​Friday, we got to know that a large project has been funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRASTRUKTUR initiative, that aims to build up relevant, up-to-date infrastructure that is accessible to the research community, to various private and public sector user groups, and to the general public.

​A new research programme titled Societies at risk: The Impact of armed conflict on human development, directed by PRIO Research Professor Håvard Hegre, has received funding. The aim of the programme is to assess the impact of armed conflict on human development in much more detail and more comprehensively than earlier studies by taking a multi-disciplinary approach, bringing together scholars from economics, epidemiology, political science, and conflict research.

The workshop was co-organized by Nina von Uexkull and Halvard Buhaug and sponsored by the PRIO-based research project Climate Variability and Security Threats (CLIMSEC), funded by the European Research Council, and the Uppsala-based project on Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Violent Conflict, funded by the Swedish Research Council, SIDA, and FORMAS.

I juni ble årets konfliktdata fra Uppsala universitet lansert i Journal of Peace Research. På basis av dette, ble flere PRIO-forskere intervjuet i en ukelang serie på NRK P2s Studio 2.

For tredje år på rad går antall drepte i konflikter i verden ned. Men de fleste konflikter i verden hører vi sjelden noe om.

Bli litt klokere i sommer: Lytt til podcaster om de mindre kjente konfliktene i verden i dag.

Tusen takk til NRK for tillatelse til å gjengi lydfilene.

​Håvard Hegre will give the Nansen Memorial Lecture today. This traditional and prestigious lecture is given annually - on Fridtjof Nansen's birthday - organized by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Hegre's lecture is titled 'Konfliktforskning, og den fredsbevarende virkningen av demokrati og handel' [Conflict Research and the Peacekeeping Effect of Democracy and Trade]. 

​In the recent elections in the International Studies Association, two PRIO associates were elected to leadership positions in the association. Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University became Vice President-elect and Kristin Bakke, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at University College London was elected as an at-large member of the Governing Council. ISA's new President for the 2018–19 term is Patrick James, Professor of Political Science at University of Southern California.