Henrik Urdal
Director
Research Interests
'Armed Conflict and Maternal Health in Sub-Saharan Africa', FRIPRO Young Researcher Talent Project, Headed by Gudrun Østby.
'Conflict Trends'. Collaborative project with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Project Director.
'Youth Exclusion and Political Violence', project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2008-2012).
'Security Implications of Climate Change', project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2009-2012). Director of sub-project on Urban Violence.
General research interests:
* Demography and political violence
* Climate change, environmental change and armed conflict
* The politics of census-taking
* Demographic consequences of armed conflict
Languages spoken:
Norwegian, English
Working experience:
2017 - : Director at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2017: Research Director, Conditions of Violence and Peace
2013- Research Professor, PRIO
2011-12 Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
2007- Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.
2010 - 2017: Editor, Journal of Peace Research (JPR). Associate Editor (2006-2010), Editorial Committee Member (2004-2006), Book Review Editor 2004-05.
2002-2006 PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.
2005-06 Visiting Scholar at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1999
Investigations Assistant on the 'Population Project', The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Office of the Prosecutor. The Hague, Netherlands.
1996-98
Secretary General, Socialist Youth League (Sosialistisk Ungdom) of Norway.
1995 (summer)
Research Assistant, Statistics Norway, Division for Social and Demographic Research.
Education:
PhD in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2007.
Cand. Polit., Political Science, University of Oslo 2002. Courses in African politics, Statistics, Demography, Institutional theory and Nation, state and nationalism.
Cand. mag., University of Oslo 1995. Courses in Middle East/North African Studies, Demography, Political Science, Economics
What happens to childhood vaccine rates in conflict zones? This analysis found some surprises
Popular Article in Monkey Cage at the Washington Post
Global helse og sikkerhet – en oversikt over kunnskapsgrunnlaget
Journal Article in Internasjonal politikk
Public Health and Armed Conflict: Immunization in Times of Systemic Disruptions
Journal Article in Population and Development Review
Plan S er her – men flere problemer forblir uløste
Popular Article in Khrono
Group organization, elections and urban political mobilization in the developing world
Journal Article in Democratization
Journal Open Access and Plan S: Solving Problems or Shifting Burdens?
Journal Article in Development and Change
Drought, local public goods, and inter-communal conflicts: Testing the mediating effects of public service provisions
Journal Article in Defence and Peace Economics
The significance of age structure, education, and youth unemployment for explaining subnational variation in violent youth crime in Mexico
Journal Article in Conflict Management and Peace Science
Population and Security Challenges in the Sahel
Report - External Series
Demographic Change, Insecurity and Human Capital in the Sahel
Report - External Series
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Visits PRIO
On Tuesday, 8 March, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited PRIO to participate in a panel discussion. The topic of discussion was how we best respond to global displacement.
UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini Debates Palestinian Refugees at PRIO
What is the current status of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)? What are its main challenges? What types of scenarios can we envision for UNRWA's future?
These were some of the questions discussed today when the PRIO Middle East Centre and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a roundtable with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.
Nonviolent Pro-Democracy Mobilization Tops Director's Nobel Shortlist
PRIO Directors have made it a tradition to offer their personal shortlists for the Peace Prize.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Thanks PRIO and NUPI
Norway is an elected member of the UN Security Council and holds the presidency for the month of January. Yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt, gave a briefing to the Norwegian Parliament on the Norwegian membership and presidency.
Oslo Peace Days 2021
PRIO is proud to be a part of Oslo Peace Days, an annual celebration since 2018. The City of Oslo, the Nobel Peace Center, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the University of Oslo work with peace and human rights issues in various ways.
PRIO Director Henrik Urdal Celebrates Journalists' Nobel Win
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. "They are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Dialogue Forum on Afghanistan, Taliban and the UN Security Council
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are organizing a series of thematic roundtable meetings about current issues on the Security Council's agenda. The situation in Afghanistan was topic for the third of these meetings on 30 September 2021.
CHS and PRIO to Launch Report on Conflict Trends in the Arab World
The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS), in collaboration with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) , will jointly release a major report analysing conflict trends in the Arab world from 1946 to 2019. A joint online conference will be held by both partners on 25 August 2021 (4:00 PM Doha time) to launch the report, which will be simultaneously made available on their websites.
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.
PRIO Paper on “Sweden as an Elected Member of the UN Security Council: Promoting Women, Peace and Security as Core Council Business, 2017–18” Successfully Launched
The PRIO paper on “Sweden as an Elected Member of the UN Security Council: Promoting Women, Peace and Security as Core Council Business, 2017–18” was successfully launched at a webinar on Wednesday the 23rd of June. The webinar brought together scholars and decision-makers to discuss the findings of the report, promote dialogue, and advance our knowledge on elected United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members.
What Does It Mean to Be a Child Born of War?
War in Ukraine and the Fight for Democracy in Belarus
How Do We Best Respond to Global Displacement? - A Panel Exchange with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
UTSATT: Prøvestansavtalen 25 år
Colombia – Five Years After the Peace Agreement
PRIO Annual Peace Address 2021
How Do We Research War and Peace?
The Chance for Peace in Yemen
Report Launch: Conflict Trends in the Arab World
The Elected Ones: Taking Care of Business in the UN Security Council, a study on Sweden (2017-18)
