Centre Website
18.07.2023
The PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence is a hub for interpretive research on the cultural aspects of violent conflict and peaceful coexistence.
Online Exhibition
When facing war or oppression, what motivates people to take action for social justice? How do small but brave acts of resistance inspire larger transformations and what is the role of storytelling in this? You will find answers in our online exhibition.
Report – other
2025
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Tuesday, 13 May 2025
This blog post contains spoilers for the first series in Andor, and other science fiction shows.
Recorded event
Monday, 22 Apr 2024 10:45–13:00 UTC+02
As part of the final conference of the INSPIRE project, we invite you to this engaging roundtable meeting on art and activism in Myanmar.
News
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023
In a two-month residency, a group of international artists and researchers have investigated how creative practice can enable new ways of seeing, relating to and understanding individual and collective experiences of violent conflict and oppression.
Thursday, 4 Sep 2025
PRIO is immensely proud to announce that Senior Researcher Julia Palik has been awarded the highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for the groundbreaking project titled Com2Civ: Rituals in Combatant-to-Civilian Transformation.
Monday, 17 Feb 2025 15:00–16:00 UTC+01
This seminar will explore how engaged scholarship can drive meaningful change.
Monday, 11 Dec 2023 15:00–16:00 UTC+01
Who decides which voices are heard and which stories are told? In this seminar we explore the roles of voice, storytelling, and deep listening as resources for dialogue and peacebuilding.
Monday, 21 Jul 2025
Every year since 2011, from the middle of July, survivors, the bereaved, and the rest of Norway prepare for yet another commemoration of the July 22 terror attack.
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024 10:45–13:00 UTC+02
As part of the final conference of the INSPIRE project, we invite you to this engaging roundtable meeting on art and activism in Sudan.
Journal article
2023
Journal article in Genealogy
Øystein H. Rolandsen
Research Professor
Kaja Borchgrevink
Senior Researcher
Cindy Horst
Åshild Kolås
Pinar Tank
Kristoffer Lidén
Research Director
Jørgen Jensehaugen
Nicole M. Hartwell
Associate Researcher
Marte Nilsen
Júlia Palik
Giacomo Bruni
Doctoral Researcher
Maria Helena Chavez-Aagaard
Research Assistant
Tone Sommerfelt
PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict
Led by
Jan 2020 – Dec 2025
Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)
Led by Katarzyna Grabska
Jan 2020 –
Inspirational Creative Practice: Art and Activism in Myanmar
Led by Trude Stapnes
Apr 2021 – Dec 2025
Pop Culture, Art, and Indigenous Ideas of Legitimacy in Struggles over Democratization and Peace (POPAGANDA)
Led by Marte Nilsen
Jan 2022 –
Use of Ancient Belief System for Legitimacy and Struggle for Democracy during the Authoritarian Regime in Myanmar (1990-2010)
Led by Amara Thiha
Apr 2025 – Aug 2028
Religious Gender Justice Activism (GenderJustice)
Led by Kaja Borchgrevink
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