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

Twitter: @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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Current 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

Jan 2019 – Dec 2023
Education and Displacement: An Impact Evaluation of an Accelerated Education Programme in Uganda

Jun 2018 –
Ceasefires

Sep 2017 –
Children in Conflict: Basic Mapping

Jul 2013 –
Conflict Trends

Latest publications

All publications

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

PRIO Paper

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

Júlia Palik, Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2022)
Conflict Trends in Asia, 1989–2021

PRIO Paper

Júlia Palik, Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2022)
Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2021

PRIO Paper

Gudrun Østby, Siri Aas Rustad & Andrew Arasmith (2022)
Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2021

Conflict Trends by Gudrun Østby, Siri Aas Rustad & Andrew Arasmith

Gudrun Østby et al. (2022)
Children at Risk of Being Recruited by Armed Groups, 1990–2020

Journal Article in Children & Society

Júlia Palik, Anna Marie Obermeier & Siri Aas Rustad (2022)
Conflict Trends in Africa, 1989–2021

PRIO Paper

Nicholas Marsh, Ida Rudolfsen & Siri Aas Rustad (2022)
Protest and Insecurity: Trends in the Global South since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Conflict Trends by Nicholas Marsh, Ida Rudolfsen & Siri Aas Rustad

Latest news

All news

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.

Friday, 22 Oct 2021
The 2021/22 Global Women, Peace and Security Index Is Out

The third edition of the global Women, Peace and Security Index (WPS Index) draws on recognized data sources to measure women’s inclusion, justice, and security in 170 countries.

Tuesday, 17 Aug 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.

Latest events

All events

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:30–18:00
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
Where is it Worst or Best to be a Woman?

Thursday, 6 Jun 2019 12:00–14:00
Forgotten Conflicts - Hidden Trends

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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