Nils Petter Gleditsch
Research Professor
Additional positions:
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, NTNU
Email: nilspg@prio.org
Mobile phone: (+47) 906 05 639
Research Interests
The decline of war
Environmental conflict
Norwegian, English (German, French)
An extensive interview with Nils Petter Gleditsch by Hilde Henriksen Waage was published as part of the 60th Anniversary series PRIO Stories in August 2019.Latest publications
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Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo
Book Chapter in Lives in Peace Research: the Oslo Stories
The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates
Book Chapter in Lives in Peace Research: the Oslo Stories
This time is different! Or perhaps not? Neomalthusians and cornucopians in the age of climate change
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences
Edited Volume
Lewis Fry Richardson – A Pioneer Not Forgotten
Book Chapter in Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences
Richardson’s Life and Work
Book Chapter in Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences
Toward a Social-Democratic Peace?
Journal Article in Ethics & International Affairs
The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize
Book Review
Peer Review and Replication Data: Best Practice from Journal of Peace Research
Journal Article in College & Research Libraries
Climate Change and Armed Conflict: Reviewing the Evidence
Book Chapter in States and Peoples in Conflict
Latest news
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PRIO’s Historical Archive Is Now Publicly Available
The PRIO Archive (about 1500 physical boxes) is now deposited at the National Archives of Norway. Most of the material is accessible to all users.
PRIO Personified: Nils Petter Gleditsch at 80
Nils Petter Gleditsch turns 80 years today. He has been an international leader in peace research and an institution builder at PRIO since 1964.
The History of PRIO and Peace Research: New Open Access Book
The new open access
book Lives
in Peace Research: The Oslo Stories explains how PRIO, the world's
oldest independent peace research institute, was founded and how it survived
through crises.
PRIO Data Travel the World
The journalist Joshua Goodman of the Associated Press yesterday released the article “Global COVID deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate». He refers to the PRIO battledeaths data and the Uppsala Conflict Data Program to illustrate the deadliness of the virus.
This news story has since it’s publication been shared by more than 1,300 news outlets worldwide, and the number keeps growing by the hour. One example is this piece from the Huffington Post.
New special issue on climate change and conflict
The Journal of Peace
Research has just published a new special issue on ‘Security implications
of climate change’ (January 2021), guest edited by Nina von Uexkull and Halvard
Buhaug. The special issue contains 12 original research articles and viewpoint
essays, supplemented by an introductory
article by the guest editors that presents a review the state of the art.
This is the second time JPR dedicates a special issue to climate change
and conflict; the first
time was in 2012, edited by Nils Petter Gleditsch. The new issue represents
the most up-to-date collection of studies on the subject. Several articles,
including the introduction, are available as open access.
Read the special issue here.
Johan Galtung at 90
Today is PRIO founder Johan Galtung´s 90th birthday. We congratulate him with a text written by Nils Petter Gleditsch, and published on the PRIO blog. Folllow this link and enjoy!
See also Henrik Urdal's 2019 interview with Galtung: "Inspiration from a Father".
PRIO Turns 60 Today
2019 - A Year of Celebrating PRIO @ 60
This year, we will celebrate PRIO's 60th Anniversary, with a peak in our Anniversary Week at the beginning of June. We hope for, and plan for, a lot of interesting (and fun) anniversary activities.
Nils Petter Gleditsch Receives Sociology Award
Nils Petter Gleditsch has received the Norwegian Sociological Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2018.
- Click here for the original comments made by the award committee (an English translation is available here)
- Nils Petter has responded by writing the Confessions of a Defector from Sociology, which you can read at the PRIO blog.
Congratulations!
A Pioneer in the Study of Nonviolence – Gene Sharp Dies at 90
Latest events
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Marek Thee: My Story - A Journey through the 20th Century
Why Is East Asia so Peaceful? Can It Last?
Mot en mer fredelig verden?
Expert Meeting on Measuring SDG 16 Targets on Peace, Inclusion and Freedom
Religion og konflikt
JPR fyller 50
Cancelled: Steven Pinker: The Sense of Style
JPR 50th Anniversary: Celebration Reception
Conflict in Africa: The Leadership and Governance Accelerators
Climate and Conflict: Past Evidence and Research Gaps
Latest blog posts
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Can Peace be Researched? Revisiting a 55-Year-Old TV Program
The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates Interviewed by Nils Petter Gleditsch
An Australian Viking has laid down his pen
Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo
In memoriam: Arthur H. Westing (1928–2020)
Olav Bjerkholt (1942–2020)
Rudy Rummel – a Many-Faceted Scholar
The Fire in the House of Islam
Fifty Years Since the Selma March
The Role of Non-violence in the Struggle for Liberation
