Press release
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025
Ukraine, Palestine/Israel, Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria are projected to see the highest battle-related death tolls in 2026, according to a world-leading AI-driven conflict forecasting system.
Comment
Monday, 1 Dec 2025
Why do some countries succeed in minimising the human toll of floods, while others face repeated catastrophes? The answer lies not only in meteorological or economic conditions, but also in political ones.
Friday, 18 Jul 2025
By offering structured, publicly accessible and regularly updated data on various aspects of UN peace support, the UN Peace and Security Data Hub opens new avenues for empirical research and policy-relevant analysis – not least for forecasting platforms like VIEWS.
News
Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025
The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction Challenge invites researchers to forecast conflict intensity as a probability distribution, fully accounting for uncertainty to improve decision-making and crisis preparedness.
Sunday, 18 Aug 2024
PRIO hosts six research projects funded by prestigious grants for Europe’s most groundbreaking research. There is now an opportunity for journalists to spend 3-5 months at the institute and engage with these projects.
Journal article
2025
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Monday, 25 Nov 2024
A new comprehensive review reveals that the detrimental effects of armed conflict extend far beyond the battlefield, with war reverberating through every aspect of human development.
Popular article
Popular article in United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Thursday, 3 Apr 2025
PRIO’s engagement with issues around the use of AI was in full display last week, when PRIO researchers joined key UN discussions in Geneva on AI-enabled weapons and satellite technology, contributing expertise on security, ethics and strategic policy.
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024
The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS), a collaborative project between PRIO and Uppsala University, has been awarded a Special Distinction by the prestigious Kluz Prize for PeaceTech.
Håvard Hegre
Research Professor
Halvard Buhaug
Michael Colaresi
External Research Associate
Siri Aas Rustad
Research Director
Andreas Forø Tollefsen
Senior Researcher
Jonas Vestby
Paola Vesco
Stefan Döring
Associate Researcher
Chandler Williams
Doctoral Researcher
Simon Polichinel von der Maase
Malika Rakhmankulova
Alexa Timlick
Research Assistant
Oct 2019 –
VIEWS: Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System
Led by Håvard Hegre
Oct 2022 – Mar 2026
War and Water – Coping with Conflict-induced Water Shortage
Led by Stefan Döring
Dec 2022 –
ANTICIPATE: Anticipating the Impact of Armed Conflict on Human Development
May 2023 – Apr 2028
Peace Science Infrastructure
Led by Scott Gates
