Peace Research

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Wednesday, 1 Feb 2023

Nobel Peace Prize 2023: PRIO Director’s Shortlist Announced

The director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his shortlist today for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, with human rights activists topping the list.

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Tuesday, 18 Oct 2022

Call for Applications: Placements at PRIO for UiO Master's Students

University of Oslo master's students are now invited to apply for a place on the UiO-PRIO Student Programme.

News

Thursday, 22 Sep 2022

International PhD Students Participate in Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology Course

As part of the NORHED II project Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO hosted a PhD-level course in Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology.

The NORHED II project enabled PRIO to host students from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Makerere University (Uganda) and Birzeit University (Palestine). Together with students from a range of European universities, they explored practical and principled concerns that arise from pre-fieldwork planning to post-fieldwork representation of data.

Book Chapter

2022

On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge

By Åshild Kolås

Event Recording

Thursday, 19 Jan 2023 14:00-16:00

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Marek Thee: My Story - A Journey through the 20th Century

Marek Thee (1918-99) was a fighter with a typewriter. He lived a dramatic life amidst some of the 20th century's most tragic conflicts. Welcome to a book launch!

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Wednesday, 28 Sep 2022

Ingrid Aunes Memorial Prize Awarded to Inger Skjelsbæk

Inger Skjelsbæk will receive the Ingrid Aune memorial prize 2022 for her research on conflict-related sexual violence. Skjelsbæk is a Research Professor at PRIO and the Director of the Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo.

News

Sunday, 17 Jul 2022

PRIO Personified: Nils Petter Gleditsch at 80

Nils Petter Gleditsch turns 80 years today. He has been an international leader in peace research and an institution builder at PRIO since 1964.

PRIO Blogs

Monday, 24 Oct 2022

Simon Schwartzman: My Norwegian Mentor

Johan Galtung, PRIO’s founder, is 92 today. We take this opportunity to publish an essay by one of his former students, Simon Schwartzman. In 1963, I met Johan Galtung for the first time. He was to become one of my important mentors. This is the story of how that came ...

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 23 Sep 2022

The Peace Researcher Is a Deeply Worried Optimist

Henrik Urdal, Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), laughs out loud when our journalist points out all the worries that have emerged during their conversation. He does indeed believe that many left-wingers can end up supporting Norwegian EU membership. But he fears continued political polarization in the United ...

News

Tuesday, 7 Jun 2022

PhD Course on International Mediation

The PRIO Research School on Peace and Conflict, in collaboration with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, hosted doctoral candidates at the PhD-level course.

Nobel Peace Prize 2023: PRIO Director’s Shortlist Announced

Simon Schwartzman: My Norwegian Mentor

Call for Applications: Placements at PRIO for UiO Master's Students

Nobel Peace Prize 2023: PRIO Director’s Shortlist Announced

Call for Applications: Placements at PRIO for UiO Master's Students

International PhD Students Participate in Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology Course

On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge

Marek Thee: My Story - A Journey through the 20th Century

Ingrid Aunes Memorial Prize Awarded to Inger Skjelsbæk

PRIO Personified: Nils Petter Gleditsch at 80

Simon Schwartzman: My Norwegian Mentor

The Peace Researcher Is a Deeply Worried Optimist

PhD Course on International Mediation

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