Øystein H. Rolandsen: All news
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Minister Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol Visits PRIO
Minister Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol from South Sudan visited PRIO today.
Security Force Assistance to Fragile States
Security Force Assistance (SFA) – the training and equipping of a foreign security force – represent a common form of intervention into fragile states.
Doing Business During a Crisis - PRIO Research in Harvard Business Review
PRIO researchers have contributed to a survey of seven cities around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic.
PRIO Researchers Review the Norwegian Strategy on the Sahel
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign has asked PRIO to carry out an external review of its Strategy for Norway's efforts in the Sahel region 2018–2020 in Africa.
POPAGANDA – Funding in Place for Project
How do political opposition groups in Myanmar and Thailand use popular culture and art to generate legitimacy for their political causes and propagate their messages?
New Research Professor at PRIO: Øystein H. Rolandsen
Following an external academic evaluation, the PRIO Board has awarded Research Professor competence to Øystein H.
PRIO's Youth & Peacebuilding Research
Read up before the PRIO Annual Peace Address 2020
MoD Funding for Project on Security Forces in the Sahel
The Sahel region is increasingly affected by transnational security threats which spill across national borders, such as insurgency, terror attacks, uncontrolled migration and illicit trafficking in commodities.
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.
Special Issue of Conflict, Security & Development Features Business for Peace Project
The latest special issue of Conflict Security and Development is co-edited by PRIO Senior Researcher Jason Miklian, and showcases the capstone publication for the PRIO project "Conflict of Interest? 'Business For Peace' as Development Aid in Volatile Environments" funded by the Research Council of Norway.
Call for papers: SFAssist panel at ECAS 2019
There is an open call for papers to the SFAssist panel at the European Conference of African Studies, 11-14 June 2019.
PRIO Hosts Security Force Assistance Workshop
December 5-7, PRIO hosted a workshop titled ‘Security Force Assistance in Fragile States’.
Seminar on Cultural Production among Southern Sudanese Displaced People in Khartoum
On 1 November, PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict organized the lunch seminar Cieng, Kafka, and Malcolm X: how southern Sudanese displaced people in Khartoum worked out what liberation might mean.
Successful Academic Workshop marks the Formal Launch of the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict
On 27-29 August, PRIO hosted an academic workshop marking the formal launch of the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict led by Øystein H.
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.
PRIO Launches the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict
PRIO has launched a new Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict.
PRIO Researcher with New Book
Politics and Violence in Eastern Africa
NCHS annual report 2014
Now available online
Journal of Eastern African Studies, Special Issue: Politics and violence in eastern Africa: the struggles of emerging states, c.1940-1990
Volume 8, Issue 4, 2014
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Protection of Civilians
A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict
New Blog Monitoring the Situation in South Sudan
The PRIO projects The Dynamics of State Failure and Violence and Conflict Trends have launched a blog, Monitoring South Sudan, with updates and analysis of the current situation in South Sudan.
Durham Conference Papers
Enlightening papers enhancing debate were presented over four days at the conference “Struggles over emerging states in Africa: The impact of political governance violence on governance and society in North-East Africa, 1950-1980” in Durham in May.
Durham University Conference 8-11 May 2013
“Struggles over emerging states in Africa: The impact of political governance violence on governance and society in North-East Africa, 1950-1980”
Kronikk Dagsavisen: "Tiden renner ut"
Op-ed on negotiations between Sudan and South-Sudan
Doctoral Research Fellowship in Contemporary South Sudan History
What’s Wrong With the Arms Trade and What To Do About It
Today, PRIO organized the seminar What’s Wrong With the Arms Trade and What To Do About It.
The Research Council of Norway Funds PRIO Research Project on South Sudan History in a Regional Perspective
The project “The Dynamics of State Failure and Violence: A comparative study of rebellion and peace processes in South Sudan’s contemporary history has received funding from the Research Council of Norway’s FRIPRO programme.
FUNDED: PRIO Strategic Initiative, Humanitarianism for the 21st Century (HUM21) (II)
Succesful Doctoral Defense by Øystein H. Rolandsen
Øystein succesfully defended his dissertation at the University of Oslo on Wednesday 8 September.
From Guerrilla Movement to Political Party
Øystein H.
