​PRIO's Centre on Culture and Conflict has received funding from the FRIPRO programme of the Research Council of Norway for the 4-year project Inspirational Creative Practice: the Work of Artists in Times of War (INSPIRE).

​The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) invites applications for a three-year, full-time position within the project Future Migration as Present Fact (FUMI), funded by the European Research Council.

​On 2-4 February, PRIO co-organized a conference in Kyrenia (north Cyprus) titled Youth in Iraq: Developing Capacities for Active Citizenship.

​The congolese physician Denis Mukwege and Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad jointly tops PRIO Director Henrik Urdal's shortlist for the Nobel Peace Prize.

​On 28-30 June, PRIO co-organized a conference in Beirut on Societal Inclusion and Reconciliation: Two Pillars for Building a Better Future in Iraq.

As from June, Marte Nilsen will take over the coordination of the Research school on Peace and Conflict.

​The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the PhD course Governance, Identity and War to take place in Oslo on 31 August – 6 September 2017.

Few places left!

​​​​​​​​​The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the PhD course​ on Gender, Peace and Security, to be held ​21-23 November 2016.

Edited by Pedro Ibarra Güell and Åshild Kolås, Basque Nationhood Towards a Democratic Scenario is now out on Peter Lang International Academic Publishers​​.