Press release
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
A new study from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) represents one of the first large-scale investigations into how online discourse can both increase and reduce real-world violence.
News
Friday, 10 Oct 2025
Today’s Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado is, above all, a prize for democracy.
Policy brief
2025
PRIO Policy Brief
Multimedia
Thursday, 25 Sep 2025
How can digital emergency communication save lives?
Recorded event
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 09:00–10:30 UTC+02
Join us to discuss the shifting world order and the digital revolution, exploring how Southeast Asia’s response to the Digital Silk Road could redefine the geopolitical landscape.
Comment
Friday, 28 Mar 2025
All across Turkey, a battle is being waged over the country’s future. For more than a decade, the country’s democratic institutions have steadily deteriorated and now thousands have taken to the streets in an attempt to save the remains of its democracy and restore the rule of law. One of ...
Monday, 15 Sep 2025
Can we continue to call Israel a democracy? The answer is no, and paradoxically enough, neither electoral defeat for Netanyahu nor a halt in the Gaza war will change this.
Journal article
Journal article in Asia Policy
Saturday, 21 Jun 2025
Norske fregatter i Stillehavet er ingen avsporing, men en framtidsrettet norsk sikkerhetspolitikk.
Monday, 7 Apr 2025
Africa is not a homogeneous entity. Unlike the United States or China, it does not have a unified political power capable of defending a common interest.
Pavel K. Baev
Research Professor
Scott Gates
Nils Petter Gleditsch
Håvard Hegre
Kristian Berg Harpviken
Research Professor (affiliated)
Håvard Strand
Senior Researcher
Helga Malmin Binningsbø
Kristian Hoelscher
Research Director
Marianne Dahl
Åshild Kolås
Nicholas Marsh
Kristoffer Lidén
Simon Reid-Henry
Kjersti Lohne
Ida Rudolfsen
Christian Davenport
Ben Hayes
Cyanne Loyle
Research Professor and PRIO Global Fellow
Carl Henrik Knutsen
Ahmed M. Musa
Governance and Research Lead at Build Up
Mauricio Rivera Celestino
Ilaria Carrozza
Haakon Gjerløw
Deputy Director
Alaa Tartir
PRIO Global Fellow
Eirin Haugseth
Giacomo Bruni
Doctoral Researcher
Gabriel Elias Lönn
Research Assistant
Malika Rakhmankulova
Juliane Marga Katharina Stötter
Managing Editor, Journal of Peace Research
Yoshiharu Wakabayashi
Jovana Davidovic
Mitt Regan
Professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Ole Magnus Gaalaas-Hansen
Master's Student
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Catering to Conflict-Affected Communities? The Trajectory and Relevance of Judicial and Non-Judicial Measures in Colombia
Led by Bård Drange
Jun 2019 –
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
Led by Åshild Kolås
Jan 2020 – Dec 2025
e-Topia: China, India and Biometric Borders
Apr 2021 – Dec 2025
Pop Culture, Art, and Indigenous Ideas of Legitimacy in Struggles over Democratization and Peace (POPAGANDA)
Led by Marte Nilsen
Stateless in the Bengali borderlands : New technologies and challenges for identity and identification
Led by Mohammad Salehin
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Enabling Politically Sensitive Climate Change Impact Assessments for the 21st Century (POLIMPACT)
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