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

Latest press releases

Press release

Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026

Nobel Peace Prize 2026: PRIO Director’s updated list announced

PRIO Acting Director Haakon Gjerløw published his updated list for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, which includes Save the Children and the International Space Station.

Press release

Tuesday, 25 Aug 2026

Russian military on parade. Photo: Getty Images

Russian employers less likely to hire veterans who volunteered for Ukraine war, study finds

Russian job applicants who disclose they voluntarily served Ukraine war are significantly less likely to hear back from employers than men who completed routine military conscription, according to a new article published in the Journal of Peace Research.

Press release

Monday, 17 Aug 2026

Two women face a house destroyed by a Russian air-bomb strike, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 2026. Photo: Getty Images

Record 756 million women now live in the shadow of armed conflict

Almost one in five women globally were living within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict event in 2025, according to a new report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

Press release

Monday, 10 Aug 2026

The aftermath of an airstrike on a police station in Tehran by the US and Israel. Photo: Getty Images

Norwegians see Israel, Russia, the US and Iran as most likely to drag the world into another major war

Norwegians see Israel, Russia, the United States and Iran as the countries most likely to contribute to a future war involving one or more great powers, according to the Annual PRIO Survey on Norwegian Perceptions of War and Peace.

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.

PRIO in the media

Haakon Gjerløw

PRIO Acting Director Haakon Gjerløw wrote an opinion piece on the Nobel Peace Prize in The Guardian.

Ilaria Carrozza

PRIO researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed about the US-China race for AI domination by BBC.

Jørgen Jensehaugen

PRIO researcher Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed by Norway’s state broadcaster NRK about Norway considering prison sentences for trading with Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Bruno Oliveira Martins

PRIO researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interview in the Danish newspaper Udenrigs on the future of Europe’s defence industry, from industrialized rearmament to disruptive new technologies.

Ilaria Carozza

PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carozza was interviewed in The Straits Times on how China and the US are competing to shape the AI age.

Harry Tzimitras

Harry Tzimitras was interviewed about the UN Secretary General’s recent visit to Cyprus, by the news website AL-Monitor.

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.