Siri Aas Rustad – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Siri Aas Rustad

Siri Aas Rustad

Research Director

Email: sirir@prio.org

Mobile phone: 47 917 00 274

X: @SiriRustadPRIO

Interests and experience

I have a wide range of research interests, which can be divided in to three main categories.

The first category is related to conflict data and trends. In particular I'm interested in seeking to find what hidden stories the data tell us. Further, I have also worked extensively on ceasefires and non-state conflicts.

The second category is human consequences of conflicts. This entails research on inequalities, aid efficiency, maternal and child health, education, sexual violence and in particular children in conflict.

Finally, a large share of my research is devoted to natural resources and environment. I have looked at the resource curse, natural resource management in post-conflict, EITI, climate change, and conflicts related to new energy projects and climate mitigation projects such as REDD+

Topic
Conflict Trends

Topic
Education

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Selected work experience:

Research Director, Conditions for Violence and Peace, PRIO Feb-July 2021

Research Professor, Conditions for Violence and Peace, PRIO 2020-present

Senior Researcher, Conditions for Violence and Peace, PRIO 2012-2020

Researcher/PhD candidate at PRIO (2008-2012)

Research Assistant at PRIO for Nils Petter Gleditsch and Scott Gates (November 2005- December 2007)

Coordinator for PRIO’s Peace Research Course at the International Summer School at Blindern (Summer 2006)

Project Coordinator for North Caucasus, Building Peaces

Teaching statistical method and software (MA-level) – Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Science (2012-2018)

Education:

2008-2012: PhD (Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

2002-2005: Cand.polit. (Political Science from NTNU, Reading University, and PRIO)

1998-2001: Cand.mag. (Political Science, History and Macro Economics, from NTNU and Charles University, Praha)

Selected fellowships and awards:

‘Conflict Trends’, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Project leader (NOK 3 million yearly) (2016-2023)

‘Green Curses’, Research Council of Norway, Norglobal, Project leder (NOK 6 million) (2020-2023)

‘Development Aid, Effectiveness, and Inequalities in Conflict-Affected Societies’, Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO, Project deputy (NOK 9 million) (2017-2019)

‘From a Curse to a Blessing? Transparency and Accountability in Managing High-Value Natural Resource Revenues’, Research Council of Norway, collaborator FRIPRO (NOK 7 million) (2014-2017)

‘The social, economic and political impacts of the extractive industries in Brazil: The case of Hydro and the Barcarena region in Pará’, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Project leader (NOK 2.4 million) (2014-2016)

‘Female Empowerment in Eastern DRC’, Research Council of Norway, NORGLOBAL Division, collaborator (NOK 5 million) (2014-2016)

‘Conflict Trends’, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Project deputy (NOK 11.4 million) (2013-2016)

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Projects

All projects

May 2023 – Apr 2028
Peace Science Infrastructure

Jul 2020 – Dec 2024
TRUST: Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Communities in the Global South

Jun 2018 –
Ceasefires

Sep 2017 –
Children in Conflict: Basic Mapping

Jul 2013 –
Conflict Trends

Apr 2022 – Dec 2022
Consequences of the Invasion of Ukraine for the Global South

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022
Norway on the UN Security Council: PRIO Resources

Sep 2019 – Jun 2020
Organization, Repression, and the Escalation and De-escalation of Nonviolent Protest

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
PRIO @ 60 in 2019

Jan 2019 – Dec 2021
Education and Displacement: An Impact Evaluation of an Accelerated Education Programme in Uganda

Latest publications

All publications

Siri Aas Rustad, Elena Ortiz & Anna Marie Obermeier (2023)
The Women, Peace and Security Index, 2023/24: Key Findings

GPS Policy Brief by Siri Aas Rustad, Elena Ortiz & Anna Marie Obermeier

Siri Aas Rustad, Anna Marie Obermeier & Elena Ortiz (2023)
Women in Proximity to Conflict: A new indicator in the Women, Peace and Security Index 2023/24

Conflict Trends by Siri Aas Rustad, Anna Marie Obermeier & Elena Ortiz

Elena Ortiz et al. (2023)
Women, Peace, and Security Index 2023/24: Tracking Sustainable Peace through Inclusion, Justice, and Security for Women

Siri Aas Rustad & Kendra Dupuy (2023)
Green Curses: Renewable Energy and the Potential for Conflict in Africa

PRIO Policy Brief by Siri Aas Rustad & Kendra Dupuy

Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2023)
Gender Provisions in Ceasefires

