Ragnhild Nordås: All news

Doctoral candidates from all over the world attended PRIO's PhD-level course on Gender, Peace and Conflict.

The PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update (GPS Update) is an electronic newsletter launched by the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security in response to growing interest among the public for information about Gender, Peace and security Issues.

Introducing the RSVAC data package

PRIO has conducted a study for Save the Children estimating the number of children at risk of experiencing wartime sexual violence.

​​We congratulate Elisabeth Lio Rosvold on the successful defense of her PhD thesis today, 08 November 2019! Dr Rosvold’s thesis entitled ‘Coping with Calamity: Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict and Development Aid’ was defended at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Sociology and Political Science.

​PRIO has long been a leader in researching gender-based violence in conflicts; this issue has been the subject of extensive research interest at PRIO.

The 2016 impact factor (IF) from InCites Journal Citation Reports is now out, and PRIO is extremely happy to once again have two journals within the top-10 on the 2-year ranking in International Relations.

Gender Financing at the UN Peacebuilding Fund

​​​​Several new PRIO projects have received funding from the Research Council of Norway's FRIHUMSAM funding program.

​​​From 1 January 2016, Ragnhild Nordås​ will take over as Research Director for the Conditions of Violence and Peace Department.

​​​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.

26-30 October 2015

Women’s Legal Mobilisation in a Violent Context: Lessons from internally displaced women’s organisations in Colombia

Highest impact factor ever measured

​​In October the PRIO-team working on the project 'Female Empowerment in Eastern DRC' visited Bukavu in order to conduct a three week Basic Training in Peace and Conflict studies, Research Methodology, GIS, and Academic Writing (13-29 October).

​​PRIOs two leading international scientific journals, the Journal of Peace Research (JPR) and Security Dialogue, are now ranked among the world’s Top 10 most influential journals in international relations.

Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

​​​The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict is taking place in London on 10-13 June, co-chaired by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

The Role and Relevance of Gender in Peace Mediation

Women, Power and Politics: The Road to Sustainable Democracy

New Project in Collaboration with Denis Mukwege

International Studies Perspectives special issue

Selected publications by PRIO Researchers

​A video interview with Nils Petter Gleditsch, Research Professor at PRIO, has recently been published as a part of the MINDfields interview series.

New Project at PRIO on National Action Plans

On Youth Bulges and State Repression

The journal International Interactions has just published a special issue titled "A Systematic Understanding of Gender, Peace, and Security—Implementing UNSCR 1325", edited by Louise Olsson (Folke Bernadotte Academy) and Theodora-Ismene Gizelis (Unversity of Essex), and with contributions from PRIO-affiliated researchers.

​Ragnhild Nordås (PRIO) and Christian Davenport (University of Michigan) have published the article "Fight the Youth: Youth Bulges and State Repression".

The Missing Peace Symposium 2013

The Missing Peace Symposium 2013