Media centre

If you are a member of the press, 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, Henrik Urdal, releases 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.

Latest press releases

PRIO in the media

Harry Tzimitras

PRIO Cyprus Centre Director, Harry Tzimitras was interviewed about energy cooperation in the Mediterranean in the new Building Bridges podcast, by the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Brussels. Listen to the first episode entitled Reimagining Energy Cooperation in the Mediterranean Region.

Hilde Henriksen Waage

PRIO Researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage was interviewed about tensions in the Middle East, by Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, here, here and here.

Kristian Berg Harpviken

PRIO Researcher Kristian Berg Harpviken appeared on NRK TV’S Urix programme (listen at 11 mins), discussing Indian President Modi’s visit to Kyiv and the broader prospects for a peace process in the Ukraine war.

Henrik Urdal

PRIO Director Henrik Urdal was featured in a key portrait interview timed to coincide with the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, by the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.

Henrik Urdal

PRIO Director Henrik Urdal was interviewed about who the Nobel Peace Prize might be awarded to, by Reuters news agency.

Henrik Urdal

PRIO Director Henrik Urdal was quoted in articles about the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, by the New York Times and Washington Post.

Kristian Hoelscher

PRIO Researcher Kristian Hoelscher co-authored an op-ed arguing the moral and business case for the Norwegian oil fund to divest from Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla. The piece ran in the Norwegian newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv.

Stein Tønnesson

PRIO Researcher Stein Tønnesson was interviewed about North Korea-Russia’s relations, in the Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten here and here.

Henrik Urdal

PRIO Director Henrik Urdal co-authored an op-ed on if the publishing sector should be de-commercialised, for the Norwegian publication Forskerforum.

Amara Thiha

PRIO Researcher Amara Thiha was interviewed in an article on China’s influence on the war in Myanmar, for the South China Morning Post.

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