Conflict Trends by Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad

Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2023)
Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2022

PRIO Paper

Nils Petter Gleditsch et al. (2023)
Introduction: Patterns of Armed Conflict since 1945

Book chapter in What Do We Know about Civil Wars? Second edition

Govinda Clayton et al. (2022)
Costs and Cover: Explaining the Onset of Ceasefires in Civil Conflict

Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution

Govinda Clayton et al. (2022)
Ceasefires in Civil Conflict: A Research Agenda

Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution

Govinda Clayton et al. (2022)
Introducing the ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset

Journal Article in Journal Conflict Resolution

Latest news

All news

Wednesday, 1 Nov 2023
Women’s Participation in Ceasefire Negotiations

Ceasefire negotiations are primarily male-dominated enterprises that often set the groundwork for future peace talks. Understanding them is thus vital for enhancing women's participation and including broader social interests in future peace efforts.

Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023
Afghanistan Ranks Bottom of Global Index on Women’s Status

Afghanistan ranks worst of 177 countries in terms of the status of women, according to this year’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index launched today in New York.

Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023
New figures show conflict-related deaths at 28-year high, largely due to Ethiopia and Ukraine wars

The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia's invasion of Ukraine which accounted for more than 81,000 deaths, according to new conflict trends data released today.

Thursday, 1 Dec 2022
PRIO Data Reveals One in Six Children Live in a Conflict Zone

This week Save the Children launched its new report Stop the War on Children: The Forgotten Ones.

Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022
The Women, Peace and Security Index Goes Viral on Social Media

Yesterday, a video featuring the Global Women, Peace and Security Index went viral on TikTok, garnering over 700,000 likes so far.

Friday, 27 May 2022
PhD Course on Gender, Peace and Conflict

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

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.

Monday, 13 Dec 2021
Peace Science Infrastructure: PRIO to Head Large New Collaboration

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.

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021
Record Number of Children at Risk of Being Recruited by Armed Actors

Today, Save the Children launched its new report Stop the War on Children: A crisis of recruitment.

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021
Syria and Yemen Top Statistic on Number of Children at Risk of Recruitment by Armed Actors

Save the Children's report Stop the War on Children: A crisis of recruitment shows that, in 2020, almost all children in Syria and Yemen were at risk of recruitment by armed actors.

Latest events

All events

Friday, 8 Dec 2023 09:00–10:30 UTC+01
The Best and Worst Places for Women in the World - A panel on the Women, Peace and Security Index 2023

Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023 14:00–15:30 UTC+02
Global Conflict Trends: In the Shadow of Ukraine

Tuesday, 19 Oct 2021 14:30–15:45 UTC+02
Launch of the 2021/22 Global Women, Peace and Security Index

Wednesday, 25 Aug 2021 15:00–16:30 UTC+02
Report Launch: Conflict Trends in the Arab World

Thursday, 17 Jun 2021 12:00–13:30 UTC+02
Conflict Trends Update: 1946-2020

Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 15:00–16:00 UTC+02
The Past and Future of Energy Developments in East Africa

Tuesday, 8 Dec 2020 16:30–17:45 UTC+01
COVID-19 and challenges to multilateralism, peace, and democracy

Monday, 15 Jun 2020 11:00–12:30 UTC+02
Global Peace and COVID-19

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:30–18:00 UTC+02
Olive Branch or Fig Leaf? The Risks and Opportunities of the Global Ceasefire Call in the Time of Corona

Friday, 6 Dec 2019 13:30–15:00 UTC+01
Where is it Worst or Best to be a Woman?

Latest blog posts

All blog posts

Wednesday, 30 Nov 2022
Fewer Children Affected by Conflict, but Conflict Intensity Is on the Rise

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021
1 in 8 Children Are at Risk of Being Recruited by Armed Actors

Wednesday, 30 Jun 2021
Do Cease-Fires in Syria Work? We Checked the Data.

Friday, 19 Feb 2021
72 Million Children Are at Risk for Sexual Violence in Conflict. What Can Be Done?

Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020
Welcome to the Green Curses Blog Series!

Friday, 5 Jun 2020
Coronavirus and the (Wannabe) Dictators

Friday, 17 Apr 2020
Ceasefires in the Time of COVID-19

Wednesday, 8 Jan 2020
This Is How Countries End up in the “Inequality Trap”

Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019
Mission Impossible? Creating a Dialogue between Research, Policy and Practice Communities

Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019
The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen Interviewed by Siri Aas Rustad

Research groups

Conflict Patterns
What are the trends in conflict?

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