Stein Tønnesson: All news

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Tuesday, 8 Aug 2023
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2023

​Arendalsuka is an annual Norwegian political festival that brings together politicians, journalists, policy makers, aid organisations, civil society and the private sector.

Monday, 12 Jun 2023
New report documents over 6,000 civilians killed in 20 months since Myanmar coup – significantly higher than previously reported

​A report released today by the Peace Research Institute Oslo finds that at least 6,000 civilians were killed in the first 20 months following Myanmar's military coup in 2021.

Monday, 27 Mar 2023
PRIO’s Historical Archive Is Now Publicly Available

​The PRIO Archive (about 1500 physical boxes) is now deposited at the National Archives of Norway.

Monday, 22 Aug 2022
PRIO Contributions to Arendalsuka 2022

​Arendalsuka concluded on Friday and PRIO Director Henrik Urdal sums up PRIO's contributions.

Friday, 19 Aug 2022
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2022

​PRIO participated at this year's Arendalsuka with three events, and with our researchers on several debate panels.

Sunday, 8 May 2022
The History of PRIO and Peace Research: New Open Access Book

​The new open accessbook Livesin Peace Research: The Oslo Stories explains how PRIO, the world'soldest independent peace research institute, was founded and how it survivedthrough crises.

Thursday, 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine: PRIO Expertise

​The most relevant PRIO researchers to comment on aspects relevant to the Russia-Ukraine War are listed here.

Saturday, 23 Jan 2021
In Memory of Anne Cecilie Kjelling (1941–2021)

For 40 years from 1971 to 2011, Anne Cecilie Kjelling and the Library of the Norwegian Nobel Institute were as one.

Friday, 24 Jul 2020
Extended deadline: Call for Papers: Social Media in Armed Conflict

​The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security (MIPS) invite submissions of abstracts for papers to be presented at the Social Media in Armed Conflict conference, to be held on 25-26 November 2020.

Tuesday, 30 Apr 2019
United Nations Association of China Visits PRIO

The United Nations Association of China (UNA-China) delegation visited PRIO on Friday, April 26.

Thursday, 25 Apr 2019
NORGLOBAL2 Kickoff Features Presentations of Three New PRIO Projects

The Norwegian Research Council’s program NORGLOBAL2 held its kick-off meeting for newly funded research projects at NORAD, on 25 April 2019, with participants from the MFA, NORAD, RCN, and researchers involved in the projects.

Wednesday, 18 Jul 2018
Glemte konflikter: PRIO Podcast i sommer

I juni ble årets konfliktdata fra Uppsala universitet lansert i Journal of Peace Research.

Friday, 4 May 2018
Stein Tønnesson Admitted to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Stein Tønnesson, Research Professor at PRIO and former Director of the Institute (2001–09) became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi) at its annual meeting last night.

Tuesday, 19 Dec 2017
East Asian policymakers urged to read Uppsala/PRIO's work

Tønnesson's Explaining the East Asian Peace reviewed in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Tuesday, 19 Dec 2017
New Project to Study Social Media, Armed Conflict and Gender in Myanmar

​From early 2018, Julie Marie Hansen will start a three-year doctoral research project studying the gendered impacts of social media on armed conflict and peacebuilding in Myanmar.

Thursday, 16 Nov 2017
NORGLOBAL Funding for Three PRIO Projects

​The announcement of the NORGLOBAL funds from the Research Council of Norway has been published, and PRIO is very happy to see three important projects receiving funding:Refugee Education: Building Durable Futures (REBuilD) - led by Cindy HorstThe Impact of Security Force Assistance on State Fragility - led by Øystein H.

Wednesday, 22 Jun 2016
Launch of film about East Asian Peace

​PRIO has since 2011 collaborated with Uppsala University on a major research program on the East Asian Peace, led by PRIO Research Professor Stein Tønnesson.

Thursday, 8 Oct 2015
Harpviken's Candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize

​​​The attention surrounding the PRIO Director's annual speculations on who might be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize are at a peak now, with the outcome being announced by the Nobel Committee tomorrow.

Wednesday, 25 Feb 2015
Can Putin Trust China? New Blog Post by Stein Tønnesson

The Ukraine Crisis has made Russia more dependent on China.

Thursday, 23 Oct 2014
Norway’s Tightrope Walk in Myanmar

New Blog Post

Wednesday, 22 Jan 2014
PRIO at Human Rights Human Wrongs

Documentary Film Festival in Oslo from 4-9 February 2014

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
PRIO Policy Brief on Political Parties and Peacebuilding in Myanmar

In a new policy brief from PRIO, Political Parties and Peacebuilding in Myanmar (PRIO Policy Brief 5/2013), Marte Nilsen and Stein Tønnesson examine the role of Myanmar’s political parties and ask: How well are they equipped for the task of building peace? Are the ethnic-minority parties ready to take the lead role in promoting the interests of their constituencies? Will this cause armed groups to fade into the background? As previously marginalized opposition parties are playing an increasi ...

Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011
Book Prize to Stein Tønnesson

The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) has awarded Stein Tønnesson's book Vietnam 1946: How the War Began (University of California Press, 2009) the 2011 Book Prize for humanities.

Friday, 27 Mar 2009
Successful Launch of the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics

Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics (PeacE) has been launched with two successful events – In New York, 19 February, at the UN Millennium Plaza Hotel, and in Oslo, 18 March at PRIO.

Tuesday, 24 Mar 2009
New PRIO Director Appointed

Kristian Berg Harpviken (47) is appointed new Director at PRIO, the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo.

Monday, 5 Jan 2009
Peace Trends in 2009

PRIO Director Stein Tønnesson talked about peace trends on NRK P2's 'Morgenkåseri' radio programme, 2 January 2009.

Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008
Asia research in Trondheim

Stein Tønnesson takes part, during 12-14 November 2008, in the conference Asian Creativity in Culture and Technology in Trondheim.

Friday, 10 Oct 2008
The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize goes to...

...Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts" 

Thursday, 9 Oct 2008
Nobel Peace Prize 2008: Nominations & Speculations

PRIO is situated in the same city as the Nobel Institute, but has no formal links to it.

Friday, 28 Mar 2008
Nils Petter's Liberal Moment

On Thursday 27 March 2008, ISA President Elect Nils Petter Gleditsch gave his keynote address "The Liberal Moment - 15 Years on" at the 49th annual convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in San Francisco, California.

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