News
Thursday, 3 Sep 2026
PRIO Senior Researcher Jonas Vestby has been awarded funding from the European Research Council(ERC) for a groundbreaking study on how artificial intelligence and knowledge graphs can transform the way peace and conflict data is connected, understood and used.
Journal article
2026
Journal article in Nature Food
Journal article in Review of International Studies
Comment
Wednesday, 17 Jun 2026
AI does not map neatly onto a spectrum running from democratic vulnerability to authoritarian advantage.
Wednesday, 8 Apr 2026
The situation is critical – Academic publishing urgently needs life support.
Thursday, 25 Jun 2026
PRIOs Senior Researcher Jonas Vestby has been awarded a NOK 2 million grant to explore a radical new approach to conflict data.
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
PRIO’s first European Security Week brought together researchers and experts for a series of debates on the future of European security.
Popular article
Popular article in World Politics Review
Popular article in Lawfare
Thursday, 23 Apr 2026
AsiaTech investigates how AI stabilizes autocracies and destabilizes democracies, exploring how state and non-state actors manipulate public opinion, conduct surveillance, and suppress dissent.
Henrik Syse
Research Professor
Håvard Hegre
Kristian Hoelscher
Research Director
Jonas Vestby
Senior Researcher
Gregory M. Reichberg
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Paola Vesco
Stefan Döring
Associate Researcher
Sebastian Schutte
Ilaria Carrozza
Haakon Gjerløw
Acting Director
Sigurd Hovd
Chandler Williams
Doctoral Researcher
Giacomo Bruni
Simon Polichinel von der Maase
Gudmund Horn Hermansen
Yoshiharu Wakabayashi
Research Assistant
Dylan Dornin Pinheiro
Machine Learning Developer
Jovana Davidovic
Mitt Regan
Professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Haakon Lindemann Andressen
Master's Student
Oct 2019 –
VIEWS: Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System
Led by Håvard Hegre
Dec 2021 – Oct 2026
Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia (NORM)
Led by Ilaria Carrozza
Jan 2025 – Jun 2028
Ethical Risk Management for AI-Enabled Weapons: A Systems Approach (ERM)
Led by
Feb 2026 – Dec 2028
Understanding and countering the advance of AI-enabled digital authoritarianism in Asia (AsiaTech)
