

Nobel Peace Prize 2026: PRIO Director’s list announced

Today PRIO's Director announced her list for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Press release

Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025

AI model warns of deadliest conflict zones in 2026

Ukraine, Palestine/Israel, Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria are projected to see the highest battle-related death tolls in 2026, according to a world-leading AI-driven conflict forecasting system.

Press release

Monday, 27 Oct 2025

2025 Women, Peace and Security Index Covert Art. Illustration: GIWPS/PRIO

New report raises alarm on lack of progress globally for women’s rights and wellbeing

Progress for women’s rights and wellbeing has stalled globally, according to the 2025/26 Women, Peace and Security Index launched today in New York.

Press release

Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025

Hindu-Muslim violence in western India. Photo: Getty Images

Online speech drives real-world violence, new PRIO study finds

A new study from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) represents one of the first large-scale investigations into how online discourse can both increase and reduce real-world violence.

Press release

Friday, 10 Oct 2025

Maria Corina Machado. Photo: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

Reactive statement on Nobel Peace Prize announcement by PRIO Director Nina Græger

Today’s Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado is, above all, a prize for democracy.

Press release

Monday, 22 Sep 2025

A woman carries a child through the crater from an Israeli air strike as she makes her way across the border from Lebanon into Syria on 5 October 2024. Photo: Getty Images

Record number of women living in conflict in 2024

An estimated 676 million women – nearly 17 percent of the global female population – lived within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict last year, according to a new PRIO report.

Press release

Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: PRIO Director’s updated list announced

The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Nina Græger, announced her updated list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

PRIO in the media

Mete Hatay

Mete Hatay comments in Politis in English article, warned that to maintain ownership of the process, the two leaders should try and do as much as possible together here on the island. “If they don’t do anything here, they will have to do it in the presence of the others at the 5+1, and they won’t be happy about it as the other guys will determine the outcome.

Wenche Iren Hauge

PRIO researcher Wenche Iren Hauge was interviewed by the Norwegian news paper Klassekampen on how sanctions are prolonging Venezuela's crisis in connection with the country's latest earthquake.

Pinar Tank

PRIO researcher Pinar Tank was interviewed by The Economist on how peacebuilding has changed with the entry of new illiberal peacebuilders.

Mete Hatay

Mete Hatay examines the latest diplomatic developments on Cyprus in a new opinion piece published in Turkish Daily Diken.

Mete Hatay

Mete Hatay is quoted in a recent analysis by Turkish foreign affairs columnist Barçın Yinanç, examining the contrasting political trajectories of Cyprus and Armenia following recent elections.

Marta Bivand Erdal

PRIO Research Professor Marta Bivand Erdal wrote an opinion piece on online Islamophobia in Norway, that was published by the Norwegian science outlet, Forskning.no.

Marta Bivand Erdal

PRIO Researcher Marta Bivand Erdal guested the Norwegian podcast Afripod speaking about what causes people to migrate.

Jørgen Jensehaugen

PRIO Researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed on the war in the middle east by Norwegian Broadcast NRK TV (watch at 11min).

Bruno Oliveira Martins

PRIO Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interviewed on drone attacks for the Norwegian aid magazine, Panorama Nyheter.

Mete Hatay

PRIO Researcher Mete Hatay wrote an article on the Cyprus conflict in the news outlet Seffaf Gazete.